Nunciature to Paraguay

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Vincenzo Massoni † (26 Sep 1856 Appointed - 3 Jun 1857 Died)
• Marino Marini † (14 Aug 1857 Appointed - 27 Mar 1865 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Orvieto)
• Angelo Di Pietro † (31 Dec 1877 Appointed - 30 Sep 1879 Appointed, Apostolic Internuncio to Brazil)
• Luigi Matera † (19 Sep 1879 Appointed - 14 Oct 1884 Resigned)
• Antonio Sabatucci † (24 Oct 1900 Appointed - 9 Nov 1906 Resigned)
• Alberto Vassallo di Torregrossa † (5 Jan 1920 Appointed - 14 Jul 1922 Resigned)
• Beda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. † (16 Oct 1922 Appointed - 29 Aug 1925 Resigned)
• Filippo Cortesi † (14 Jun 1928 Appointed - 4 Jun 1936 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain)
• Giuseppe Fietta † (11 Dec 1936 Appointed - 12 Nov 1939 Resigned)
• Albert Levame † (12 Nov 1939 Appointed - 17 Dec 1941 Resigned)
• Liberato Tosti † (5 Sep 1946 Appointed - 4 Oct 1948 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua)
• Federico Lunardi † (8 Jul 1949 Appointed - 9 Nov 1954 Died)
• Luigi Punzolo † (7 Dec 1954 Appointed - 12 Dec 1957 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Panama)
• Carlo Martini † (25 Mar 1958 Appointed - 29 Nov 1963 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines)
• Vittore Ugo Righi † (1 Feb 1964 Appointed - 1967 Appointed, Official of the Secretariat of State)
• Antonio Innocenti † (15 Dec 1967 Appointed - 26 Feb 1973 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments)
• Joseph Mees † (10 Jul 1973 Appointed - 19 Jan 1985 Appointed, Apostolic Delegate to Southern Africa)
• Giorgio Zur † (3 May 1985 Appointed - 13 Aug 1990 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India)
• José Sebastián Laboa Gallego † (21 Aug 1990 Appointed - 18 Mar 1995 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Malta)
• Lorenzo Baldisseri (6 Apr 1995 Appointed - 19 Jun 1999 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to India)
• Antonio Lucibello (27 Jul 1999 Appointed - 27 Aug 2005 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey)
• Orlando Antonini (16 Nov 2005 Appointed - 8 Aug 2009 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia)
• Eliseo Antonio Ariotti (5 Nov 2009 Appointed - 29 Dec 2023 Retired)
• Vincenzo Turturro (29 Dec 2023 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Orlando Antonini (Apostolic Nuncio: 16 Nov 2005 to 8 Aug 2009)
• Eliseo Antonio Ariotti (Apostolic Nuncio: 5 Nov 2009 to 29 Dec 2023)
• Lorenzo Baldisseri (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Apr 1995 to 19 Jun 1999)
• Antonio Lucibello (Apostolic Nuncio: 27 Jul 1999 to 27 Aug 2005)
• Vincenzo Turturro (Apostolic Nuncio: 29 Dec 2023)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Beda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. † (Apostolic Nuncio: 16 Oct 1922 to 29 Aug 1925)
• Filippo Cortesi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 14 Jun 1928 to 4 Jun 1936)
• Angelo Di Pietro † (Apostolic Delegate: 31 Dec 1877 to 30 Sep 1879)
• Giuseppe Fietta † (Apostolic Nuncio: 11 Dec 1936 to 12 Nov 1939)
• Antonio Innocenti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 15 Dec 1967 to 26 Feb 1973)
• José Sebastián Laboa Gallego † (Apostolic Nuncio: 21 Aug 1990 to 18 Mar 1995)
• Albert Levame † (Apostolic Nuncio: 12 Nov 1939 to 17 Dec 1941)
• Federico Lunardi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 Jul 1949 to 9 Nov 1954)
• Marino Marini † (Apostolic Delegate: 14 Aug 1857 to 27 Mar 1865)
• Carlo Martini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Mar 1958 to 29 Nov 1963)
• Vincenzo Massoni † (Apostolic Delegate: 26 Sep 1856 to 3 Jun 1857)
• Luigi Matera † (Apostolic Delegate: 19 Sep 1879 to 14 Oct 1884)
• Joseph Mees † (Apostolic Nuncio: 10 Jul 1973 to 19 Jan 1985)
• Luigi Punzolo † (Apostolic Nuncio: 7 Dec 1954 to 12 Dec 1957)
• Vittore Ugo Righi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Feb 1964 to 1967)
• Antonio Sabatucci † (Apostolic Delegate: 24 Oct 1900 to 9 Nov 1906)
• Liberato Tosti † (Official: 17 Dec 1941; Apostolic Nuncio: 5 Sep 1946 to 4 Oct 1948)
• Alberto Vassallo di Torregrossa † (Apostolic Internuncio: 5 Jan 1920; Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Aug 1920 to 14 Jul 1922)
• Giorgio Zur † (Apostolic Nuncio: 3 May 1985 to 13 Aug 1990)