Nunciature to Guatemala

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Bishop(s) Francisco Montecillo Padilla, Apostolic Nuncio

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Nunciature Split: 30 September 1933 Diplomatic Post Country: Guatemala Mailing Address: Apartado postal 3041, Zona 9, 10 Calle 4/47, 01009 Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala Telephone: (502)2332-4274; 2362-9541 Fax: 2334-1918

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Serafino Vannutelli † (23 Jul 1869 Appointed - 15 Mar 1875 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium)
• Mario Mocenni † (14 Aug 1877 Appointed - 27 Feb 1882 Appointed, Apostolic Internuncio to Brazil)
• Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B. † (15 Sep 1920 Appointed - 22 Oct 1921 Died)
• Carlo Chiarlo † (28 Jan 1932 Appointed - 30 Sep 1933 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica)
• Albert Levame † (21 Dec 1933 Appointed - 12 Nov 1939 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay)
• Giuseppe Beltrami † (20 Feb 1940 Appointed - 3 Nov 1945 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia)
• Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. † (13 Dec 1945 Appointed - 23 Aug 1951 Appointed, Official of the Secretariat of State)
• Gennaro Verolino † (6 Sep 1951 Appointed - 25 Feb 1957 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica)
• Giuseppe Paupini † (25 Feb 1957 Appointed - 23 May 1959 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia)
• Ambrogio Marchioni † (1 Jul 1959 Appointed - 1 Sep 1964 Appointed, Official of the Secretariat of State)
• Bruno Torpigliani † (1 Sep 1964 Appointed - 3 Aug 1968 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of)
• Girolamo Prigione † (27 Aug 1968 Appointed - 2 Oct 1973 Appointed, Apostolic Delegate to Ghana)
• Emanuele Gerada † (8 Nov 1973 Appointed - 15 Oct 1980 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan)
• Oriano Quilici † (26 Jun 1981 Appointed - 11 Jul 1990 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela)
• Giovanni Battista Morandini (12 Sep 1990 Appointed - 23 Apr 1997 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Korea)
• Ramiro Moliner Inglés (10 May 1997 Appointed - 17 Jan 2004 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia)
• Bruno Musarò (10 Feb 2004 Appointed - 5 Jan 2009 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru)
• Paul Richard Gallagher (19 Feb 2009 Appointed - 11 Dec 2012 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Australia)
• Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin (5 Jan 2013 Appointed - 4 Nov 2019 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of)
• Francisco Montecillo Padilla (17 Apr 2020 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
30 September 1933	Split	Nunciature to Central America	Nunciature to Costa Rica Nunciature to Guatemala Nunciature to Honduras Nunciature to Nicaragua Nunciature to Panama Nunciature to El Salvador
15 March 1936	Elevated		Nunciature to Guatemala (to Nunciature)

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Paul Richard Gallagher (Apostolic Nuncio: 19 Feb 2009 to 11 Dec 2012)
• Ramiro Moliner Inglés (Apostolic Nuncio: 10 May 1997 to 17 Jan 2004)
• Giovanni Battista Morandini (Apostolic Nuncio: 12 Sep 1990 to 23 Apr 1997)
• Bruno Musarò (Apostolic Nuncio: 10 Feb 2004 to 5 Jan 2009)
• Francisco Montecillo Padilla (Apostolic Nuncio: 17 Apr 2020)
• Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin (Apostolic Nuncio: 5 Jan 2013 to 4 Nov 2019)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Giuseppe Beltrami † (Apostolic Nuncio: 20 Feb 1940 to 3 Nov 1945)
• Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. † (Apostolic Nuncio: 13 Dec 1945 to 23 Aug 1951)
• Carlo Chiarlo † (Apostolic Delegate: 28 Jan 1932 to 30 Sep 1933)
• Emanuele Gerada † (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 Nov 1973 to 15 Oct 1980)
• Albert Levame † (Apostolic Delegate: 21 Dec 1933; Apostolic Nuncio: Mar 1936 to 12 Nov 1939)
• Ambrogio Marchioni † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Jul 1959 to 1 Sep 1964)
• Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B. † (Apostolic Delegate: 15 Sep 1920 to 22 Oct 1921)
• Mario Mocenni † (Apostolic Delegate: 14 Aug 1877 to 27 Feb 1882)
• Giuseppe Paupini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Feb 1957 to 23 May 1959)
• Girolamo Prigione † (Apostolic Nuncio: 27 Aug 1968 to 2 Oct 1973)
• Oriano Quilici † (Apostolic Nuncio: 26 Jun 1981 to 11 Jul 1990)
• Bruno Torpigliani † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Sep 1964 to 3 Aug 1968)
• Serafino Vannutelli † (Apostolic Delegate: 23 Jul 1869 to 15 Mar 1875)
• Gennaro Verolino † (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Sep 1951 to 25 Feb 1957)

Source(s)

Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 28, Page 230

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