Nunciature to Indonesia

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Bishop(s) Piero Pioppo, Apostolic Nuncio

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Nunciature Elevated: 15 March 1950 Diplomatic Post Country: Indonesia Mailing Address: P.O. Box 4227, Jalan Merdeka Timur, 18, Jakarta-Pusat, Indonesia Telephone: (62-21)384.11.42; 381.07.36 Fax: 384.11.43

Historical Details

• Delegation to Indonesia
  • Established: 7 July 1947
  • Diplomatic Post
  • Country: Indonesia

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. † (6 Jul 1947 Appointed - 2 Mar 1955 Appointed, Apostolic Internuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of)
• Domenico Enrici † (17 Sep 1955 Appointed - 30 Jan 1958 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti)
• Ottavio De Liva † (18 Apr 1962 Appointed - 23 Aug 1965 Died)
• Salvatore Pappalardo † (7 Dec 1965 Appointed - 7 May 1969 Appointed, President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy)
• Joseph Mees † (14 Jun 1969 Appointed - 10 Jul 1973 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay)
• Vincenzo Maria Farano † (8 Aug 1973 Appointed - 25 Aug 1979 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador)
• Pablo Puente Buces † (18 Mar 1980 Appointed - 15 Mar 1986 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde)
• Francesco Canalini (28 May 1986 Appointed - 20 Jul 1991 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador)
• Pietro Sambi † (28 Nov 1991 Appointed - 6 Jun 1998 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus)
• Renzo Fratini (8 Aug 1998 Appointed - 27 Jan 2004 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria)
• Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don (29 Apr 2004 Appointed - 10 Dec 2005 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments)
• Leopoldo Girelli (13 Apr 2006 Appointed - 13 Jan 2011 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore)
• Antonio Guido Filipazzi (23 Mar 2011 Appointed - 26 Apr 2017 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria)
• Piero Pioppo (8 Sep 2017 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Delegation to Indonesia
7 July 1947	Established		Delegation to Indonesia
Nunciature to Indonesia
15 March 1950	Elevated	Delegation to Indonesia	Nunciature to Indonesia (as Internunciature)
7 December 1965	Elevated		Nunciature to Indonesia (to Nunciature)

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Francesco Canalini (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 28 May 1986 to 20 Jul 1991)
• Antonio Guido Filipazzi (Apostolic Nuncio: 23 Mar 2011 to 26 Apr 2017)
• Renzo Fratini (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 Aug 1998 to 27 Jan 2004)
• Leopoldo Girelli (Apostolic Nuncio: 13 Apr 2006 to 13 Jan 2011)
• Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don (Apostolic Nuncio: 29 Apr 2004 to 10 Dec 2005)
• Piero Pioppo (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 Sep 2017)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Ottavio De Liva † (Apostolic Internuncio: 18 Apr 1962 to 23 Aug 1965)
• Domenico Enrici † (Apostolic Internuncio: 17 Sep 1955 to 30 Jan 1958)
• Vincenzo Maria Farano † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 8 Aug 1973 to 25 Aug 1979)
• Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. † (Apostolic Delegate: 6 Jul 1947; Apostolic Internuncio: 16 Mar 1950 to 2 Mar 1955)
• Joseph Mees † (Apostolic Nuncio: 14 Jun 1969 to 10 Jul 1973)
• Salvatore Pappalardo † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 7 Dec 1965 to 7 May 1969)
• Pablo Puente Buces † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 18 Mar 1980 to 15 Mar 1986)
• Pietro Sambi † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 28 Nov 1991 to 6 Jun 1998)

Source(s)

Delegation to Indonesia Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 39, Page 618, and Page 619 Nunciature to Indonesia Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 42, Page 434 Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 132, and Page 133

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