New Zealand (Nunciature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Type of Jurisdiction: Nunciature
Split: 20 June 1973
Diplomatic Post
Country: New Zealand
Mailing Address: Khandallah, 178 Onslow Road, Wellington 6035; P.O. Box 22004, Wellington 6441, New Zealand
Telephone: (64-4)479.1044
Fax: 479.1046

Historical Details

Delegation to New Zealand and Pacific Islands
- Split: 1 November 1968
- Diplomatic Post
- Country: Australia

Bonaventura Cerretti † (5 Oct 1914 Appointed - 6 May 1917 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs)
Raymond Philip Etteldorf † (21 Dec 1968 Appointed - 21 Jun 1974 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ethiopia)
Angelo Acerbi (22 Jun 1974 Appointed - 14 Aug 1979 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia)
Antonio Magnoni † (24 Apr 1980 Appointed - 22 Jul 1989 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of)
Thomas Anthony White † (14 Oct 1989 Appointed - 27 Apr 1996 Resigned)
Patrick Coveney † (27 Apr 1996 Appointed - 25 Jan 2005 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Greece)
Charles Daniel Balvo (1 Apr 2005 Appointed - 17 Jan 2013 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya)
Martin Krebs (8 May 2013 Appointed - 16 Jun 2018 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay)
Novatus Rugambwa (29 Mar 2019 Appointed - 27 Jul 2024 Resigned)
Gábor Pintér (27 Jul 2024 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Delegation to New Zealand and Pacific Islands
1 November 1968	Split	Delegation to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania	Delegation to Australia and Papua New Guinea Delegation to New Zealand and Pacific Islands
Nunciature to New Zealand
20 June 1973	Split	Delegation to New Zealand and Pacific Islands	Nunciature to New Zealand (and Elevated) Delegation to Pacific Ocean

Angelo Acerbi (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 22 Jun 1974 to 14 Aug 1979)
Charles Daniel Balvo (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Apr 2005 to 17 Jan 2013)
Martin Krebs (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 May 2013 to 16 Jun 2018)
Gábor Pintér (Apostolic Nuncio: 27 Jul 2024)
Novatus Rugambwa (Apostolic Nuncio: 29 Mar 2019 to 27 Jul 2024)

Bonaventura Cerretti † (Apostolic Delegate: 5 Oct 1914 to 6 May 1917)
Patrick Coveney † (Apostolic Nuncio: 27 Apr 1996 to 25 Jan 2005)
Raymond Philip Etteldorf † (Apostolic Delegate: 21 Dec 1968; Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 5 Oct 1973 to 21 Jun 1974)
Antonio Magnoni † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 24 Apr 1980 to 22 Jul 1989)
Thomas Anthony White † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 14 Oct 1989; Apostolic Nuncio: 1993 to 27 Apr 1996)

Delegation to New Zealand and Pacific Islands
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 61, Page 159, and Page 160
Nunciature to New Zealand
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 65, Page 430

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2024
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