Sénégal (Nunciature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Type of Jurisdiction: Nunciature
Established: 28 December 1961
Diplomatic Post
Country: Senegal
Mailing Address: B.P. 5076, Fann Residence, 1 rue Aime Cesaire x Corniche Ouest, 10700 Dakar-Fann, Senegal
Telephone: (221)33.824.26.74
Fax: 33.824.19.31

Past and Present Ordinaries

Jean Émile André Marie Maury † (28 Dec 1961 Appointed - 11 Jun 1965 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of)
Giovanni Benelli † (11 Jun 1966 Appointed - 29 Jun 1967 Appointed, Substitute (Sostituto) of the Secretariat of State)
Giovanni Mariani † (16 Oct 1967 Appointed - 11 Jan 1975 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela)
Luigi Barbarito † (5 Apr 1975 Appointed - 10 Jun 1978 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia)
Luigi Dossena † (24 Oct 1978 Appointed - 30 Dec 1985 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru)
Pablo Puente Buces † (15 Mar 1986 Appointed - 31 Jul 1989 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon)
Antonio Maria Vegliò (21 Oct 1989 Appointed - 2 Oct 1997 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon)
Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel (6 Dec 1997 Appointed - 31 Oct 2001 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua)
Giuseppe Pinto (4 Dec 2001 Appointed - 6 Dec 2007 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile)
Luis Mariano Montemayor (19 Jun 2008 Appointed - 22 Jun 2015 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of)
Michael Wallace Banach (19 Mar 2016 Appointed - 3 May 2022 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary)
Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag (6 Sep 2022 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
28 December 1961	Established	Delegation to Western Africa	Nunciature to Sénégal
14 March 1966	Elevated		Nunciature to Sénégal (to Nunciature)

Michael Wallace Banach (Apostolic Nuncio: 19 Mar 2016 to 3 May 2022)
Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Dec 1997 to 31 Oct 2001)
Luis Mariano Montemayor (Apostolic Nuncio: 19 Jun 2008 to 22 Jun 2015)
Giuseppe Pinto (Apostolic Nuncio: 4 Dec 2001 to 6 Dec 2007)
Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Sep 2022)
Antonio Maria Vegliò (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 21 Oct 1989; Apostolic Nuncio: Dec 1994 to 2 Oct 1997)

Luigi Barbarito † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 5 Apr 1975 to 10 Jun 1978)
Giovanni Benelli † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 11 Jun 1966 to 29 Jun 1967)
Luigi Dossena † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 24 Oct 1978 to 30 Dec 1985)
Giovanni Mariani † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 16 Oct 1967 to 11 Jan 1975)
Jean Émile André Marie Maury † (Apostolic Internuncio: 28 Dec 1961 to 11 Jun 1965)
Pablo Puente Buces † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 15 Mar 1986 to 31 Jul 1989)

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