El Salvador (Nunciature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Luigi Roberto Cona, Apostolic Nuncio

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Nunciature
Established: 1922
Diplomatic Post
Country: El Salvador
Mailing Address: Apartado Postal 01-95, Colonia Escalon, 87 Avenida Norte y 7 Calle Ponente, San Salvador, El Salvador
Telephone: (503)2263.29.31; 2263.28.60
Fax: 2263.30.10

Past and Present Ordinaries

Serafino Vannutelli † (23 Jul 1869 Appointed - 15 Mar 1875 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium)
Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B. † (15 Sep 1920 Appointed - 22 Oct 1921 Died)
Albert Levame † (21 Dec 1933 Appointed - 10 Nov 1939 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay)
Giuseppe Beltrami † (19 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)
Lajos Kada † (15 Oct 1980 Appointed - 8 Apr 1984 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation of the Sacraments)
Francesco De Nittis † (24 Jan 1985 Appointed - 25 Jun 1990 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay)
Manuel Monteiro de Castro (21 Aug 1990 Appointed - 2 Feb 1998 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa)
Giacinto Berloco (5 May 1998 Appointed - 24 Feb 2005 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela)
Luigi Pezzuto (2 Apr 2005 Appointed - 17 Nov 2012 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Léon Kalenga Badikebele † (22 Feb 2013 Appointed - 17 Mar 2018 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina)
Santo Rocco Gangemi (25 May 2018 Appointed - 12 Sep 2022 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia)
Luigi Roberto Cona (26 Oct 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1922	Established		Nunciature to El Salvador
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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Giacinto Berloco (Apostolic Nuncio: 5 May 1998 to 24 Feb 2005)
Luigi Roberto Cona (Apostolic Nuncio: 26 Oct 2022)
Santo Rocco Gangemi (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 May 2018 to 12 Sep 2022)
Manuel Monteiro de Castro (Apostolic Nuncio: 21 Aug 1990 to 2 Feb 1998)
Luigi Pezzuto (Apostolic Nuncio: 2 Apr 2005 to 17 Nov 2012)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Giuseppe Beltrami † (Apostolic Nuncio: 19 Feb 1940 to 3 Nov 1945)
Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. † (Apostolic Nuncio: 13 Dec 1945 to 23 Aug 1951)
Francesco De Nittis † (Apostolic Nuncio: 24 Jan 1985 to 25 Jun 1990)
Emanuele Gerada † (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 Nov 1973 to 15 Oct 1980)
Lajos Kada † (Apostolic Nuncio: 15 Oct 1980 to 8 Apr 1984)
Léon Kalenga Badikebele † (Apostolic Nuncio: 22 Feb 2013 to 17 Mar 2018)
Albert Levame † (Apostolic Nuncio: 21 Dec 1933 to 10 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)
Giuseppe Paupini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Feb 1957 to 23 May 1959)
Girolamo Prigione † (Apostolic Nuncio: 27 Aug 1968 to 2 Oct 1973)
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)

Nunciature to El Salvador

Bishop(s)

General Information

Past and Present Ordinaries

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased