Delegation to Arabian Peninsula

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Bishop(s) Vacant

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Delegation Name Changed: 26 March 1992 Diplomatic Post Country: Kuwait

Historical Details

• Delegation to Red Sea Region
  • Latin Name: Regione Maris Rubri
  • Established: 3 July 1969
  • Diplomatic Post
  • Country: Somalia

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Ubaldo Calabresi † (3 Jul 1969 Appointed - 5 Jan 1978 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela)
• Giovanni Moretti † (13 Mar 1978 Appointed - 10 Jul 1984 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of)
• Luis Robles Díaz † (16 Feb 1985 Appointed - 13 Mar 1990 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda)
• Erwin Josef Ender † (15 Mar 1990 Appointed - 26 Mar 1992 Appointed, Apostolic Delegate to Somalia)
• Pablo Puente Buces † (25 May 1993 Appointed - 31 Jul 1997 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain)
• Antonio Maria Vegliò (2 Oct 1997 Appointed - 13 Dec 1999 Resigned)
• Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea † (28 Jun 2001 Appointed - 26 Aug 2005 Retired)
• Paul-Mounged El-Hachem † (27 Aug 2005 Appointed - 2 Dec 2009 Retired)
• Petar Antun Rajič (2 Dec 2009 Appointed - 15 Jun 2015 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Angola)
• Francisco Montecillo Padilla (5 Apr 2016 Appointed - 17 Apr 2020 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala)

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Delegation to Red Sea Region
3 July 1969	Established	Delegation to Eastern Africa (Sudan, the French Coast of the Afars and Issas, the Somali Republic, and part of the Arabian Peninsula)	Delegation to Red Sea Region
26 March 1992	Established	Delegation to Red Sea Region	Delegation to Somalia
26 March 1992	Established	Delegation to Red Sea Region	Delegation to Djibouti
Delegation to Arabian Peninsula
26 March 1992	Name Changed	Delegation to Red Sea Region	Delegation to Arabian Peninsula
31 May 2007	Established	Delegation to Arabian Peninsula	Nunciature to United Arab Emirates

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Francisco Montecillo Padilla (Apostolic Delegate: 5 Apr 2016 to 17 Apr 2020)
• Petar Antun Rajič (Apostolic Delegate: 2 Dec 2009 to 15 Jun 2015)
• Antonio Maria Vegliò (Apostolic Delegate: 2 Oct 1997 to 13 Dec 1999)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Ubaldo Calabresi † (Apostolic Delegate: 3 Jul 1969 to 5 Jan 1978)
• Giuseppe Antonio De Andrea † (Apostolic Delegate: 28 Jun 2001 to 26 Aug 2005)
• Paul-Mounged El-Hachem † (Apostolic Delegate: 27 Aug 2005 to 2 Dec 2009)
• Erwin Josef Ender † (Apostolic Delegate: 15 Mar 1990 to 26 Mar 1992)
• Giovanni Moretti † (Apostolic Delegate: 13 Mar 1978 to 10 Jul 1984)
• Pablo Puente Buces † (Apostolic Delegate: 25 May 1993 to 31 Jul 1997)
• Luis Robles Díaz † (Apostolic Delegate: 16 Feb 1985 to 13 Mar 1990)

Source(s)

Delegation to Red Sea Region Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 62, Page 90, and Page 91 Delegation to Arabian Peninsula Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 84, Page 496, and Page 497

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