Belgium (Nunciature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Antonio Bichi † (May 1642 Appointed - Jun 1652 Resigned)
Giacomo Rospigliosi † (14 Jun 1665 Appointed - 12 Jul 1667 Resigned)
Carlo Francesco Airoldi † (16 Nov 1668 Appointed - 8 Apr 1673 Resigned)
Sebastiano Antonio Tanara † (29 Jun 1675 Appointed - 18 Jul 1687 Resigned)
Gianantonio Davia † (18 Jul 1687 Appointed - 11 Oct 1690 Resigned)
Giulio Piazza † (Dec 1690 Appointed - May 1696 Resigned)
Orazio Filippo Spada † (Apr 1696 Appointed - Nov 1698 Resigned)
Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Bussi † (Nov 1698 Appointed - Aug 1706 Resigned)
Girolamo Grimaldi † (Jun 1706 Appointed - Oct 1713 Resigned)
Vincenzo Santini † (10 Oct 1713 Appointed - Jun 1721 Resigned)
Giovanni Carlo Molinari † (9 Feb 1754 Appointed - 31 Mar 1763 Died)
Antonio Felice Zondadari † (31 Jan 1786 Appointed - 1791 Resigned)
Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi † (25 Jan 1835 Appointed - 21 Nov 1837 Appointed, Apostolic Delegate to Other)
Raffaele Fornari † (4 Dec 1838 Appointed - 12 Dec 1842 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to France)
Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci † (28 Jan 1843 Appointed - 19 Jan 1846 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Perugia)
Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano † (26 Apr 1846 Appointed - 19 Oct 1848 Resigned)
Innocenzo Ferrieri † (15 Nov 1848 Appointed - 30 Sep 1850 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Sicily)
Matteo Eustachio Gonella † (13 Jun 1850 Appointed - 30 Sep 1861 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria)
Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski † (30 Sep 1861 Appointed - 8 Jan 1866 Appointed, Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań)
Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano † (25 Apr 1866 Appointed - 13 Mar 1868 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal)
Giacomo Cattani † (13 Mar 1868 Appointed - 15 Mar 1875 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation of the Council)
Serafino Vannutelli † (15 Mar 1875 Appointed - 18 Nov 1880 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Austria)
Domenico Ferrata † (14 Apr 1885 Appointed - 16 Apr 1889 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs)
Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè † (4 May 1889 Appointed - 25 Jul 1896 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain)
Benedetto Lorenzelli † (30 May 1893 Appointed - 10 Oct 1896 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria)
Aristide Rinaldini † (14 Aug 1896 Appointed - 7 Nov 1899 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain)
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † (7 Nov 1899 Appointed - 14 Jan 1904 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Austria)
Antonio Vico † (4 Feb 1904 Appointed - 21 Oct 1907 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain)
Giovanni Tacci (Porcelli) † (31 Dec 1907 Appointed - 18 Mar 1911 Appointed, Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands)
Achille Locatelli † (7 Jul 1916 Appointed - 13 Jul 1918 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal)
Sebastiano Nicotra † (1 Oct 1918 Appointed - 30 May 1923 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal)
Angelo Maria Dolci † (14 Dec 1922 Appointed - 30 May 1923 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Romania)
Clemente Micara † (30 May 1923 Appointed - 18 Feb 1946 Resigned)
Fernando Cento † (9 Mar 1946 Appointed - 26 Oct 1953 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal)
Efrem Forni † (9 Nov 1953 Appointed - 19 Mar 1962 Elevated to Cardinal, of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme)
Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi † (17 May 1962 Appointed - 30 Apr 1969 Appointed, President of the Roman Curia - Other)
Igino Eugenio Cardinale † (19 Apr 1969 Appointed - 24 Mar 1983 Died)
Angelo Pedroni † (6 Jul 1983 Appointed - 13 Jun 1989 Retired)
Giovanni Moretti † (15 Jul 1989 Appointed - 3 Mar 1999 Retired)
Pier Luigi Celata (3 Mar 1999 Appointed - 14 Nov 2002 Appointed, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue)
Karl-Josef Rauber † (22 Feb 2003 Appointed - 18 Jun 2009 Retired)
Giacinto Berloco (18 Jun 2009 Appointed - Sep 2016 Retired)
Augustine Kasujja (12 Oct 2016 Appointed - 31 Aug 2021 Retired)
Franco Coppola (15 Nov 2021 Appointed - )

Date	Event	To
17 July 1834	Established	Nunciature to Belgium (as Internunciature)
23 November 1841	Elevated	Nunciature to Belgium (to Nunciature)
17 October 1884	Restored	Nunciature to Belgium

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Carlo Francesco Airoldi † (Apostolic Internuncio: 16 Nov 1668 to 8 Apr 1673)
Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano † (Apostolic Nuncio: 26 Apr 1846 to 19 Oct 1848)
Antonio Bichi † (Apostolic Internuncio: May 1642 to Jun 1652)
Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Bussi † (Apostolic Internuncio: Nov 1698 to Aug 1706)
Igino Eugenio Cardinale † (Apostolic Nuncio: 19 Apr 1969 to 24 Mar 1983)
Giacomo Cattani † (Apostolic Nuncio: 13 Mar 1868 to 15 Mar 1875)
Fernando Cento † (Apostolic Nuncio: 9 Mar 1946 to 26 Oct 1953)
Gianantonio Davia † (Apostolic Internuncio: 18 Jul 1687 to 11 Oct 1690)
Angelo Maria Dolci † (Apostolic Nuncio: 14 Dec 1922 to 30 May 1923)
Domenico Ferrata † (Apostolic Nuncio: 14 Apr 1885 to 16 Apr 1889)
Innocenzo Ferrieri † (Apostolic Nuncio: 15 Nov 1848 to 30 Sep 1850)
Raffaele Fornari † (Apostolic Internuncio: 4 Dec 1838; Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Jan 1842 to 12 Dec 1842)
Efrem Forni † (Apostolic Nuncio: 9 Nov 1953 to 19 Mar 1962)
Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè † (Apostolic Nuncio: 4 May 1889 to 25 Jul 1896)
Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi † (Apostolic Internuncio: 25 Jan 1835 to 21 Nov 1837)
Matteo Eustachio Gonella † (Apostolic Nuncio: 13 Jun 1850 to 30 Sep 1861)
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte † (Apostolic Nuncio: 7 Nov 1899 to 14 Jan 1904)
Girolamo Grimaldi † (Apostolic Internuncio: Jun 1706 to Oct 1713)
Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski † (Apostolic Nuncio: 30 Sep 1861 to 8 Jan 1866)
Achille Locatelli † (Apostolic Nuncio: 7 Jul 1916 to 13 Jul 1918)
Benedetto Lorenzelli † (Apostolic Internuncio: 30 May 1893 to 10 Oct 1896)
Clemente Micara † (Apostolic Nuncio: 30 May 1923 to 18 Feb 1946)
Giovanni Carlo Molinari † (Apostolic Nuncio: 9 Feb 1754 to 31 Mar 1763)
Giovanni Moretti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 15 Jul 1989 to 3 Mar 1999)
Sebastiano Nicotra † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Oct 1918 to 30 May 1923)
Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 17 May 1962 to 30 Apr 1969)
Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano † (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Apr 1866 to 13 Mar 1868)
Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci † (Apostolic Nuncio: 28 Jan 1843 to 19 Jan 1846)
Angelo Pedroni † (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Jul 1983 to 13 Jun 1989)
Giulio Piazza † (Apostolic Internuncio: Dec 1690 to May 1696)
Karl-Josef Rauber † (Apostolic Nuncio: 22 Feb 2003 to 18 Jun 2009)
Aristide Rinaldini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 14 Aug 1896 to 7 Nov 1899)
Giacomo Rospigliosi † (Apostolic Internuncio: 14 Jun 1665 to 12 Jul 1667)
Vincenzo Santini † (Apostolic Internuncio: 10 Oct 1713 to Jun 1721)
Orazio Filippo Spada † (Apostolic Internuncio: Apr 1696 to Nov 1698)
Giovanni Tacci (Porcelli) † (Apostolic Nuncio: 31 Dec 1907 to 18 Mar 1911)
Sebastiano Antonio Tanara † (Apostolic Internuncio: 29 Jun 1675 to 18 Jul 1687)
Serafino Vannutelli † (Apostolic Nuncio: 15 Mar 1875 to 18 Nov 1880)
Antonio Vico † (Apostolic Nuncio: 4 Feb 1904 to 21 Oct 1907)
Antonio Felice Zondadari † (Apostolic Nuncio: 31 Jan 1786 to 1791)

Nunciature to Belgium

Bishop(s)

General Information

Past and Present Ordinaries

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased