Benin (Nunciature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Type of Jurisdiction: Nunciature
Name Changed: 27 December 1975
Diplomatic Post
Country: Benin
Mailing Address: 08 B.P. 0400, Zone des Ambassades, Quartier Awhouanléko/ Djoméhountin, Boulevard de France, Cotonou, Benin
Telephone: (229)62.51.29.11; 21.30.03.57
Fax: 21.30.03.10

Historical Details

Nunciature to Dahomey
- Established: 29 June 1971
- Diplomatic Post
- Country: Benin

Giovanni Mariani † (24 Mar 1972 Appointed - 1973 Resigned)
Bruno Wüstenberg † (19 Dec 1973 Appointed - 17 Jan 1979 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands)
Giuseppe Ferraioli † (25 Aug 1979 Appointed - 21 Jul 1981 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kenya)
Ivan Cornelius Dias † (8 May 1982 Appointed - 20 Jun 1987 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Korea)
Giuseppe Bertello (17 Oct 1987 Appointed - 12 Jan 1991 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda)
Abraham Kattumana † (8 May 1991 Appointed - 16 Dec 1992 Appointed, Official of the Roman Curia - Other)
André Pierre Louis Dupuy (6 Apr 1993 Appointed - 27 Nov 1999 Resigned)
Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt (25 Nov 2002 Appointed - 24 Aug 2005 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic)
Michael August Blume, S.V.D. (24 Aug 2005 Appointed - 2 Feb 2013 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda)
Brian Ngozi Udaigwe (8 Apr 2013 Appointed - 13 Jun 2020 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka)
Mark Gerard Miles (5 Feb 2021 Appointed - 9 Jul 2024 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica)
Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi (28 Oct 2024 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Nunciature to Dahomey
29 June 1971	Established	Delegation to Western Africa	Nunciature to Dahomey
1 May 1973	Territory Added		Nunciature to Dahomey (from Dacaria)
Nunciature to Benin
27 December 1975	Name Changed	Nunciature to Dahomey	Nunciature to Benin

Giuseppe Bertello (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 17 Oct 1987 to 12 Jan 1991)
Michael August Blume, S.V.D. (Apostolic Nuncio: 24 Aug 2005 to 2 Feb 2013)
André Pierre Louis Dupuy (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Apr 1993 to 27 Nov 1999)
Mark Gerard Miles (Apostolic Nuncio: 5 Feb 2021 to 9 Jul 2024)
Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Nov 2002 to 24 Aug 2005)
Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi (Apostolic Nuncio: 28 Oct 2024)
Brian Ngozi Udaigwe (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 Apr 2013 to 13 Jun 2020)

Ivan Cornelius Dias † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 8 May 1982 to 20 Jun 1987)
Giuseppe Ferraioli † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 25 Aug 1979 to 21 Jul 1981)
Abraham Kattumana † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 8 May 1991 to 16 Dec 1992)
Giovanni Mariani † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 24 Mar 1972 to 1973)
Bruno Wüstenberg † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 19 Dec 1973 to 17 Jan 1979)

Nunciature to Dahomey
- Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 64, Page 477
- Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 65, Page 625, and Page 626
Nunciature to Benin
- Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 95, Page 39, and Page 40

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