Spain (Nunciature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Salvatore Pacini † (Mar 1559 Appointed - Mar 1560 Resigned)
Ottaviano della Raverta (Rovere) † (10 Mar 1560 Appointed - 28 Nov 1560 Resigned)
Giovanni Campeggi † (28 Nov 1560 Appointed - 10 May 1561 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal)
Ottaviano della Raverta (Rovere) † (Jun 1561 Appointed - Oct 1561 Died)
Giovanni Battista Castagna † (Nov 1565 Appointed - 3 Jul 1572 Resigned)
Nicolò Ormanetto † (1 Jul 1572 Appointed - 18 Jun 1577 Died)
Filippo Sega † (8 Jul 1577 Appointed - 30 Apr 1581 Resigned)
Ludovico Taverna † (Jan 1582 Appointed - 11 Dec 1585 Resigned)
Cesare Speciano (Speciani) † (11 Dec 1585 Appointed - 27 Aug 1588 Resigned)
Annibale Grassi † (27 Aug 1588 Appointed - 24 Jun 1590 Died)
Camillo Caetani † (1 Sep 1592 Appointed - 24 Mar 1600 Resigned)
Domenico Ginnasi † (24 Mar 1600 Appointed - Jun 1605 Resigned)
Giovanni Garzia Mellini (Millini) † (20 Jun 1605 Appointed - 22 May 1607 Resigned)
Decio Carafa † (22 May 1607 Appointed - 27 Oct 1611 Resigned)
Antonio Caetani (Jr.) † (27 Oct 1611 Appointed - 17 Jul 1618 Resigned)
Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri † (17 Jul 1618 Appointed - 2 Apr 1621 Resigned)
Alessandro di Sangro † (2 Apr 1621 Appointed - 23 Jun 1622 Resigned)
Innocenzo Massimi † (24 Jun 1622 Appointed - 27 Jan 1624 Resigned)
Giulio Cesare Sacchetti † (27 Jan 1624 Appointed - 30 May 1626 Resigned)
Giovanni Battista Pamphilj † (30 May 1626 Appointed - 1 Mar 1630 Resigned)
Cesare Monti † (1 Mar 1630 Appointed - 31 Jan 1634 Resigned)
Lorenzo Campeggi † (31 Jan 1634 Appointed - 8 Aug 1639 Resigned)
Cesare Facchinetti † (6 Sep 1639 Appointed - 18 Jan 1642 Resigned)
Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli † (18 Jan 1642 Appointed - 14 Jul 1644 Resigned)
Giulio Rospigliosi † (14 Jul 1644 Appointed - Dec 1652 Resigned)
Francesco Gaetano † (28 Nov 1652 Appointed - Dec 1654 Resigned)
Camillo Massimi † (10 Jan 1654 Appointed - Dec 1656 Resigned)
Carlo Bonelli † (16 Nov 1656 Appointed - Oct 1664 Resigned)
Vitaliano Visconti † (16 Aug 1664 Appointed - 12 Jun 1668 Resigned)
Federico Borromeo (Jr.) † (25 Feb 1668 Appointed - Jul 1670 Resigned)
Antonio de Benavides y Bazán † (Jul 1670 Appointed - Oct 1670 Resigned)
Galeazzo Marescotti † (1 Sep 1670 Appointed - Oct 1675 Resigned)
Savo (Savio) Millini (Mellini) † (30 Jul 1675 Appointed - 8 Oct 1685 Resigned)
Marcello Durazzo † (20 May 1685 Appointed - Sep 1689 Resigned)
Antonio de Benavides y Bazán † (Sep 1689 Appointed - Aug 1690 Resigned)
Giuseppe Mosti † (12 Feb 1690 Appointed - 29 Jul 1692 Died)
Federico Caccia † (5 Jan 1693 Appointed - 13 May 1696 Resigned)
Giuseppe Archinto † (24 Dec 1695 Appointed - Aug 1700 Resigned)
Francesco Acquaviva d’Aragona † (6 Apr 1700 Appointed - 7 Dec 1706 Resigned)
Antonfelice Zondadari † (18 Sep 1706 Appointed - 10 Apr 1709 Resigned)
Giorgio Spínola † (6 Jul 1711 Appointed - 22 May 1713 Resigned)
Pompeio Aldrovandi † (2 Jan 1717 Appointed - 7 Jul 1718 Resigned)
Alessandro Aldobrandini † (13 Dec 1720 Appointed - May 1731 Resigned)
Vincent Antoine Alamanni Nasi † (23 Dec 1730 Appointed - 26 Mar 1735 Died)
Pedro Ayala, O.P. † (9 Sep 1735 Appointed - 7 May 1736 Resigned)
Silvio Valenti Gonzaga † (2 Feb 1736 Appointed - Dec 1739 Resigned)
Giovanni Battista Barni † (1 Apr 1739 Appointed - 24 Jan 1754 Died)
Enrico Enríquez † (23 Jan 1744 Appointed - 3 May 1754 Resigned)
Girolamo Spínola † (5 Oct 1754 Appointed - 20 Jul 1760 Resigned)
Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini † (31 Jan 1760 Appointed - Jul 1767 Resigned)
Cesare Alberico Lucini † (9 Jan 1767 Appointed - 19 Feb 1768 Died)
Luigi Valenti Gonzaga † (28 Aug 1773 Appointed - Jan 1778 Resigned)
Nicola Colonna di Stigliano † (14 Sep 1776 Appointed - 13 Sep 1785 Ceased)
Ippolito Antonio Vincenti Mareri † (20 Aug 1785 Appointed - Dec 1794 Ceased)
Filippo Casoni † (24 May 1794 Appointed - 23 Feb 1801 Resigned)
Pietro Gravina † (1 Mar 1803 Appointed - 8 Mar 1816 Resigned)
Giacomo Giustiniani † (6 Apr 1817 Appointed - 13 Mar 1826 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Imola)
Francesco Tiberi † (9 Jan 1827 Appointed - 2 Jul 1832 Elevated to Cardinal, of the Roman Curia - Other)
Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso † (13 Nov 1832 Appointed - 31 Jul 1835 Resigned)
Giovanni Brunelli † (13 Apr 1847 Appointed - 7 Mar 1853 Resigned)
Lorenzo Barili † (16 Oct 1857 Appointed - 13 Mar 1868 Resigned)
Alessandro Franchi † (13 Mar 1868 Appointed - Jun 1869 Resigned)
Giovanni Simeoni † (15 Mar 1875 Appointed - 17 Sep 1875 Resigned)
Giacomo Cattani † (28 Jan 1877 Appointed - 19 Sep 1879 Resigned)
Angelo Bianchi † (19 Sep 1879 Appointed - 25 Sep 1882 Resigned)
Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro † (25 Oct 1882 Appointed - 14 Mar 1887 Resigned)
Angelo Di Pietro † (16 May 1887 Appointed - 16 Jan 1893 Resigned)
Serafino Cretoni † (3 May 1893 Appointed - 22 Jun 1896 Elevated to Cardinal, to Spain)
Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè † (25 Jul 1896 Appointed - 19 Jun 1899 Elevated to Cardinal, of Catania)
Aristide Rinaldini † (7 Nov 1899 Appointed - 15 Apr 1907 Resigned)
Antonio Vico † (21 Oct 1907 Appointed - 27 Nov 1911 Resigned)
Francesco Ragonesi † (9 Feb 1913 Appointed - 7 Mar 1921 Resigned)
Federico Tedeschini † (31 Mar 1921 Appointed - 16 Dec 1935 Resigned)
Filippo Cortesi † (4 Jun 1936 Appointed - 18 Jul 1936 Resigned)
Gaetano Cicognani † (16 May 1938 Appointed - 12 Jan 1953 Resigned)
Ildebrando Antoniutti † (21 Oct 1953 Appointed - 19 Mar 1962 Resigned)
Antonio Riberi † (28 Apr 1962 Appointed - 26 Jun 1967 Resigned)
Luigi Dadaglio † (8 Jul 1967 Appointed - 4 Oct 1980 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship)
Antonio Innocenti † (4 Oct 1980 Appointed - 9 Jan 1986 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy)
Mario Tagliaferri † (20 Jul 1985 Appointed - 13 Jul 1995 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to France)
Lajos Kada † (22 Sep 1995 Appointed - 1 Mar 2000 Retired)
Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1 Mar 2000 Appointed - 3 Jul 2009 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops)
Renzo Fratini (20 Aug 2009 Appointed - 4 Jul 2019 Retired)
Bernardito Cleopas Auza (1 Oct 2019 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
14 May 1848	Restored		Nunciature to Spain

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Francesco Acquaviva d’Aragona † (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Apr 1700 to 7 Dec 1706)
Vincent Antoine Alamanni Nasi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 23 Dec 1730 to 26 Mar 1735)
Alessandro Aldobrandini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 13 Dec 1720 to May 1731)
Pompeio Aldrovandi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 2 Jan 1717 to 7 Jul 1718)
Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso † (Apostolic Nuncio: 13 Nov 1832 to 31 Jul 1835)
Ildebrando Antoniutti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 21 Oct 1953 to 19 Mar 1962)
Giuseppe Archinto † (Apostolic Nuncio: 24 Dec 1695 to Aug 1700)
Pedro Ayala, O.P. † (Apostolic Nuncio: 9 Sep 1735 to 7 May 1736)
Lorenzo Barili † (Apostolic Nuncio: 16 Oct 1857 to 13 Mar 1868)
Giovanni Battista Barni † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Apr 1739 to 24 Jan 1754)
Antonio de Benavides y Bazán † (Apostolic Internuncio: Jul 1670 to Oct 1670)
Angelo Bianchi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 19 Sep 1879 to 25 Sep 1882)
Carlo Bonelli † (Apostolic Nuncio: 16 Nov 1656 to Oct 1664)
Federico Borromeo (Jr.) † (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Feb 1668 to Jul 1670)
Giovanni Brunelli † (Apostolic Delegate: 13 Apr 1847; Apostolic Nuncio: 22 Jul 1848 to 7 Mar 1853)
Federico Caccia † (Apostolic Nuncio: 5 Jan 1693 to 13 May 1696)
Antonio Caetani (Jr.) † (Apostolic Nuncio: 27 Oct 1611 to 17 Jul 1618)
Camillo Caetani † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Sep 1592 to 24 Mar 1600)
Giovanni Campeggi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 28 Nov 1560 to 10 May 1561)
Lorenzo Campeggi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 31 Jan 1634 to 8 Aug 1639)
Decio Carafa † (Apostolic Nuncio: 22 May 1607 to 27 Oct 1611)
Filippo Casoni † (Apostolic Nuncio: 24 May 1794 to 23 Feb 1801)
Giovanni Battista Castagna † (Apostolic Nuncio: Nov 1565 to 3 Jul 1572)
Giacomo Cattani † (Apostolic Nuncio: 28 Jan 1877 to 19 Sep 1879)
Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri † (Apostolic Nuncio: 17 Jul 1618 to 2 Apr 1621)
Gaetano Cicognani † (Apostolic Nuncio: 16 May 1938 to 12 Jan 1953)
Nicola Colonna di Stigliano † (Apostolic Nuncio: 14 Sep 1776 to 13 Sep 1785)
Filippo Cortesi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 4 Jun 1936 to 18 Jul 1936)
Serafino Cretoni † (Apostolic Nuncio: 3 May 1893 to 22 Jun 1896)
Luigi Dadaglio † (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 Jul 1967 to 4 Oct 1980)
Angelo Di Pietro † (Apostolic Nuncio: 16 May 1887 to 16 Jan 1893)
Marcello Durazzo † (Apostolic Nuncio: 20 May 1685 to Sep 1689)
Enrico Enríquez † (Apostolic Nuncio: 23 Jan 1744 to 3 May 1754)
Cesare Facchinetti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Sep 1639 to 18 Jan 1642)
Alessandro Franchi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 13 Mar 1868 to Jun 1869)
Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè † (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Jul 1896 to 19 Jun 1899)
Francesco Gaetano † (Apostolic Nuncio: 28 Nov 1652 to Dec 1654)
Domenico Ginnasi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 24 Mar 1600 to Jun 1605)
Giacomo Giustiniani † (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Apr 1817 to 13 Mar 1826)
Annibale Grassi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 27 Aug 1588 to 24 Jun 1590)
Pietro Gravina † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Mar 1803 to 8 Mar 1816)
Antonio Innocenti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 4 Oct 1980 to 9 Jan 1986)
Lajos Kada † (Apostolic Nuncio: 22 Sep 1995 to 1 Mar 2000)
Cesare Alberico Lucini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 9 Jan 1767 to 19 Feb 1768)
Galeazzo Marescotti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Sep 1670 to Oct 1675)
Camillo Massimi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 10 Jan 1654 to Dec 1656)
Innocenzo Massimi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 24 Jun 1622 to 27 Jan 1624)
Giovanni Garzia Mellini (Millini) † (Apostolic Nuncio: 20 Jun 1605 to 22 May 1607)
Savo (Savio) Millini (Mellini) † (Apostolic Nuncio: 30 Jul 1675 to 8 Oct 1685)
Cesare Monti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Mar 1630 to 31 Jan 1634)
Giuseppe Mosti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 12 Feb 1690 to 29 Jul 1692)
Nicolò Ormanetto † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Jul 1572 to 18 Jun 1577)
Salvatore Pacini † (Apostolic Nuncio: Mar 1559 to Mar 1560)
Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 31 Jan 1760 to Jul 1767)
Giovanni Battista Pamphilj † (Apostolic Nuncio: 30 May 1626 to 1 Mar 1630)
Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli † (Apostolic Nuncio: 18 Jan 1642 to 14 Jul 1644)
Francesco Ragonesi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 9 Feb 1913 to 7 Mar 1921)
Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro † (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Oct 1882 to 14 Mar 1887)
Ottaviano della Raverta (Rovere) † (Apostolic Nuncio: 10 Mar 1560 to 28 Nov 1560)
Antonio Riberi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 28 Apr 1962 to 26 Jun 1967)
Aristide Rinaldini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 7 Nov 1899 to 15 Apr 1907)
Giulio Rospigliosi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 14 Jul 1644 to Dec 1652)
Giulio Cesare Sacchetti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 27 Jan 1624 to 30 May 1626)
Alessandro di Sangro † (Apostolic Nuncio: 2 Apr 1621 to 23 Jun 1622)
Filippo Sega † (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 Jul 1577 to 30 Apr 1581)
Giovanni Simeoni † (Apostolic Nuncio: 15 Mar 1875 to 17 Sep 1875)
Cesare Speciano (Speciani) † (Apostolic Nuncio: 11 Dec 1585 to 27 Aug 1588)
Giorgio Spínola † (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Jul 1711 to 22 May 1713)
Girolamo Spínola † (Apostolic Nuncio: 5 Oct 1754 to 20 Jul 1760)
Mario Tagliaferri † (Apostolic Nuncio: 20 Jul 1985 to 13 Jul 1995)
Ludovico Taverna † (Apostolic Nuncio: Jan 1582 to 11 Dec 1585)
Federico Tedeschini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 31 Mar 1921 to 16 Dec 1935)
Francesco Tiberi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 9 Jan 1827 to 2 Jul 1832)
Luigi Valenti Gonzaga † (Apostolic Nuncio: 28 Aug 1773 to Jan 1778)
Silvio Valenti Gonzaga † (Apostolic Nuncio: 2 Feb 1736 to Dec 1739)
Antonio Vico † (Apostolic Nuncio: 21 Oct 1907 to 27 Nov 1911)
Ippolito Antonio Vincenti Mareri † (Apostolic Nuncio: 20 Aug 1785 to Dec 1794)
Vitaliano Visconti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 16 Aug 1664 to 12 Jun 1668)
Antonfelice Zondadari † (Apostolic Nuncio: 18 Sep 1706 to 10 Apr 1709)

Nunciature to Spain

Bishop(s)

General Information

Past and Present Ordinaries

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased