Nunciature to India

Historical Details

• Delegation to East Indies
  • Latin Name: Indiarum Orientalium
  • Established: 1881
  • Diplomatic Post
  • Country: India

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Antonio Agliardi † (23 Sep 1884 Appointed - 9 May 1887 Appointed, Pro-Secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs)
• Andrea Aiuti † (31 Mar 1887 Appointed - 24 Jul 1891 Appointed, Official of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith)
• Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski † (15 Mar 1892 Appointed - 7 Dec 1916 Appointed, Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch})
• Pietro Pisani † (15 Dec 1919 Appointed - Oct 1924 Resigned)
• Edward Aloysius Mooney † (18 Jan 1926 Appointed - 30 Mar 1931 Appointed, Apostolic Delegate to Japan)
• Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (23 Mar 1931 Appointed - 29 Jun 1952 Resigned)
• Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (3 Dec 1952 Appointed - 1 Jan 1957 Appointed, Official of the Secretariat of State)
• James Robert Knox † (14 Feb 1957 Appointed - 13 Apr 1967 Appointed, Archbishop of Melbourne)
• Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † (22 Aug 1967 Appointed - 19 Apr 1969 Appointed, Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See)
• Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. † (30 May 1969 Appointed - 16 Feb 1971 Resigned)
• John Gordon † (11 Aug 1971 Appointed - 11 Jun 1976 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands)
• Luciano Storero † (14 Jul 1976 Appointed - 2 Feb 1981 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela)
• Agostino Cacciavillan † (9 May 1981 Appointed - 13 Jun 1990 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to United States of America)
• Giorgio Zur † (13 Aug 1990 Appointed - 7 Dec 1998 Appointed, President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy)
• Lorenzo Baldisseri (19 Jun 1999 Appointed - 12 Nov 2002 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil)
• Pedro López Quintana (8 Feb 2003 Appointed - 10 Dec 2009 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Canada)
• Salvatore Pennacchio (8 May 2010 Appointed - 6 Aug 2016 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Poland)
• Giambattista Diquattro (21 Jan 2017 Appointed - 29 Aug 2020 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil)
• Leopoldo Girelli (13 Mar 2021 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Lorenzo Baldisseri (Apostolic Nuncio: 19 Jun 1999 to 12 Nov 2002)
• Giambattista Diquattro (Apostolic Nuncio: 21 Jan 2017 to 29 Aug 2020)
• Leopoldo Girelli (Apostolic Nuncio: 13 Mar 2021)
• Pedro López Quintana (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 Feb 2003 to 10 Dec 2009)
• Salvatore Pennacchio (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 May 2010 to 6 Aug 2016)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Antonio Agliardi † (Apostolic Delegate: 23 Sep 1884 to 9 May 1887)
• Andrea Aiuti † (Apostolic Delegate: 31 Mar 1887 to 24 Jul 1891)
• Agostino Cacciavillan † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 9 May 1981 to 13 Jun 1990)
• Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 22 Aug 1967 to 19 Apr 1969)
• John Gordon † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 11 Aug 1971 to 11 Jun 1976)
• Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (Apostolic Delegate: 23 Mar 1931; Apostolic Internuncio: 1 Jul 1948 to 29 Jun 1952)
• James Robert Knox † (Apostolic Internuncio: 14 Feb 1957 to 13 Apr 1967)
• Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 30 May 1969 to 16 Feb 1971)
• Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (Apostolic Internuncio: 3 Dec 1952 to 1 Jan 1957)
• Edward Aloysius Mooney † (Apostolic Delegate: 18 Jan 1926 to 30 Mar 1931)
• Pietro Pisani † (Apostolic Delegate: 15 Dec 1919 to Oct 1924)
• Luciano Storero † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 14 Jul 1976 to 2 Feb 1981)
• Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski † (Apostolic Delegate: 15 Mar 1892 to 7 Dec 1916)
• Giorgio Zur † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 13 Aug 1990 to 7 Dec 1998)

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