Tanzania (Nunciature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Type of Jurisdiction: Nunciature
Established: 19 April 1968
Diplomatic Post
Country: Tanzania, United Republic of
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 480, Oyesterbay, 5 Haile Selasie Rd., Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Telephone: (255-22)266.64.22; 266.77.71

Past and Present Ordinaries

Pierluigi Sartorelli † (19 Apr 1968 Appointed - 22 Dec 1970 Resigned)
Franco Brambilla † (24 Dec 1970 Appointed - 21 Nov 1981 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay)
Gian Vincenzo Moreni † (29 Apr 1982 Appointed - 8 Sep 1990 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines)
Agostino Marchetto (7 Dec 1990 Appointed - 18 May 1994 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus)
Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián (9 Jul 1994 Appointed - 20 Mar 1999 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of)
Luigi Pezzuto (22 May 1999 Appointed - 2 Apr 2005 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador)
Joseph Chennoth † (15 Jun 2005 Appointed - 15 Aug 2011 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Japan)
Francisco Montecillo Padilla (10 Nov 2011 Appointed - 5 Apr 2016 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait)
Marek Solczyński (25 Apr 2017 Appointed - 2 Feb 2022 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey)
Angelo Accattino (2 Jan 2023 Appointed - 15 Aug 2026 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia)

Date	Event	From	To
19 April 1968	Established	Delegation to Eastern Africa	Nunciature to Tanzania
13 October 1971	Territory Lost	Nunciature to Tanzania (Seychelles)	Nunciature to Kenya

Angelo Accattino (Apostolic Nuncio: 2 Jan 2023 to 15 Aug 2026)
Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián (Apostolic Nuncio: 9 Jul 1994 to 20 Mar 1999)
Agostino Marchetto (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 7 Dec 1990 to 18 May 1994)
Francisco Montecillo Padilla (Apostolic Nuncio: 10 Nov 2011 to 5 Apr 2016)
Luigi Pezzuto (Apostolic Nuncio: 22 May 1999 to 2 Apr 2005)
Marek Solczyński (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Apr 2017 to 2 Feb 2022)

Franco Brambilla † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 24 Dec 1970 to 21 Nov 1981)
Joseph Chennoth † (Apostolic Nuncio: 15 Jun 2005 to 15 Aug 2011)
Gian Vincenzo Moreni † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 29 Apr 1982; Apostolic Nuncio: 1984 to 8 Sep 1990)
Pierluigi Sartorelli † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 19 Apr 1968 to 22 Dec 1970)

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