Apostolic Nunciature to Australia

Apostolic Nunciature in Australia

The Nunciature to Australia is an ecclesiastical office of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia with the rank of an ambassador. The office of the nunciature is located in Manuka, Canberra.

The nunciature was erected by Pope Pius X on 15 April 1914, with Archbishop Bonaventura Cerretti as its first head. The nunciature is now in a period of "sede vacante" with the appointment of the current office holder Paul Richard Gallagher as the Secretary for Relations with States in 2014.

List of Apostolic Delegates to Australia

• Bonaventura Cerretti (1914 - 1917)
• Bartolomeo Cattaneo (1917 - 1933)
• Filippo Bernardini (1933 - 1935)
• Giovanni Panico (1935 - 1948)
• Paolo Marella (1948 - 1953)
• Romolo Carboni (1953 - 1959)
• Maximilien de Fürstenberg (1959 - 1962)
• Domenico Enrici (1962 - 1969)

List of Apostolic Nuncios to Australia

• Gino Paro (1969 - 1978)
• Luigi Barbarito (1978 - 1986)
• Franco Brambilla (1986 - 1998)
• Francesco Canalini (1998 - 2004)
• Ambrose De Paoli (2004 - 2007)
• Giuseppe Lazzarotto (2007 - 2012)
• Paul Gallagher (2012 - 2014)
• Adolfo Tito Yllana (2015 - )

See also

• List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See
• List of diplomatic missions in Australia
• Foreign relations of the Holy See
• Roman Catholicism in Australia

External links

• Nunciature to Australia page at catholic-hierarchy.org
• Apostolic Nunciature of Australia page at gcatholic.org