Apostolic Nunciature to Latvia
The Apostolic Nunciature to Latvia is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Latvia. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.
Representatives of the Holy See
- Apostolic delegate to the Baltic States
- Edward O'Rourke (8 December 1920 - December 1921)
- Apostolic delegate
- Antonino Zecchini (20 October 1922[1] - 18 March 1935)[2]
- He became Apostolic Internuncio on 14 April 1926.[3]
- Apostolic nuncios
- Antonino Arata (12 July 1935[4] - August 1940)[5]
- Justo Mullor García (30 November 1991 - 2 April 1997)
- Erwin Josef Ender (9 July 1997 - 19 May 2001)[6]
- Peter Stephan Zurbriggen (25 October 2001[7] - 14 January 2009)[8]
- Luigi Bonazzi (25 March 2009[9] - 18 December 2013)[10]
- Pedro López Quintana (22 March 2014[11] - 4 March 2019)[12]
- Petar Rajič (6 August 2019[13] - present)
References
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XIV. 1922. p. 594. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- "Zecchini, Antonino". Dizionario Biografico dei Friulani (in Italian). Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XVIII. 1926. p. 229. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XXVII. 1935. p. 306. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- Narkutè, Vilma (2006). "The Confrontation Between the Lithuanian Catholic Church and the Soviet Regime". New Blackfriars. 87 (1011): 456–75, esp. 457. JSTOR 43251067.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 19.05.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 19 May 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.10.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 October 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 14.01.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.03.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 March 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.12.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.03.2014" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 04.03.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.08.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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