Father Éric Soviguidi

Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso

Titular Archbishop of Pumentum

Apostolic Nuncio to Niger

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Mar 1971		Born
10 Oct 1998	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cotonou, Benin
30 Nov 2021	50.6	Appointed	Permanent Observer to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
15 Aug 2025	54.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
15 Aug 2025	54.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Pumentum
12 Sep 2025	54.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Niger
15 Nov 2025	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Pumentum

MicroData Summary
Éric Soviguidi
Father Éric Soviguidi
(born 21 Mar 1971)
Apostolic Nuncio of Burkina Faso

Event Place
Birth Place Abomey, Diocese of Abomey, Benin
Death Place Sacré Cœur, Church, Akpakpa, Archdiocese of Cotonou, Benin

Please contact the Father through the Nunciature to Burkina Faso.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pietro Cardinal Parolin
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pietro Cardinal Parolin (2009)
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

VIAF: 386148933715454301646
WikiData: Q93260804

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 Aug 2025
ab: Bollettino, 12 Sep 2025
ab: Bollettino, 30 Nov 2021
ob: CB, 6 Oct 2025

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