Egypt, Arab Republic of (Nunciature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Historical Details

Delegation to Egypt and Arabia
- Established: 28 May 1839
- Diplomatic Post
- Country: Egypt
Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea and Ethiopia (Abyssiniae)
- Latin Name: Aegypti, Arabiae, Erythreae, et Abyssiniae
- Name Changed: 5 March 1928
- Diplomatic Post
- Country: Egypt
Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus
- Name Changed: 11 March 1929
- Diplomatic Post
- Country: Egypt
Delegation to Egypt and Arabia
- Name Changed: 25 March 1937
- Diplomatic Post
- Country: Egypt

Past and Present Ordinaries

Jean-Baptiste Auvergne † (29 Mar 1833 Appointed - 7 Sep 1836 Died)
Perpetuo Guasco, O.F.M. Obs. † (7 Jun 1839 Appointed - 26 Aug 1859 Died)
Paškal Vujičić (Vujcic), O.F.M. Obs. † (7 Sep 1860 Appointed - 6 Aug 1866 Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Bosnia (Bosna, Diacovar, Diakovar))
Ljudevit Ćurčija, O.F.M. Obs. † (27 Jul 1866 Appointed - 1 May 1881 Resigned)
Anacleto Chicaro, O.F.M. Obs. † (17 May 1881 Appointed - 5 Oct 1888 Resigned)
Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. Obs. † (9 Oct 1888 Appointed - 22 Jun 1896 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cortona)
Gaudenzio Bonfigli, O.F.M. Obs. † (25 Feb 1896 Appointed - 6 Apr 1904 Died)
Aurelio Briante, O.F.M. † (23 Jul 1904 Appointed - Feb 1921 Resigned)
Andrea Cassulo † (24 Jan 1921 Appointed - 7 May 1927 Appointed, Apostolic Delegate to Canada and Newfoundland)
Valerio Valeri † (18 Oct 1927 Appointed - 3 Apr 1933 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Romania)
Riccardo Bartoloni † (9 Apr 1933 Appointed - 11 Oct 1933 Died)
Torquato Dini † (12 Nov 1933 Appointed - 26 Mar 1934 Died)
Gustavo Testa † (4 Jun 1934 Appointed - 11 Feb 1948 Appointed, Apostolic Delegate to Palestine, TransJordan, and Cyprus)
Arthur Walter Hughes, M. Afr. † (23 Aug 1947 Appointed - 12 Jul 1949 Died)
Albert Levame † (3 Oct 1949 Appointed - 16 Jun 1954 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland)
Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. † (2 Mar 1955 Appointed - 23 Nov 1956 Resigned)
Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi † (11 Jan 1957 Appointed - 17 May 1962 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium)
Mario Brini † (13 Jun 1962 Appointed - 2 Oct 1965 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches)
Lino Zanini † (4 Jan 1966 Appointed - 7 May 1969 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina)
Bruno Bernard Heim † (7 May 1969 Appointed - 16 Jul 1973 Appointed, Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain)
Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux † (3 Aug 1973 Appointed - 1984 Resigned)
Giovanni Moretti † (10 Jul 1984 Appointed - 15 Jul 1989 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium)
Antonio Magnoni † (22 Jul 1989 Appointed - 18 Mar 1995 Retired)
Paolo Giglio † (25 Mar 1995 Appointed - 5 Feb 2002 Retired)
Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. † (5 Feb 2002 Appointed - 27 Jan 2006 Retired)
Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. (15 Feb 2006 Appointed - 23 Oct 2012 Retired)
Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel (5 Jan 2013 Appointed - 3 Jan 2015 Retired)
Bruno Musarò (5 Feb 2015 Appointed - 29 Aug 2019 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica)
Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin (4 Nov 2019 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Delegation to Egypt and Arabia
28 May 1839	Established		Delegation to Egypt and Arabia
Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea and Ethiopia (Abyssiniae)
5 March 1928	Name Changed	Delegation to Egypt and Arabia	Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea and Ethiopia (Abyssiniae)
Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus
11 March 1929	Name Changed	Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea and Ethiopia (Abyssiniae) Nunciature to Syria (Palestine, TransJordan, and island of Cyprus)	Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus
25 March 1937	Established	Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus	Delegation to Italian East Africa
Delegation to Egypt and Arabia
25 March 1937	Name Changed	Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus	Delegation to Egypt and Arabia
Nunciature to Egypt, Arab Republic of
23 August 1947	Elevated	Delegation to Egypt and Arabia	Nunciature to Egypt, Arab Republic of (to Internunciature)
1971	Elevated		Nunciature to Egypt, Arab Republic of (to Nunciature)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Jean-Baptiste Auvergne † (Apostolic Delegate: 29 Mar 1833 to 7 Sep 1836)
Riccardo Bartoloni † (Apostolic Delegate: 9 Apr 1933 to 11 Oct 1933)
Gaudenzio Bonfigli, O.F.M. Obs. † (Apostolic Delegate: 25 Feb 1896 to 6 Apr 1904)
Aurelio Briante, O.F.M. † (Apostolic Delegate: 23 Jul 1904 to Feb 1921)
Mario Brini † (Apostolic Internuncio: 13 Jun 1962 to 2 Oct 1965)
Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. † (Apostolic Nuncio: 5 Feb 2002 to 27 Jan 2006)
Andrea Cassulo † (Apostolic Delegate: 24 Jan 1921 to 7 May 1927)
Anacleto Chicaro, O.F.M. Obs. † (Apostolic Delegate: 17 May 1881 to 5 Oct 1888)
Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. Obs. † (Apostolic Delegate: 9 Oct 1888 to 22 Jun 1896)
Ljudevit Ćurčija, O.F.M. Obs. † (Apostolic Delegate: 27 Jul 1866 to 1 May 1881)
Torquato Dini † (Apostolic Delegate: 12 Nov 1933 to 26 Mar 1934)
Paolo Giglio † (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Mar 1995 to 5 Feb 2002)
Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 3 Aug 1973 to 1984)
Perpetuo Guasco, O.F.M. Obs. † (Apostolic Delegate: 7 Jun 1839 to 26 Aug 1859)
Bruno Bernard Heim † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 7 May 1969 to 16 Jul 1973)
Arthur Walter Hughes, M. Afr. † (Official: 3 Mar 1945; Apostolic Internuncio: 23 Aug 1947 to 12 Jul 1949)
Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye, M.E.P. † (Apostolic Internuncio: 2 Mar 1955 to 23 Nov 1956)
Albert Levame † (Apostolic Internuncio: 3 Oct 1949 to 16 Jun 1954)
Antonio Magnoni † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 22 Jul 1989 to 18 Mar 1995)
Giovanni Moretti † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 10 Jul 1984 to 15 Jul 1989)
Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi † (Apostolic Internuncio: 11 Jan 1957 to 17 May 1962)
Gustavo Testa † (Apostolic Delegate: 4 Jun 1934 to 11 Feb 1948)
Valerio Valeri † (Apostolic Delegate: 18 Oct 1927 to 3 Apr 1933)
Paškal Vujičić (Vujcic), O.F.M. Obs. † (Apostolic Delegate: 7 Sep 1860 to 6 Aug 1866)
Lino Zanini † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 4 Jan 1966 to 7 May 1969)

Source(s)

Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea and Ethiopia (Abyssiniae)
- Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 20, Page 108, and Page 219
Delegation to Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestine, TransJordan, and Island of Cyprus
- Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 21, Page 149, and Page 150
- Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 21, Page 651, and Page 652

Nunciature to Egypt, Arab Republic of

Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 40, Page 72, and Page 73

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

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