Nunciature to Egypt, Arab Republic of

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. (Apostolic Nuncio: 15 Feb 2006 to 23 Oct 2012)
• Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel (Apostolic Nuncio: 5 Jan 2013 to 3 Jan 2015)
• Bruno Musarò (Apostolic Nuncio: 5 Feb 2015 to 29 Aug 2019)
• Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin (Apostolic Nuncio: 4 Nov 2019)

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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)

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