Nunciature to Mauritania

Historical Details

• Delegation to Mauritania
  • Diplomatic Post
  • Country: Mauritania

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Luigi Barbarito † (5 Apr 1975 Appointed - 10 Jun 1978 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Australia)
• Luigi Dossena † (24 Oct 1978 Appointed - 30 Dec 1985 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Peru)
• Pablo Puente Buces † (15 Mar 1986 Appointed - 31 Jul 1989 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon)
• Giuseppe Pinto (4 Dec 2001 Appointed - 6 Dec 2007 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Chile)
• Luis Mariano Montemayor (19 Jun 2008 Appointed - 22 Jun 2015 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of)
• Michael Wallace Banach (19 Mar 2016 Appointed - 9 Dec 2016 Resigned)
• Michael Wallace Banach (13 May 2017 Appointed - 3 May 2022 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary)
• Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag (6 Sep 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Michael Wallace Banach (Apostolic Delegate: 19 Mar 2016 to 9 Dec 2016; Apostolic Nuncio: 13 May 2017 to 3 May 2022)
• Luis Mariano Montemayor (Apostolic Delegate: 19 Jun 2008 to 22 Jun 2015)
• Giuseppe Pinto (Apostolic Delegate: 4 Dec 2001 to 6 Dec 2007)
• Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Sep 2022)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Luigi Barbarito † (Apostolic Delegate: 5 Apr 1975 to 10 Jun 1978)
• Luigi Dossena † (Apostolic Delegate: 24 Oct 1978 to 30 Dec 1985)
• Pablo Puente Buces † (Apostolic Delegate: 15 Mar 1986 to 31 Jul 1989)

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