Apostolic Nunciature

Latvia

Country: Latvia

Type: Apostolic Nunciature

Address: T. Kosciuškos g. 28, LT-01100 Vilnius, Lithuania

Phone: +370-37 212 36 96, 22 34 46

History

1926.04.14: Established as Apostolic Internunciature of Latvia (from Apostolic Delegation of Lithuania and the Baltic States)
1935.07.11: Promoted as Apostolic Nunciature of Latvia

Present Papal Representative

Archbishop Georg Gänswein (68)
(2024.06.24 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Urbisaglia
Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania
Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia
Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia

Testimonium perhibere veritati

Born:	1956.07.30 (Riedern am Wald, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1984.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.01.06

Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) (1984.05.31 – 2012.12.07)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2000.05.06 – 2006.03.28)

Private Secretary of the Pope (2005.04.19 – 2013.02.28)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2006.03.28 – 2012.12.07)

Prefect of Prefecture of the Papal Household (2012.12.07 – 2023.02.28)

Titular Archbishop of Urbisaglia (2012.12.07 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Estonia (2024.06.24 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Latvia (2024.06.24 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania (2024.06.24 – ...)

Past Papal Representatives

Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Petar Rajič (65) (2019.08.06 – 2024.03.11)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Pedro López Quintana (71) (2014.03.22 – 2019.03.04)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi (76) (2009.03.25 – 2013.12.18)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen (2001.10.25 – 2009.01.14)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Erwin Josef Ender (1997.07.09 – 2001.05.19)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Justo Mullor García (1991.11.30 – 1997.04.02)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Antonino Arata (1935.07.11 – 1941)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Antonino Zecchini, S.J. (1926.04.14 – 1935.03.07)

Last updated on 2025.01.24

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