Apostolic Nunciature

Mauritania

Country: Mauritania

Type: Apostolic Nunciature

Address: B.P. 5076, 12524 Dakar-Fann, Senegal

Phone: +221 33.824.26.74

History

1959: Established as Apostolic Delegation of Western Africa
1973.10.17: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Mauritania
2017.05.13: Promoted as Apostolic Nunciature of Mauritania

Present Papal Representative

Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag (56)
(2022.09.06 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Maastricht
Apostolic Nuncio to Senegal
Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritania
Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau
Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde

Secundum cor tuum

Born:	1968.02.06 (Więcbork, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1993.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.03.19

Priest of Pelplin (Poland) (1993.05.30 – 2018.02.15)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2004.03.02 – 2011.07.01)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2011.07.01 – 2018.02.15)

Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua (2018.02.15 – 2022.09.06)

Titular Archbishop of Maastricht (2018.02.15 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde (2022.09.06 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau (2022.09.06 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritania (2022.09.06 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Senegal (2022.09.06 – ...)

Past Papal Representatives

Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach (62) (2017.05.13 – 2022.05.03)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach (62) (2016.03.19 – 2017.05.13)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor (68) (2008.06.19 – 2015.06.22)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto (72) (2001.12.04 – 2007.12.06)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel (81) (1997.12.06 – 2001.10.31)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò (86) (later Cardinal) (1989.10.21 – 1997.10.02)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Pablo Puente Buces (1986.03.15 – 1989.07.31)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Luigi Dossena (1978.10.24 – 1985.12.30)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Luigi Barbarito (1975.04.05 – 1978.06.10)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Giovanni Mariani (1973.10.17 – 1975.01.11)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Giovanni Mariani (1967.10.16 – 1973.10.17)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Giovanni Benelli (later Cardinal) (1966.06.11 – 1967.06.29)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Émile André Jean-Marie Maury (1959.07.09 – 1965.06.11)

Last updated on 2025.01.12

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