Apostolic Delegation

Pacific Ocean

Countries: American Samoa , French Polynesia , Guam , New Caledonia , Niue , Norfolk Island , Northern Mariana Islands , Pitcairn Islands , Tokelau , Tuvalu , U.S. Minor Islands , Wallis and Futuna

Type: Apostolic Delegation

Address: 112 Queen’s Drive, Lyall Bay, Wellington 6023, New Zealand

Phone: +64 4 387-3470

History

1973.03.05: Established as Apostolic Delegation of Pacific Ocean (from Apostolic Delegation of Australia and Papua New Guinea)
1980: Branched to create Apostolic Nunciature of Fiji Islands
1992.12.01: Branched to create Apostolic Nunciature of Nauru
1993: Branched to create Apostolic Nunciature of Marshall Islands
1994: Branched to create Apostolic Nunciature of Micronesia, Apostolic Nunciature of Samoa, Apostolic Nunciature of Tonga and Apostolic Nunciature of Vanuatu
1995: Branched to create Apostolic Nunciature of Kiribati
2001.07.14: Branched to create Apostolic Nunciature of Palau
2001: Branched to create Apostolic Nunciature of Cook Island

Present Papal Representative

Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa (66)
(2019.03.29 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Tagaria
Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia
Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island
Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa
Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga
Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru
Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati
Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands
Apostolic Nuncio to Palau
Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands
Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand
Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean

Born:	1957.10.18 (Bukoba, Tanzania)
Ordained Priest:	1986.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.03.18

Priest of Bukoba (Tanzania) (1986.07.06 – 2010.02.06)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1992.07.24 – 2001.06.05)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2001.06.05 – 2010.02.06)

Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (2007.06.28 – 2010.02.06)

Apostolic Nuncio to São Tomé and Príncipe (2010.02.06 – 2015.03.05)

Titular Archbishop of Tagaria (2010.02.06 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Angola (2010.02.20 – 2015.03.05)

Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras (2015.03.05 – 2019.03.29)

Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand (2019.03.29 – ...)

Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean (2019.03.29 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands (2019.05.25 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Palau (2019.05.25 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands (2019.11.30 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati (2019.11.30 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru (2019.11.30 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga (2019.11.30 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa (2020.04.17 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island (2021.02.02 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia (2021.03.30 – ...)

Past Papal Representatives

Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Martin Krebs (67) (2013.05.08 – 2018.06.16)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo (72) (2005.04.01 – 2013.01.17)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Patrick Coveney (1996.10.15 – 2005.01.25)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Thomas A. White (陶懷德) (1989.10.14 – 1996.04.27)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Antonio Magnoni (1980.04.24 – 1989.07.22)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Angelo Acerbi (98) (1974.06.22 – 1979.08.14)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Raymond Philip Etteldorf (1973 – 1974.06.21)

Last updated on 2024.05.05

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