Apostolic Nunciature

Australia

Country: Australia

Type: Apostolic Nunciature

Address: 2 Vancouver Stret, Red Hill, Canberra, ACT 2603; PO Box 3633, Manuka, ACT 2603, Australia

Phone: +61 2 6295 3876

Website:

History

1914.04.15: Established as Apostolic Delegation of Australia
1921: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Australasia
1947: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania (English)
1968: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Australia and Papua New Guinea (English) (branched to create Apostolic Delegation of New Zealand and Pacific Islands)
1973.03.05: Promoted as Apostolic Nunciature of Australia (branched to create Apostolic Delegation of Pacific Ocean and Apostolic Delegation of Papua New Guinea)

Present Papal Representative

Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo (74)
(2022.01.17 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Castello
Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

Born:	1951.06.29 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1976.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.06.29

Priest of New York (USA) (1976.06.06 – 2005.04.01)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1988.11.10 – 2005.04.01)

Apostolic Nuncio to Fiji Islands (2005.04.01 – 2013.01.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands (2005.04.01 – 2013.01.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to Kiribati (2005.04.01 – 2013.01.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to Micronesia (2005.04.01 – 2013.01.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand (2005.04.01 – 2013.01.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to Palau (2005.04.01 – 2013.01.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga (2005.04.01 – 2013.01.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to Vanuatu (2005.04.01 – 2013.01.17)

Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean (2005.04.01 – 2013.01.17)

Titular Archbishop of Castello (2005.04.01 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Cook Island (2006.03.25 – 2013.01.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa (2006.04.01 – 2013.01.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru (2007.01.30 – 2013.01.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya (2013.01.17 – 2018.09.21)

Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (2013.01.17 – 2018.09.21)

Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan (2013.12.21 – 2018.09.21)

Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic (2018.09.21 – 2022.01.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to Australia (2022.01.17 – ...)

Past Papal Representatives

Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖) (77) (2015.02.17 – 2021.06.03)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher (71) (2012.12.11 – 2014.11.08)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto (83) (2007.12.22 – 2012.08.18)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli (2004.12.18 – 2007.10.10)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Francesco Canalini (89) (1998.12.03 – 2004.09.08)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Franco Brambilla (1986.02.22 – 1998.12.03)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Luigi Barbarito (1978.06.10 – 1986.01.21)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Gino Paro (1973.03.05 – 1978)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Gino Paro (1969.05.05 – 1973.03.05)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Domenico Enrici (1962.10.01 – 1968)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Maximilien de Fürstenberg (later Cardinal) (1959.11.21 – 1962.04.28)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Romolo Carboni (1953.09.28 – 1959.09.02)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Paolo Marella (later Cardinal) (1948.10.27 – 1953.04.15)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Giovanni Panico (later Cardinal) (1935.10.17 – 1948.09.28)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Filippo Bernardini (1933.03.13 – 1935.10.10)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo (1917.05.19 – 1933)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Bonaventura Cerretti (later Cardinal) (1914.10.05 – 1917.05.06)

Last updated on 2025.09.22

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