Apostolic Nunciature

Belgium

Country: Belgium

Type: Apostolic Nunciature

Address: Av. des Franciscains 9, B-1150 Bruxelles, Belgium

Phone: +32-2 762.20.05

History

Established as Apostolic Nunciature of Belgium
1890?: Demoted as Apostolic Internunciature of Belgium
1896.08.14: Promoted as Apostolic Nunciature of Belgium

Present Papal Representative

Archbishop Franco Coppola (68)
(2021.11.15 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Vinda
Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg
Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

Born:	1957.03.31 (Maglie, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1981.09.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.09.12

Priest of Otranto (Italy) (1981.09.12 – 2009.07.16)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1994.03.18 – 2004.06.25)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2004.06.25 – 2009.07.16)

Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi (2009.07.16 – 2014.01.31)

Titular Archbishop of Vinda (2009.07.16 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic (2014.01.31 – 2016.07.09)

Apostolic Nuncio to Chad (2014.04.02 – 2016.07.09)

Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico (2016.07.09 – 2021.11.15)

Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium (2021.11.15 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg (2021.12.14 – ...)

Past Papal Representatives

Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Augustine Kasujja (79) (2016.10.12 – 2021.08.31)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giacinto Berloco (84) (2009.06.18 – 2016.09)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Karl-Josef Rauber (later Cardinal) (2003.02.22 – 2009.06.18)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata (88) (1999.03.03 – 2002.11.14)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giovanni Moretti (1989.07.15 – 1999.03.03)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Angelo Pedroni (1983.07.06 – 1989.06.13)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Igino Eugenio Cardinale (1969.04.19 – 1983.03.24)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi (later Cardinal) (1962.05.17 – 1969.04.19)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Efrem Forni (later Cardinal) (1953.11.09 – 1962.03.19)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Fernando Cento (later Cardinal) (1946.03.09 – 1953.10.26)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Clemente Micara (later Cardinal) (1923.05.30 – 1946.02.18)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Sebastiano Nicotra (1918.10.01 – 1923.05.30)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Achille Locatelli (later Cardinal) (1916.07.08 – 1918.07.13)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giovanni Tacci Porcelli (later Cardinal) (1907.12.31 – 1911.04.29)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Antonio Vico (later Cardinal) (1904.02.04 – 1907.10.21)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (later Cardinal) (1899.11.10 – 1904.01.04)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Aristide Rinaldini (later Cardinal) (1896.08.14 – 1899.12.28)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Serafino Vannutelli (later Cardinal) (1875.09.10 – 1880.12.03)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (later Cardinal) (1866.05.15 – 1868.05.29)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski (later Cardinal) (1861.09.30 – 1866.01.08)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci (later Pope Leo XIII) (1843.01.28 – 1846.01.19)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giovanni Carlo Molinari (1754.02.09 – 1763.03.31)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Luca Melchiore Tempi (later Cardinal) (1736.11.19 – 1744.01.22)
Apostolic Internuncio: Msgr. Benedetto Lorenzelli (later Cardinal) (1893.05.30 – 1896.08.14?)

Last updated on 2025.09.22