Apostolic Nunciature

Benin

Country: Benin

Address: Boulevard de France, Quartier Awhouanléko/Djoméhountin, Zone des Ambassades, 08 B.P. 0400, Cotonou, Benin

Phone: +229 01.60.60.73.99

Archbishop Rubén Darío Ruiz Mainardi (61)
(2024.10.28 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Ursona
Apostolic Nuncio to Togo
Apostolic Nuncio to Benin

Priest of Santo Tomé (Argentina) (1991.05.26 – 2024.10.28)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2003.03.08 – 2012.07.01)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2012.07.01 – 2024.10.28)

Titular Archbishop of Ursona (2024.10.28 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Benin (2024.10.28 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Togo (2024.10.28 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Mark Gerard Miles (59) (2021.02.05 – 2024.07.09)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Brian Udaigwe (62) (2013.04.08 – 2020.06.13)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Michael August Blume, S.V.D. (80) (2005.08.24 – 2013.02.02)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt (77) (2002.11.25 – 2005.08.24)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop André Dupuy (86) (1993.04.06 – 1999.11.27)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Abraham Kattumana (1991.05.08 – 1992)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello (83) (later Cardinal) (1987.10.17 – 1991.01.12)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Ivan Dias (later Cardinal) (1982.05.08 – 1987.06.20)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Giuseppe Ferraioli (1979.08.25 – 1981.07.21)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Bruno Wüstenberg (1973.12.19 – 1979.01.17)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Giovanni Mariani (1972.03.30 – 1973.10.17)

Last updated on 2026.09.04