Apostolic Nunciature

Australia

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

Phone: +61 2 6295 3876

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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
1968: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Australia and Papua New Guinea (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 Papua New Guinea and Apostolic Delegation of Pacific Ocean)

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher (59)
(2012.12.11 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Hodelm
Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

Permanent Observer to Council of Europe (2000 – 2004.01.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi (2004.01.22 – 2009.02.19)

Titular Archbishop of Hodelm (2004.01.22 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala (2009.02.19 – 2012.12.11)

Apostolic Nuncio to Australia (2012.12.11 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto (71) (2007.12.22 – 2012.08.18)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli (2004.12.18 – 2007.10.10)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Francesco Canalini (77) (1998.12.03 – 2004.09.08)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Franco Brambilla (1986.02.22 – 1998.12.03)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Luigi Barbarito (91) (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)

as of 2013.06.06