Apostolic Nunciature

Egypt

Country: Egypt

Type: Apostolic Nunciature

Address: Safarat Al-Vatican, 5 Sharia Mohamed Mazhar, Zamalek, Le Caire, Egypt

Phone: +20-2 2735.33.50; 2735.79.64

History

1839.05.28: Established as Apostolic Delegation of Egypt and Arabia (English)
1928: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Egypt, Arabia, Eritrea and Ethiopia (English)
1937: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Egypt and Arabia (English) (branched to create Apostolic Delegation of Italian East Africa)
1947.08.23: Promoted as Apostolic Internunciature of Egypt
1958: Renamed as Apostolic Internunciature of United Arab Republic
1966: Promoted as Apostolic Nunciature of United Arab Republic
1971: Renamed as Apostolic Nunciature of Egypt

Present Papal Representative

Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thévenin (65)
(2019.11.04 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Eclano
Apostolic Nuncio to Oman
Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt
Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS)

Veritas vis misericordiæ

Born:	1958.06.05 (Saint-Dizier, France)
Ordained Priest:	1989.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.01.06

Priest of Genova (Italy) (1989.07.04 – 2012.12.15)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1995.07.08 – 2004.08.04)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2004.08.04 – 2009.12.15)

Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household (2009.12.15 – 2012.12.15)

Titular Archbishop of Eclano (2012.12.15 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala (2013.01.05 – 2019.11.04)

Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt (2019.11.04 – ...)

Delegate to League of Arab States (LAS) (2019.11.04 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Oman (2023.05.22 – ...)

Past Papal Representatives

Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Bruno Musarò (75) (2015.02.05 – 2019.08.29)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel (80) (2013.01.05 – 2015.02.05)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. (86) (later Cardinal) (2006.02.15 – 2013.01.05)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. (2002.02.05 – 2006.01.27)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Paolo Giglio (吉立友) (1995.03.25 – 2002.02.05)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Antonio Magnoni (1989.07.22 – 1995.03.18)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Giovanni Moretti (1984.07.10 – 1989.07.15)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux (1973.08.03 – 1984)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Bruno Bernard Heim (1969.05.07 – 1973.07.16)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Lino Zanini (1966 – 1969.05.07)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Mario Brini (1962.06.13 – 1965.10.02)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi (later Cardinal) (1957.01.11 – 1962.05.17)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye (雍守正), M.E.P. (1955.05.03 – 1956.11.23)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Albert Levame (1949.10.03 – 1954.06.16)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Arthur Hughes, M. Afr. (1947.08.23 – 1949.07.12)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Gustavo Testa (later Cardinal) (1934.06.04 – 1945)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Torquato Dini (1933.11.12 – 1934.03.26)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Valerio Valeri (later Cardinal) (1927.10.18 – 1933.07.01)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Andrea Cassulo (1921.01.24 – 1927.05.07)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Aurelio Briante, O.F.M. (1904.07.23 – 1921.01.24)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Gaudenzio Bonfigli, O.F.M. (1896.02.25 – 1904.04.06)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Anacleto Chicaro, O.F.M. (1881.05.17 – 1888.10.05)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Luigi Ciurcia, O.F.M. (1866.07.27 – 1881.07.13)
Apostolic Delegate: Bishop Paškal Vujičić, O.F.M. Obs. (1860.09.28 – 1866.08.06)
Apostolic Delegate: Bishop Perpetuo Guasco da Solero, O.F.M. Obs. (1839.06.07 – 1859.08.02)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Auvergne (1833.03 – 1836.09.14)

Last updated on 2024.05.05