Apostolic Nunciature to Albania

The Apostolic Nunciature to Albania is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Albania. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.

Apostolic Nunciature to Albania
Location	Tirana
Apostolic Nuncio	Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi

After a gap of several decades Pope John Paul II established the Nunciature to Albania on 7 September 1991.^[1]

Representatives of the Holy See to Albania

Apostolic delegates

• Ernesto Cozzi (12 November 1920 – 23 February 1926)^[2]
• Giovanni Battista della Pietra (3 March 1927 – 1934)
• Ildebrando Antoniutti (19 May 1936 – August 1936)
• Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris (18 August 1938^[3] – 1947)

Apostolic Nuncios

• Ivan Dias (28 October 1991 – 8 November 1996)^[4]
• John Bulaitis (25 March 1997 – 26 July 2008)^[5]
• Ramiro Moliner Inglés (26 July 2008^[5] – 1 September 2016)
• Charles John Brown (9 March 2017^[6] – 28 September 2020)^[7]
• Luigi Bonazzi (10 December 2020^[8] – present)

See also

• Foreign relations of the Holy See
• List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See

References

1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIV. 1992. p. 10–1. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
2. Elsie, Robert (213). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B. Tauris. p. 90. ISBN 9781780764313.
3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXX. 1938. pp. 320–1. Retrieved 18 May 2020. Delegato Apostolico in Albania
4. "Cardinal Ivan Dias of Bombay passes away". L'Osservatore Romano. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
5. "Rinunce e Nomine, 26.07.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 26 July 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
6. "Resignations and Appointments, 09.03.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
7. "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.09.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
8. "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.12.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.