Apostolic Nunciature to Singapore

The Apostolic Nunciature to Singapore is a top-level diplomatic mission assigned by the Holy See to the Singapore. The Holy See is represented by an Apostolic Nuncio , a position comparable to that of ambassador, but with ecclesiastical responsibilities in addition to those that concern the relationship with the government of Singapore.

Before the Holy See named its first diplomat with the title Apostolic Delegate to Singapore in 1981, its interests, officially ecclesiastic but informally intergovernmental, were the responsibility of an official with the title Apostolic Delegate to Thailand, Laos, and the Malacca Peninsula, first appointed in 1968. The Malacca Peninsula is more commonly known as the Malay Peninsula and comprised the eastern section of Malaysia (Peninsula Malaysia) and Singapore.

List of papal representatives

Apostolic Delegates to Thailand, Laos, and the Malacca Peninsula

• John Gordon (10 February 1962[1] – 27 February 1965)[2]
• Angelo Pedroni (7 April 1965[3] - 1967)
• Jean Jadot (28 February 1968[4] – 15 May 1971)[5]

Apostolic Delegates to Laos, Malaysia, and Singapore

• Giovanni Moretti (9 September 1971[6] – 13 March 1978)[7]
• Silvio Luoni (15 May 1978[8] – 1980)
• Renato Raffaele Martino (14 September 1980[9] – 24 June 1981)

Apostolic Delegates to Singapore

• Renato Raffaele Martino (24 June 1981 - 3 December 1986)[10]

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Singapore

• Alberto Tricarico (28 February 1987[11] - 26 July 1993)

Apostolic Nuncios to Singapore

• Luigi Bressan (26 July 1993 - 25 March 1999)
• Adriano Bernardini (24 July 1999[12] - 26 April 2003)[13]
• Salvatore Pennacchio (20 September 2003[14] – 8 May 2010)[15]
• Leopoldo Girelli (13 January 2011[16] - 13 September 2017)[17]
• Marek Zalewski (21 May 2018[18] – present)

References

1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LIV. 1962. pp. 188, 205. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
2. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LVII. 1965. p. 550. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LVII. 1965. pp. 541, 680. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
4. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LX. 1968. p. 365. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
5. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXIII. 1971. p. 398. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
6. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXIII. 1971. p. 719. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
7. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXX. 1978. p. 317. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
8. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXX. 1978. p. 380. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
9. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXII. 1980. pp. 977, 1160. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
10. "Former Observers". Copyright © 2018 The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
11. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXIX. 1987. p. 359. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
12. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XCI. 1999. p. 1004. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
13. "Rinunce e nomine, 26.04.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 26 April 2003. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
14. "Rinunce e Nomine, 20.09.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 September 2003. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
15. "Rinunce e nomine, 08.05.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
16. "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.01.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
17. "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.09.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
18. "Rinunce e nomine, 21.05.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.