Apostolic Nunciature to Slovakia

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

Apostolic Nuncios to Slovakia

Archbishop Giovanni Coppa was named Apostolic Nuncio to Czechoslovakia on 30 June 1990. With the division on that country into Slovakia and the Czech Republic on 1 January 1993, Coppa became nuncio to each of them, based in Prague.[1]

• Giovanni Coppa (1 January 1993 – 2 March 1994)
• Luigi Dossena (2 March 1994[2] – 8 February 2001)[3]
• Henryk Józef Nowacki 8 February 2001[3] – 28 November 2007)[4]
• Mario Giordana (15 March 2008 – 1 April 2017)[5]
• Giacomo Guido Ottonello (1 April 2017[5] – present)

See also

• Apostolic Nunciature to the Czech Republic
• Apostolic Nunciature to Czechoslovakia
• Foreign relations of the Holy See
• List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See

References

1. "Apoštolská nunciatúra: Diplomatické styky SR s Vatikánom". Katolícka Cirkev na Slovensku (in Slovak).
2. "Zomrel prvý apoštolský nuncius v SR Luigi Dossena" (in Slovak). SME. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
3. "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.02.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 February 2001. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
4. "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.11.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 November 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
5. "Resignations and Appointments, 01.04.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2019.