The Apostolic Nunciature to Naples was an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in the Kingdom of Naples. It was a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.
List of Apostolic Nuncios
16th century Fabio Arcella (1528 - 1534) Tommaso Caracciolo (1534 - August 1535) Fabio Arcella (August 11, 1535 - April 1537) Francesco Guastaferro (April 1537 - 1541) Bartolomeo Capobianco (1541 - June 1544) Gerolamo Sauli (June 1544 - December 1545) Berardo de Santis (December 11, 1545 - May 1546) Bartolomeo Capobianco (May 1546 - November 1549) Bartolomeo Capranica (November 8, 1549 - ?) Paolo Fabio Cappelletto (? - 1554) Pietro Camaiano (October 12, 1554 - 1555) Marco Antonio Sauli (1555 - August 1558) Giulio Pavesi (August 1558 - June 1560) Paolo Odescalchi (June 15, 1560 - September 4, 1561) Nicolò Fieschi (September 4, 1561 - December 15, 1564) Antonio Scarampi (December 15, 1564 - May 15, 1566) Cipriano Pallavicini (May 15, 1566 - November 23, 1566) Paolo Odescalchi (January 15 1567 - February 27, 1568 appointed bishop of Penne) Cesare Brumano (February 1568 - November 18, 1570) Alessandro Simonetta (November 18, 1570 - November 9, 1572) Antonio Maria Sauli (November 9, 1572 - October 15, 1577) Lorenzo Campeggi (October 1577 - January 5, 1580) Fantino Petrignani (January 5, 1580 - February 9, 1581) Silvio Savelli (February 9, 1581 - June 2, 1585) Giulio Rossino (June 2, 1585 - July 1587) Marcantonio Bizzoni (July 10, 1587 - May 1589) Alessandro Glorieri (May 20, 1589 - May 1591) Germanico Malaspina (May 3, 1591 - December 21, 1591) Pietro Astorgio (December 21, 1591 - March 1592)
17th century Jacopo Aldobrandini (March 1592 - 1605) Guglielmo Bastoni (December 1, 1605 - January 1609) Valeriano Muti (January 12, 1609 - 1610) Diodato Gentile (March 29, 1610 - April 1616 deceased) Paolo Emilio Filonardi (April 19, 1616 - March 26, 1621) Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (March 26, 1621 - March 1625) Lorenzo Tramallo (March 1625 - May 15, 1626) (ad interim) Antonio Diaz (March 31 or May 15, 1626 - 1627) Cesare Monti (April 17, 1627 - 1628) Alessandro Bichi (May 29, 1628 - June 1630 dismissed) Niccolò Enriquez de Herrera (June 8, 1630 - 1639) Lorenzo Tramallo (March 26, 1639 - November 25, 1644 dismissed) Emilio Bonaventura Altieri (November 25, 1644 - October 1652) Alessandro Sperelli (October 24, 1652 - September 1653) Giulio Spinola (October 4, 1653 - ?) Giulio Spinola (October 4, 1658 - July 10, 1665 appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Austria) Bernardino Rocci (June 16, 1665 - 1667) Marco Galli (February 19, 1668 - 1671) Marcantonio Vincentini (January 26, 1671 - 1682) Giulio Muzio (or Muti) Papazurri (1682 - 1690) Lorenzo Casoni (March 4, 1690 - 1702)
18th century Giambattista Patrizi (February 17, 1702 - December 20, 1707 appointed general treasurer of the Apostolic Chamber) Alessandro Aldobrandini (December 20, 1707 - September 23, 1713 appointed nuncio to the Republic of Venice) Gerolamo Alessandro Vicentini (June 17, 1713 - August 5, 1723 deceased) Vincenzo Antonio Alemanni Nasi (December 2, 1723 - December 23, 1730 appointed apostolic nuncio to Spain) Raniero Felice Simonetti (December 23, 1730 - September 9, 1743 appointed vice-chamberlengo of the Apostolic Chamber) Luigi Gualterio (March 21, 1744 - March 2, 1754 appointed apostolic nuncio to France) Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicini (May 21, 1754 - February 9, 1760 appointed apostolic nuncio to Spain) Giuseppe Locatelli (January 11, 1760 - November 23, 1763 died) Guido Calcagnini (February 22, 1765 - May 20, 1776 created cardinal) Giuseppe Vincentini (January 23, 1776 - October 5, 1779 died) Sede vacante
19th century Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Sede vacante Alessandro Giustiniani (April 26, 1822 - April 24 1827 appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal) Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso (April 24, 1827 - November 13, 1832 appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Spain) Gabriele Ferretti (July 22, 1833 - May 23, 1837 appointed Bishop of Montefiascone) Fabio Maria Asquini (December 22, 1837 - March 4, 1839 appointed to the Curia in Rome) Camillo Di Pietro (July 27, 1839 - February 7, 1844 appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal) Pietro Antonio Garibaldi (February 7, 1844 - September 30, 1850 appointed Apostolic Nuncio to France) Innocenzo Ferrieri (September 30, 1850 - June 16, 1856 appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal) Pietro Gianelli (March 18, 1858 - September 6 1860) End of the Nunciature
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