The Apostolic Nunciature to Paraguay is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Paraguay. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.
List of papal representatives Apostolic Delegates Vincenzo Massoni (26 September 1856 – 3 June 1857) Marino Marini (14 August 1857 – 27 March 1865) Angelo Di Pietro (31 December 1877 – 30 September 1879) Luigi Matera (19 September 1879 – 14 October 1884) Antonio Sabatucci (24 October 1900 – 9 November 1906) Apostolic Internuncios Alberto Vassallo di Torregrossa (5 January 1920 – 14 July 1922) Title is Nuncio as of 6 August 1920 Apostolic Nuncios Beda Giovanni Cardinale (16 October 1922 – 29 August 1925) Filippo Cortesi (14 June 1928 – 4 June 1936) Giuseppe Fietta (11 December 1936 – 12 November 1939) Albert Levame (12 November 1939 – 17 December 1941) Liberato Tosti (5 September 1946 – 4 October 1948) Federico Lunardi (8 July 1949 – 9 November 1954) Luigi Punzolo (7 December 1954 – 12 December 1957) Carlo Martini (25 March 1958 – 29 November 1963) Vittore Ugo Righi (1 February 1964 – 1967) Antonio Innocenti (15 December 1967 – 26 February 1973) Joseph Mees (11 July 1973 – 19 January 1985) Giorgio Zur (3 May 1985 – 13 August 1990) José Sebastián Laboa Gallego (21 August 1990 – 18 March 1995) Lorenzo Baldisseri (6 April 1995 – 19 June 1999) Antonio Lucibello (27 July 1999 – 27 August 2005) Orlando Antonini (16 November 2005 – 8 August 2009) Eliseo Antonio Ariotti (5 November 2009 – 29 December 2023) Resignations and Appointments, 29.12.2023 Vincenzo Turturro (29 December 2023 – present)
See also Foreign relations of the Holy See List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See
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