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Apostolic Nunciature To Chile
The Apostolic Nuncio to Chile is the principal representative of the Pope to the Government of Chile. Apostolic Nuncios to Chile * Giovanni Alessandro Muzi (18 April 1823 – 19 December 1825) *Lorenzo Barili (26 May 1851 – 17 June 1856) * Vincenzo Massoni (26 September 1856 – 3 June 1857) * Marino Marini (14 August 1857 – 27 March 1865) *Mario Mocenni (6 August 1877 – 27 February 1882) * Celestino del Frate (30 March 1882 – 6 March 1883) * Pietro Monti (20 December 1902 – 31 October 1907) * Enrico Sibilia (31 August 1908 – April 1914) * Sebastiano Nicotra (18 December 1916 – 1 October 1918) *Benedetto Aloisi Masella (20 November 1919 – 26 April 1927) * Ettore Felici (6 November 1927 – 20 April 1938) * Aldo Laghi (28 August 1938 – 2 January 1942) *Maurilio Silvani (23 May 1942 – 4 March 1946) * Mario Zanin (21 March 1947 – 7 February 1953) *Sebastiano Baggio (1 July 1953 – 12 March 1959) *Opilio Rossi (25 Mar 1959 – 25 September 1961) * Gaetano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of , with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The country's capital and largest city is Santiago, and its national language is Spanish. Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Inca rule, but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche who inhabited what is now south-central Chile. In 1818, after declaring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |