The Catholic Nunciature to Antigua and Barbuda is the

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of the

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to the Antigua and Barbuda and is an ecclesiastical office of the

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with the rank of an

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Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

established the Nunciature to Antigua and Barbuda on 15 December 1986.

Papal representatives to Antigua and Barbuda

Manuel Monteiro de Castro Manuel Monteiro de Castro (born 29 March 1938) is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1967 to 2009, with the rank of archbishop and the title of nuncio from 1985. His assignments a ...

(25 April 1987 - 21 August 1990) *

Eugenio Sbarbaro Eugenio Sbarbaro (born 3 July 1934) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Eugenio Sbarbaro was born on 3 July 1934 in Borzonasca, Province of Genoa. He was ordain ...

(7 February 1991 - 26 April 2000) *

Emil Paul Tscherrig Emil Paul Tscherrig (born 3 February 1947) is a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church who has spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1996 and has since held assignments as Apostolic Nuncio to sever ...

(20 January 2001 - 22 May 2004) *

Thomas Edward Gullickson Thomas Edward Gullickson (born August 14, 1950) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as an apostolic nuncio in the Holy See diplomatic corps since 2004. Gullickson was posted to Switzerland and Liechtenstein from ...

(15 December 2004 - 21 May 2011) *

Nicola Girasoli Nicola Girasoli (21 July 1957) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who is Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia since July 2022. He served as nuncio to Zambia and Malawi from 2006 until 2011 and nuncio to the Antilles and several other Caribbean ...

(29 October 2011 - 16 June 2007) *

Fortunatus Nwachukwu Fortunatus Nwachukwu (born 10 May 1960) is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church who represents the Holy See at several international organizations in Geneva. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1994. He has been a ...

(4 November 2017 – 17 December 2021) *

Santiago de Wit Guzmán Santiago de Wit Gúzman (born 5 September 1964) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography He was born in the city of Valencia on 5 September 1964. He was ordained a priest for ...

(30 July 2022 – present)

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{{Diplomatic missions of the Holy See Apostolic Nuncios to Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Bar ...

Catholic Church in Antigua and Barbuda 1987 establishments in Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda–Holy See relations it:Chiesa cattolica in Antigua e Barbuda#Nunziatura apostolica

Papal representatives to Antigua and Barbuda

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