The Apostolic Nunciature to Côte d'Ivoire is an ecclesiastical office of the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

. It is a diplomatic post of the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...

, whose representative is called the

Apostolic Nuncio An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international org ...

with the rank of an ambassador.

Representatives of the Holy See to Côte d'Ivoire

;Apostolic Pro-Nuncios *

Giovanni Mariani Giovanni Mariani (17 June 1919 – 23 January 1991) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He had the rank of archbishop and the title of nuncio from 1967. Biography Giovanni M ...

(19 June 1972 - 11 January 1975) *

Bruno Wüstenberg Bruno Wüstenberg (10 March 1912 – 31 May 1984) was a German prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Bruno Wüstenberg was born on 10 March 1912 in Duisburg, Germany. He studied Ca ...

(19 December 1973 - 17 January 1979) ;Apostolic Nuncios *

Justo Mullor García Justo Mullor García (8 May 1932 – 30 December 2016) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and then headed the Vatican's academy for training diplomats. Biography Born in los ...

(22 March 1979 - 3 May 1985) *

Antonio Mattiazzo Antonio Mattiazzo (born 20 April 1940) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Padua with the personal title of archbishop from 1989 to 2015. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and was Apostolic Nuncio to Iv ...

(16 November 1985 - 5 July 1989) *

Janusz Bolonek Janusz (Januariusz Mikołaj) Bolonek (6 December 1938 – 2 March 2016) was a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was named an archbishop in 1989 and represented the Holy See in Uruguay, Bu ...

(25 September 1989 - 23 January 1995) *

Luigi Ventura Luigi Ventura (born 9 December 1944) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, ending his career as Apostolic Nunciature to France, Apostolic Nuncio to France from 2009 to 2019. He became ...

(25 March 1995 - 25 March 1999) *

Mario Zenari Mario Zenari (born 5 January 1946) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 2016. He has served his entire ecclesiastical career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, holding senior positions beginning in 1 ...

(12 July 1999 - 10 May 2004) *

Mario Roberto Cassari Mario Roberto Cassari (27 August 1943 – 19 August 2017) was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomat. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1977 and served as apostolic nuncio in several countries from the time he becam ...

(31 July 2004 - 14 February 2008) * Ambrose Madtha (8 May 2008 – 8 December 2012) *

Joseph Spiteri Joseph Spiteri (born 20 May 1959) is a Maltese prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has been Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon since March 2018. Biography Joseph Spiteri was born on 20 May 1959 in Sl ...

(1 October 2013 - 7 March 2018) ** Ante Jozić was appointed on 2 February 2019, but injuries sustained in a car accident delayed his episcopal consecration and he did not take up the post. *

Paolo Borgia Paolo Borgia (born 18 March 1966) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 2001. Biography Borgia was born in Manfredonia ( Foggia) and was ordained a priest on 10 April 1999. ...

(28 October 2019 – 24 September 2022) * Mauricio Rueda Beltz (16 June 2023 – present)

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Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

Holy See–Ivory Coast relations Lists of ambassadors to Ivory Coast

Vatican City Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae),—' * german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ') * pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—' * pt, Cidade do Vati ...

Representatives of the Holy See to Côte d'Ivoire

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