The Apostolic Nunciature to Ecuador 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 ...

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

. 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 An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

List of papal representatives

Lorenzo Barili Lorenzo may refer to: People * Lorenzo (name) Places Peru * San Lorenzo Island (Peru), sometimes referred to as the island of Lorenzo United States * Lorenzo, Illinois * Lorenzo, Texas * San Lorenzo, California, formerly Lorenzo * Lorenzo ...

(26 May 1851 – 17 June 1856) * Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski (17 June 1856 – 25 July 1861) * Francesco Tavani (25 July 1861 – 18 July 1869) *

Serafino Vannutelli Serafino Vannutelli (26 November 1834 – 19 August 1915) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal and official of the Roman Curia where he held several of the highest administrative posts. Made a cardinal in 1887, he was named ...

(23 July 1869 – 15 March 1875) *

Mario Mocenni Mario Mocenni (22 January 1823—14 November 1904) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, who served both in Nuncio, the diplomatic service of the Holy See and in the Roman Curia, and was elevated to t ...

(6 August 1877 – 27 February 1882) * Cesare Sambucetti (30 March 1882 – 1883) * Beniamino Cavicchioni (21 March 1884 – 4 August 1889) * José Macchi (12 April 1889 – 2 August 1897) *

Pietro Gasparri Pietro Gasparri, GCTE (5 May 1852 – 18 November 1934) was a Roman Catholic cardinal, diplomat and politician in the Roman Curia and the signatory of the Lateran Pacts. He served also as Cardinal Secretary of State under Popes Benedict XV and ...

(18 December 1897 – 23 April 1901) * Alessandro Bavona (13 July 1901 – 13 November 1906) *

Fernando Cento Fernando Cento (10 August 1883 – 13 January 1973) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary. Early life Fernando Cento was born in Pollenza, Italy. His parents were Evaristo Cento and ...

(6 August 1937 – 26 November 1937) *

Efrem Forni Efrem Leone Pio Forni (10 January 1889 – 26 February 1976) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Nuncio to Belgium and Internuncio to Luxembourg from 1953 to 1962, and was elevated to the Cardinalate in 1962 ...

(26 November 1937 – 9 November 1953) *

Opilio Rossi Opilio Rossi (14 May 1910 – 9 February 2004) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. Early life and priesthood He was born in New York, the son of Angelo Rossi and Davidina Ciappa. ...

(21 November 1953 – 25 March 1959) *

Alfredo Bruniera Alfredo Bruniera (30 September 1906 – 26 March 2000) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Alfredo Bruniera was born in San Pelagio, Italy, on 30 September 1906 an ...

(25 April 1959 – 23 October 1965) *

Giovanni Ferrofino Giovanni Ferrofino (24 February 1912 – 20 December 2010) was an Italian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Early life and ordination Ferrofino was born in 1912 in the city of Alessandria in north-west Italy. On 22 September 1934 he was ...

(3 November 1965 – 29 September 1970) *

Luigi Accogli Luigi Accogli (16 August 1917 – 21 June 2004) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including stints as Apostolic Nuncio in China, Ecuador, Bangladesh, and Syria. Biography L ...

(29 September 1970 – 6 July 1979) * Vincenzo Maria Farano (25 August 1979 – 14 August 1986) * Luigi Conti (17 January 1987 – 12 April 1991) * Francesco Canalini (20 July 1991 – 5 December 1998) * Alain Paul Charles Lebeaupin (7 December 1998 – 14 January 2005) *

Giacomo Guido Ottonello Giacomo Guido Ottonello (born 29 August 1946) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia from 2017 to 2021 and Nuncio to Ecuador from 200 ...

(26 February 2005 – 1 April 2017) *

Andrés Carrascosa Coso Andrés Carrascosa Coso (born 16 December 1955) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has been Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador since 2017. Biography Born in Cuenca, Spain on 16 Decem ...

(22 June 2017 – present)

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