The Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of Brazil 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 ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. 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.

Apostolic Nuncios to Brazil

Pietro Ostini File:Kardinal Pietro Ostini.jpg, Pietro Ostini Pietro Ostini (27 April 1775 – 5 March 1849) was an Italian papal diplomat and Cardinal. Ostini was born in Rome on 27 April 1775. He was educated at the Collegio Romano. He was Professor ...

(17 July 1829 – 2 September 1832) *

Gaetano Bedini Gaetano Bedini (15 May 1806 – 6 September 1864) was an Italian ecclesiastic, cardinal, and diplomat of the Catholic Church. Biography Bedini was born in Senigallia into the Bedini family of Ostra, the son of Alessandro Pellegrino and Mariann ...

(28 October 1845 – 16 August 1847) * Vincentius Massoni (1856 – 1857) *

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, O.S.B. (30 March 1858 – 14 August 1863) * Angelo Di Pietro (30 September 1879 – 21 March 1882) *

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 ...

(28 March 1882 – 18 October 1882) *

Vincenzo Vannutelli Vincenzo Vannutelli (5 December 1836 – 9 July 1930) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He spent his career in the foreign service of the Holy See and was made a cardinal in 1890. At his death he was the oldest member o ...

(22 December 1882 – 4 October 1883) *

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, O.C.D. (19 April 1892 – 1 December 1896) *

José Macchi José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(14 February 1898 – January 1904) * Giulio Tonti (23 August 1902 – 4 October 1906) * Alessandro Bavona (10 April 1908 – 1911) *

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(2 March 1911 – 4 December 1916) * Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P. (4 December 1916 – 1920) *

Enrico Gasparri Enrico Gasparri S.T.D. JUD (25 July 1871 – 20 May 1946) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop. Biography Enrico was ordained on 10 August 1894 at the age of 23. He studied in Rome receiving degrees in theology and philosophy and w ...

(1 September 1920 – 1925) *

Benedetto Aloisi Masella Benedetto Aloisi Masella (29 June 1879 – 30 September 1970) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as prefect of the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1954 to 1968, and as chamberlain of the Roman Church (or camerl ...

(26 April 1927 – 1946) *

Carlo Chiarlo Carlo Chiarlo (4 November 1881 – 21 January 1964) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as nuncio to several countries, mostly Latin American, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. Biography Born in Pontre ...

(19 March 1946 – 24 September 1954) * Armando Lombardi (24 September 1954 – 4 May 1964) *

Sebastiano Baggio Sebastiano Baggio (16 May 1913 – 21 March 1993) was an Italian cardinal, often thought to be a likely candidate for election to the papacy. He served as President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State from 1984 to 1990 and was P ...

(26 May 1964 – 23 June 1969) *

Umberto Mozzoni Umberto Mozzoni (29 June 1904 – 7 November 1983) was an Argentine Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil from 1969 to 1973, and was made a cardinal in 1973. Biography Umberto Mozzoni was born in Bueno ...

(19 April 1969 – 1973) *

Carmine Rocco Carmine Rocco (12 April 1912 – 12 May 1982) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who devoted his entire career to the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1961 and served as an Apostolic Nuncio from 1959 until h ...

(22 May 1973 – 12 May 1982) *

Carlo Furno Carlo Furno (2 December 1921 – 9 December 2015) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Early life and career Furno was born in Bairo, Piedmont, in 1921. He was educated at the diocesan College at Ivrea and later at the Seminary of ...

(21 August 1982 – 15 April 1992) *

Alfio Rapisarda Alfio Rapisarda (born 3 September 1933) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1962 to 2008, with the title of apostolic nuncio from 1979. Biography Alfio Rapisarda was born on 3 ...

(2 June 1992 – 12 October 2002) *

Lorenzo Baldisseri Lorenzo Baldisseri () (born 29 September 1940) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops from 21 September 2013 until 15 September 2020. He was made a cardinal in 2014. He previously se ...

(12 November 2002 – 11 January 2012) *

Giovanni d'Aniello Giovanni d’Aniello (born 5 January 1955) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. An archbishop since 2001, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Russian Federation on 1 June 2020. ...

(10 February 2012 – 1 June 2020) *

Giambattista Diquattro Giambattista Diquattro (born 18 March 1954) is an Italian archbishop and Vatican diplomat. He has been Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil since 2020. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1985 and been a nuncio and archbishop si ...

(29 August 2020 – present)

References

External links

Apostolic Nunciature of Brazil page at ''gcatholic.org''
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Brazil–Holy See relations it:Chiesa cattolica in Brasile#Nunziatura apostolica

Apostolic Nuncios to Brazil

See also

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