The Apostolic Nunciature to Ireland the

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of the

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Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. It is located in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...

. The position of Apostolic Nuncio is currently vacant. The Apostolic Nunciature to Ireland is an ecclesiastical office of the

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in Ireland, with the rank of an

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. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the

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, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the

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in Ireland and the

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History

The

, as the central government of the

from early Christian times (as distinct from the State of

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, which came into existence in 1929), has full diplomatic ties with Ireland as well as many other countries worldwide. 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 ...

to Ireland is Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo. The nuncio's residence and office ( nunciature) is at Navan Road,

, Ireland. Diplomatic relations were established between Ireland, then called the

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, and the Holy See were established on 29 November 1929.

List of Apostolic Nuncios to Ireland

:''Note: Dates refer to term in office. "Died" indicates died in office'' *

Paschal Robinson Paschal Robinson, Franciscans, O.F.M., (born David Robinson; 26 April 1870 – 27 August 1948) was an Irish people, Irish ecclesiastical diplomat. A journalist and renowned medievalist before he entered diplomatic service, he was the Archbishop#T ...

(27 Nov 1929 – 27 Aug 1948 Died ) * Ettore Felici (2 September 1949 – 9 May 1951 Died) *

Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara (May 4, 1895 – July 16, 1963) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (1929-1935), as bishop of the Diocese of Savannah in Georgi ...

(27 November 1951 – 8 June 1954) *

Albert Levame Albert Levame (19 January 1881 – 5 December 1958) was a Monagasque prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Albert Levame was born in Monaco on 19 January 1881. He studied at the Jesuit Colle ...

(16 June 1954 – 5 December 1958 Died) *

Antonio Riberi Antonio Riberi (15 June 1897 – 16 December 1967) was a Monegasque prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the fifth apostolic nuncio to Ireland and later as the nuncio to Spain from 1962 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinala ...

(19 February 1959 – 28 April 1962) *

Giuseppe Sensi Giuseppe Maria Sensi (27 May 1907 – 26 July 2001) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as a longtime Vatican diplomat. Biography Sensi was born in Cosenza, Italy, on 27 May 1907, the sixth of ten children of a ...

(10 May 1962 – 8 July 1967) *

Joseph Francis McGeough Joseph Francis McGeough (29 August 1903 – 12 October 1970) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Joseph McGeough was born on 29 August 1903 in New York City. He studied at t ...

(8 July 1967 – March 1969) * Gaetano Alibrandi (19 April 1969 – 1989) *

Emanuele Gerada Emanuele Gerada KC*HS (18 May 1920 – 21 January 2011) was a Maltese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, a Vatican diplomat and titular Archbishop of Nomentum. One Maltese obituary recalled him as "a generous, well-read and intelligent man. ...

(4 February 1989 – 17 October 1995) * Luciano Storero (15 November 1995 – 1 October 2000) *

Giuseppe Lazzarotto Giuseppe Lazzarotto KC*HS (born 24 May 1942) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1971 to 2017, with the rank of apostolic nuncio and an archbishop since 1994. Biography Giusep ...

(11 November 2000 – 22 December 2007)History of Archbishop Lazzarotto
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Giuseppe Leanza Giuseppe Leanza KC*HS (born 2 January 1943) was born in Cesarò, Italy. and ordained on 17 July 1966. Early life After being awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law, he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1972 and served at the ponti ...

(22 February 2008 – 15 September 2011) *

Charles John Brown Charles John Brown (born 13 October 1959) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an apostolic nuncio since 2012. He is currently the apostolic nuncio to the Philippines. Before entering the diplomatic se ...

(26 November 2011 – 9 March 2017) * Jude Thaddeus Okolo (13 May 2017 – 1 May 2022)

References

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Catholic Church in Ireland Holy See–Ireland relations

History

List of Apostolic Nuncios to Ireland

See also

References