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The Apostolic Nunciature to Kuwait is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Kuwait. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait is usually also the Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Qatar, Yemen and Apostolic Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula upon his appointment to said nations.

List of papal representatives

Apostolic Pro-Nuncios

• Alfredo Bruniera (7 July 1969 – 4 March 1975)
• Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp (4 March 1975 - 13 July 1978)
• Antonio del Giudice (22 December 1978 - 20 August 1982)
• Luigi Conti (19 November 1983 - 17 January 1987)
• Marian Oleś (28 November 1987 - 1991)

Apostolic Nuncios

• Pablo Puente Buces (25 May 1993 - 31 July 1997)
• Antonio Maria Vegliò (2 October 1997 - 13 December 1999)
• Giuseppe De Andrea (28 June 2001 - 27 August 2005)
• Paul-Mounged El-Hachem (27 August 2005 - 2 December 2009)
• Petar Rajič (2 December 2009 - 15 June 2015)
• Francisco Montecillo Padilla (5 April 2016 – 17 April 2020)
• Eugene Nugent (7 January 2021 – present)

See also

• Apostolic Delegation to the Arabian Peninsula
• Nunciature website

References

1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. p. 552.
2. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVII. 1975. p. 386. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
3. Pesce, Giuseppe (13 April 2013). "L'arcivescovo Del Giudice un agente 007 del Vaticano". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 7 June 2019.
4. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXV. 1993. p. 547. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
5. "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.06.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 June 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
6. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.08.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 27 August 2005. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
7. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 02.12.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
8. "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.06.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
9. "Rinunce e nomine, 05.04.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
10. "Resignations and Appointments, 17.04.2020" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
11. "Rinunce e nomine, 07.01.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

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