The Apostolic Nunciature to Colombia the

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of the

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to Colombia. It is located in Bogotá. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop

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, who was named to the position by

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on 27 September 2018. The Apostolic Nunciature to the

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is an ecclesiastical office of the

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in Colombia, 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 Colombia and the

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Papal representatives to Colombia

;Apostolic Delegates * Gaetano Baluffi (9 September 1836 - 30 June 1842) *

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(26 May 1851 - 17 June 1856) * Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski (17 June 1856 - 25 July 1861) * Giovanni Battista Agnozzi (24 March 1882 - 1887) *

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(17 May 1887 - 1 August 1890) *

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(21 September 1890 - 31 December 1895) *

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(24 November 1897 - 4 February 1904) *

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(7 September 1904 - 9 February 1913) * Carlo Montagnini (10 February 1913 - 24 October 1913 Died) *

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(25 November 1913 - 29 August 1915) *

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(14 November 1915 - 1 September 1920) ;Apostolic Nuncios * Roberto Vicentini (18 May 1922 - 28 October 1924) *

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(20 March 1925 - 13 June 1935) * Carlo Serena (4 July 1935 - 22 October 1945) * Giuseppe Beltrami (3 or 15 November 1945 – 4 October 1950) *

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(30 January 1950 – 7 February 1953) *

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(7 May 1953 – 15 April 1959) * Giuseppe Paupini (23 May 1959 – 1969) * Angelo Palmas (19 April 1969 – 2 September 1975) *

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(12 November 1975 – 5 May 1979) *

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(14 August 1979 – 28 March 1990) *

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(24 April 1990 – 5 February 1999) *

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(11 February 1999 – 13 October 2007) *

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(29 October 2007 – 16 February 2013) * Ettore Balestrero (22 February 2013 - 6 July 2018) *

(27 September 2018 – present)

References

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