The Apostolic Nunciature to Cameroon the

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of the

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to Cameroon. It is located in

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. The current Apostolic Nuncio is

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Julio Murat Julio Murat (born 18 August 1961) is a Turkish prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has been an archbishop and a papal nuncio since 2012. Biography Julio Murat was born on 18 August 1961 in İz ...

, who was named to the position by

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on 24 March 2018. The

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to the

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is an ecclesiastical office of the

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, with the rank of an

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. The

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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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and the

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. The Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon is usually also the Apostolic Nuncio to

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upon his appointment to said nation.

List of papal representatives

;Apostolic Pro-Nuncios *

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(31 October 1966 – 21 May 1969) ;Apostolic Nuncios * Ernesto Gallina (16 July 1969 - 13 March 1971) *

Jean Jadot Jean Jadot (; 23 November 1909 – 21 January 2009) was a Belgian Catholic prelate who served as apostolic delegate to the United States (the first non-Italian to do so) from 1973 to 1980, and as president of the Secretariat for Non-Christian ...

(15 May 1971 - 23 May 1973) *

Luciano Storero Luciano Storero (26 September 1926 – 1 October 2000) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Luciano Storero was born in Pinasca, Italy, on 26 September 1926. He was ordaine ...

(30 June 1973 - 14 July 1976) *

Giuseppe Uhac Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. The feminine form of the name is Giuseppa or Giuseppina. People with the given name include: :''Note: ...

(7 October 1976 - 3 June 1981) *

Donato Squicciarini Donato Squicciarini (24 April 1927 – 5 March 2006) was an Italian Catholic archbishop who acted as Nuncio to Austria from 1989 to 2002. Squicciarini was born at Altamura, Apulia on 24 April 1927. He was ordained priest 12 April 1952, and ordain ...

(16 September 1981 - 1 July 1989) *

Santos Abril y Castelló Santos Abril y Castelló (born 21 September 1935) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church. After a career in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See, he held a number of positions in the Roman Curia and from 2011 to 2016 was Archpriest of the ...

(2 October 1989 - 24 February 1996) *

Félix del Blanco Prieto Félix del Blanco Prieto (June 15, 1937 – April 10, 2021) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including stints heading the missions in countries such as Angola and Malta ...

(5 May 1996 - 5 June 2003) * Eliseo Antonio Ariotti (17 July 2003 - 5 November 2009) * Piero Pioppo (25 January 2010 - 8 September 2017) *

(24 March 2018 - 9 Noverber 2022) *

José Avelino Bettencourt José Avelino Bettencourt ComC, OMRI (born 23 May 1962) is a Portuguese-Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Born in Velas, Azores, on 23 May 1962, he settled at a young age i ...

(30 August 2023 - present)

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