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The Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon is a diplomatic post within the
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. The Apostolic Nuncio represents the pope. The Apostolic Nunciature in Lebanon was established on 21 March 1947 with the ''For christifidelium salutem'' by
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Apostolic Nuncios to Lebanon

* Giuseppe Beltrami (4 October 1950 – 31 January 1959) *
Paolo Bertoli Paolo Bertoli (1 February 1908 – 8 November 2001) was an Italian people, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Early life Paolo Bertoli was born in Poggio Garfagnana of Italy. He was edu ...
(16 April 1959 – 16 April 1960) * Egano Righi-Lambertini (9 July 1960 – 9 December 1963) *
Gaetano Alibrandi Gaetano Alibrandi (14 January 1914 – 3 July 2003) of the Roman Catholic Church was a senior papal diplomat and former Personal Secretary to Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini (later Pope Paul VI). Biography Born at Castiglione di Sicilia in t ...
(9 December 1963 – 19 April 1969) *
Alfredo Bruniera Alfredo Bruniera (30 September 1906 – 26 March 2000) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Alfredo Bruniera was born in San Pelagio, Italy, on 30 September 1906 a ...
(23 April 1969 – 6 November 1978) * Carlo Furno (25 November 1978 – 21 August 1982) *
Luciano Angeloni Luciano Angeloni (2 December 1917 – 9 May 1996) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Luciano Angeloni was born in Imperia, Italy, on 2 December 1917. He was ordai ...
(21 August 1982 – 31 July 1989) *
Pablo Puente Buces Pablo Puente Buces (16 June 1931 – 4 December 2022) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church, who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1962 to 2004. He became an archbishop in 1980 and held the title of Apostolic Nuncio ...
(31 July 1989 – 31 July 1997) *
Antonio Maria Vegliò Antonio Maria Vegliò (born 3 February 1938) is an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, who has served as Vatican diplomat and in the Roman Curia. He was President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itin ...
(2 October 1997 – 11 April 2001) * Luigi Gatti (28 June 2001 – 16 July 2009) *
Gabriele Giordano Caccia Gabriele Giordano Caccia (born 24 February 1958) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has worked in the offices of the Secretariat of State and served as Apostolic Nuncio in Leban ...
(16 July 2009 – 12 September 2017) * Joseph Spiteri (7 March 2018 – 7 July 2022) *
Paolo Borgia Paolo Borgia (born 18 March 1966) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 2001. Biography Borgia was born in Manfredonia (Foggia) and was ordained a priest on 10 April 1999. ...
(24 September 2022 – present)


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Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
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