Apostolic Nuncio in France
The apostolic nuncio in France is the permanent representative of the Holy See (i.e. of the Pope as subject of international law) to the government of the French state .
History of the Nunciature
After the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, Nuncio Antonio Dugnani had to leave France two years later. During the revolution and the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte , the Holy See had no ambassador in France, the nunciature was only established in 1819 after negotiations between Pope Pius VII and King Louis XVIII. rebuilt.
The early 20th century was marked by strong tensions between the French state and the Church. The sharp condemnation of secularism by Pope Pius X led to the freezing of relations. Relations resumed after World War I and improved particularly during the presidency of Charles de Gaulle .
Directory of the Nuncio France since 1773
- 1773–1785 Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj
- 1785-1790 Antonio Dugnani
- 1817-1819 Carlo Zen
- Vincenzo Macchi 1819-1826
- 1826–1831 Luigi Lambruschini
- 1836–1842 Pietro Antonio Garibaldi
- 1842–1850 Raffaele Fornari
- 1850-1853 Pietro Antonio Garibaldi
- 1853–1861 Carlo Sacconi
- 1861–1873 Flavio Chigi
- 1874–1879 Pier Francesco Meglia
- 1879–1882 Włodzimierz Czacki
- 1882–1887 Camillo Siciliano di Rende
- 1887-1891 Luigi Rotelli
- 1891-1896 Domenico Ferrata
- 1896–1899 Eugenio Clari
- 1899–1904 Benedetto Lorenzelli
- 1921–1925 Bonaventura Cerretti
- 1926–1935 Luigi Maglione
- 1936-1944 Valerio Valeri
- 1944–1953 Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (later Pope John XXIII)
- 1953-1959 Paolo Marella
- 1960–1969 Paolo Bertoli
- 1969–1979 Egano Righi-Lambertini
- 1979–1988 Angelo Felici
- 1988-1995 Lorenzo Antonetti
- 1995-1999 Mario Tagliaferri
- 1999–2009 Fortunato Baldelli
- 2009-2019 Luigi Ventura
- since 2020 Celestino Migliore
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Philippe Boutry: Pio VII. In: Massimo Bray (ed.): Enciclopedia dei Papi. Volume 3: Innocenzo VIII, Giovanni Paolo II. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2000 ( treccani.it ).