Apostolic_Nunciature_to_Lesotho
Apostolic Nunciature to Lesotho
Diplomatic post of the Holy See
The Apostolic Nunciature to Lesotho is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Lesotho. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The nuncio resides in South Africa.
- Apostolic Pro-Nuncios
- John Gordon (19 August 1967 – 11 August 1971)
- Alfredo Poledrini (20 September 1971 – 18 September 1978)
- Edward Idris Cassidy (25 March 1979[1] – 6 November 1984)[2]
- Joseph Mees (19 January 1985[3] – October 1987)[4]
- Ambrose Battista De Paoli (6 February 1988 – 11 November 1997)[5]
- Apostolic Nuncios
- Manuel Monteiro de Castro (7 March 1998[6] – 1 March 2000)[7]
- Blasco Francisco Collaço (24 June 2000[8] – August 2006)
- James Patrick Green (6 September 2006[9] – 15 October 2011)[10]
- Mario Roberto Cassari (17 March 2012[11] – 22 May 2015)[12]
- Peter Bryan Wells (13 February 2016[13] – 8 February 2023)[14]
- Henryk Jagodziński (16 April 2024[15] – present)
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXI. 1979. p. 385. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVI. 1984. p. 1094. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVII. 1985. pp. 181, 444. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- Kearney, Paddy (2009). Guardian of the Light: Denis Hurley: Renewing the Church, Opposing Apartheid. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 259. ISBN 9780826443847. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIX. 1997. p. 815. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XC. 1998. p. 302. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 01.03.2000" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 1 March 2000. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 24.06.2000" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 24 June 2000. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.09.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.10.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.03.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 March 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.05.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.02.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. February 23, 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- "Resignations and Appointments, 08.02.2023". Retrieved February 8, 2023.
- "Resignations and Appointments, 16.04.2024". Retrieved April 16, 2024.