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Apostolic Nuncio
©Diócesis de San Cristóbal en Venezuela.
Most Reverend
Francisco ESCALANTE MOLINA, Titular Archbishop of Graziana
- January 29, 1965, Born at La Grita(Venezuela)
- August 26, 1989, Ordained Priest
- Graduated in Canon Law
- June 13, 1998, Entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See
- Served as Holy See’s Diplomat in the follwing Apostolic Nunciatures(Embassies of the Holy See):Sudan,Ghana,Malta,Nicaragua,Japan and Slovenia.
- Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Congo on March 19,2016, and simultaneously Titular Archbishop of Graziana.
- May 21, 2016, Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon
- June 4, 2021, Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti
- January 25, 2024, Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
History & Predecessors
- 1919 …Installation of the Apostolic Delegation
- 1919-1921 Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi
- 1922-1931 Most Rev. Mario Giardini
- 1931-1933 Most Rev. Edward Mooney
- 1933-1949 Most Rev. Paolo Marella
- 1949-1960 Most Rev. Maximilian de Furstenberg
- 1952 …Installation of the Apostolic Internunciature
- 1960-1962 Most Rev. Domenico Enrici
- 1962-1966 Most Rev. Mario Cagna
- 1966 …Installation of Apostolic Nunciature
- 1966-1973 Most Rev. Bruno Wüstenberg
- 1974-1977 Most Rev. Ippolito Rotoli
- 1978-1983 Most Rev. Mario Pio Gaspari
- 1983-1997 Most Rev. William Aquin Carew
- 1998-2005 Most Rev. Ambrose De Paoli
- 2005-2011 Most Rev. Alberto Bottari de Castello
- 2011-2020 Most Rev. Joseph Chennoth
- 2021-2023 Most Rev. Leo Boccardi