Apostolic Nunciature to South Africa | |
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Location | Pretoria, South Africa |
Address | 4 Argo Street, Waterkloof Ridge 0181, Waterkloof 0145, Pretoria, South Africa |
Coordinates | 25°47′04.5″S 28°13′47.2″E / 25.784583°S 28.229778°E / -25.784583; 28.229778 |
Apostolic Nuncio | VACANT |
The Apostolic Nunciature to South Africa the diplomatic mission of the Holy SeetoSouth Africa. It is located Pretoria. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop Henryk Jagodzinski, who was named to the position by Pope Francis on 9 February 2016.
The Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of South Africa is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic ChurchinSouth Africa, with the rank of an embassy. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the President of South Africa, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchyinSouth Africa and the Pope. The nuncio is currently also accredited to Lesotho.
It was established on 25 June 1994. Until then the Holy See maintained its representation through a series of delegations with increasingly narrow jurisdiction: the Delegation to Africa, the Delegation to Southern Africa, and the Delegation to South Africa.
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