Apostolic Nunciature to New Zealand

The Apostolic Nunciature to New Zealand is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in New Zealand. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.

The Holy See represented its interests in the region through its Delegation to Australia established on 15 April 1914[1] and renamed the Delegation to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania on 8 June 1947.[2] On 1 November 1968, that was divided into two delegations: the Delegation to Australia and Papua New Guinea and the Delegation to New Zealand and Pacific Islands.[3] The Holy See established its Nunciature to New Zealand on 20 June 1973.[4]

The Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand is usually also the Apostolic Nuncio to the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Apostolic Delegate to the Pacific Ocean upon his appointment to said nations.

  1. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. VI. 1914. pp. 223–4. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XXXIX. 1947. p. 501. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. pp. 158–60. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  4. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXV. 1973. p. 430. Retrieved 30 November 2019.