Apostolic Nunciature to Equatorial Guinea

The Apostolic Nunciature to Equatorial Guinea is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Delegate^[1].The title Apostolic Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea is held by the prelate appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon; he resides in Yaounde.

Pope Paul VI established the Apostolic Delegation to Equatorial Guinea in 1971^[2] and Pope John Paul II created the Apostolic Nunciature to Equatorial Guinea on 28 December 1981.^[3]

Papal representatives to Equatorial Guinea

Apostolic Delegates

• Jean Jadot (15 May 1971^[4] - 23 May 1973)
• Luciano Storero (30 June 1973^[5] - 14 July 1976)^[6]
• Giuseppe Uhac (7 October 1976 - 3 June 1981)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncios

• Donato Squicciarini (16 September 1981 - 1 July 1989)
• Santos Abril y Castelló (2 October 1989^[7] - 24 February 1996)^[8]

Apostolic Nuncios

• Félix del Blanco Prieto (28 June 1996^[9] - 5 June 2003)^[10]
• Eliseo Antonio Ariotti (5 August 2003 ^[11] - 5 November 2009)^[12]
• Piero Pioppo (25 January 2010^[13] - 8 September 2017)^[14]
• Julio Murat (29 March 2018^[15] - 9 November 2022)^[16]
• José Avelino Bettencourt (30 August 2023^[17] - present)