Apostolic Nunciature

Iraq

Country: Iraq

Type: Apostolic Nunciature

Address: P.O. Box 2090, Saadoun Street 904/2/46, Baghdad, Iraq

Phone: +964-1 71.82.083

History

Established as Apostolic Delegation of Mesopotamia, Kurdistan and Lesser Armenia (English)
1937: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Iraq
1966.10.14: Promoted as Apostolic Nunciature of Iraq

Present Papal Representative

Archbishop Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski (55)
(2025.09.18 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari
Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq

Gloria Deo pax hominibus

Born:	1970.05.08 (Pisz, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1996.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.10.26

Priest of Ełk (Poland) (1996.06.15 – 2025.09.18)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2007.07.13 – 2013.12.17)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2013.12.17 – 2025.09.18)

Undersecretary for Relations with States of Secretariat of State (2019.10.24 – 2025.09.18)

Member of Financial Security Committee (2019.10.24 – 2025.09.18)

Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari (2025.09.18 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq (2025.09.18 – ...)

Past Papal Representatives

Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Mitja Leskovar (56) (2020.05.01 – 2024.04.16)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martín (63) (2015.08.01 – 2019.10.07)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giorgio Lingua (66) (2010.09.04 – 2015.03.17)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt (73) (2006.04.29 – 2010.07.17)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Fernando Filoni (斐洛尼) (80) (later Cardinal) (2001.01.17 – 2006.02.25)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto (83) (1994.07.23 – 2000.11.11)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Marian Oles (1987.11.28 – 1994.04.09)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Luigi Conti (1983.11.19 – 1987.01.17)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Antonio del Giudice (1978.12.22 – 1982.08.20)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp (1971.05.08 – 1978)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Paolo Mosconi (1970.04.11 – 1971.05)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin (1966.10.14 – 1970.01.06)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Paul-Marie-Maurice Perrin (1965.07.31 – 1966.10.14)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. (1948.11.20 – 1964.09.17)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Georges-Marie-Joseph-Hubert-Ghislain de Jonghe d’Ardoye (雍守正), M.E.P. (1938.10.16 – 1947.07.06)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P. (1929.11.23 – 1936.11.19)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop François de Berré, O.P. (1922.09.19 – 1929.05.04)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Désiré-Jean Drure, O.C.D. (1904.03.05 – 1917.05.27)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Henri-Victor Altamayer, O.P. (1884.03.27 – 1902.08.28?)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Eugène-Louis-Marie Lion, O.P. (1874.03.13 – 1883.08.08)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Henri-Marie Amanton, O.P. (1857.03.10 – 1865.03.27)

Last updated on 2026.04.16