Apostolic Nunciature

Portugal

Country: Portugal

Type: Apostolic Nunciature

Address: Avenida Luís Bivar 18, 1069-147 Lisboa, Portugal

Phone: +351 21.317.11.30

History

Established as Apostolic Nunciature of Portugal
1842: Demoted as Apostolic Internunciature of Portugal
1847.09.24: Promoted as Apostolic Nunciature of Portugal

Present Papal Representative

Archbishop Andrés Carrascosa Coso (70)
(2025.12.11 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Elo
Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

Unitatem spiritus servare

Born:	1955.12.16 (Cuenca, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1980.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.10.07

Priest of Cuenca (Spain) (1980.07.02 – 2004.07.31)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1990.10.25 – 1998.11.10)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1998.11.10 – 2004.07.31)

Apostolic Nuncio to Republic of Congo (2004.07.31 – 2009.01.12)

Titular Archbishop of Elo (2004.07.31 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon (2004.08.26 – 2009.01.12)

Apostolic Nuncio to Panama (2009.01.12 – 2017.06.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador (2017.06.22 – 2025.12.11)

Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (2025.12.11 – ...)

Past Papal Representatives

Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Ivo Scapolo (72) (2019.08.29 – 2025.05.23)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Rino Passigato (82) (2008.11.08 – 2019.07.04)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda (2002.10.12 – 2008.11.08)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Edoardo Rovida (98) (1993.03.15 – 2002.10.12)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Luciano Angeloni (1989.07.31 – 1993.03.15)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Salvatore Asta (1984.07.21 – 1989.07)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Sante Portalupi (1979.12.15 – 1984.03.31)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Angelo Felici (later Cardinal) (1976.05.13 – 1979.08.27)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi (later Cardinal) (1967.07.08 – 1976)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Maximilien de Fürstenberg (later Cardinal) (1962.04.28 – 1967.06.26)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giovanni Panico (later Cardinal) (1959.01.25 – 1962.03.19)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Fernando Cento (later Cardinal) (1953.10.26 – 1958)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Pietro Ciriaci (later Cardinal) (1934.01.09 – 1953.01.12)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giovanni Beda Cardinale, O.S.B. (1928.06.21 – 1933.12.01)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Sebastiano Nicotra (1923.05.30 – 1928.03.16)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Achille Locatelli (later Cardinal) (1918.07.13 – 1922.12.11)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giulio Tonti (later Cardinal) (1906.10.04 – 1915.12.06)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giuseppe Macchi (1904.01.06 – 1906.06.08)
Apostolic Nuncio: Cardinal Andrea Aiuti (1896.09.26 – 1903.11)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Domenico Maria Jacobini (later Cardinal) (1891.06.16 – 1896.06.22)
Apostolic Nuncio: Cardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli (1883.10.04 – 1891.05)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Gaetano Aloisi Masella (later Cardinal) (1879.09.30 – 1883)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Domenico Sanguigni (later Cardinal) (1874.08.25 – 1879.09.19)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (later Cardinal) (1868.05.29 – 1873.12.22)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Innocenzo Ferrieri (later Cardinal) (1856.07.15 – 1868.03.13)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Camillo Di Pietro (later Cardinal) (1847.09.24 – 1856.06.16)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Filippo De Angelis (later Cardinal) (1832.11.13 – 1838.02.15)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Alessandro Giustiniani (later Cardinal) (1827.04.24 – 1832.07.02)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giacomo Filippo Fransoni (later Cardinal) (1823.01.21 – 1826.10.02)
Apostolic Nuncio: Cardinal Lorenzo Caleppi (1801.12.23 – 1817.01.10)
Apostolic Nuncio: Cardinal Bartolomeo Pacca (1794.03.21 – 1808.06.18)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Innocenzo Conti (later Cardinal) (1770.01.03 – 1773.04.19)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Filippo Acciajuoli (later Cardinal) (1754.01.28 – 1759.09.24)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Luca Melchiore Tempi (later Cardinal) (1744.01.22 – 1753.11.26)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giuseppe Firrao (later Cardinal) (1720.09.28 – 1730.12.11)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Vincenzo Bichi (later Cardinal) (1709.09.14 – 1720)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Michelangelo Conti (later Pope Innocent XIII) (1698.03.24 – 1706.06.07)
Apostolic Nuncio: Cardinal Giorgio Cornaro (1692.05.12 – 1697.08.26)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Sebastiano Antonio Tanara (later Cardinal) (1690.05.26 – 1692.03.15)
Apostolic Nuncio: Bishop Prospero Santacroce (later Cardinal) (1560.07.06 – 1561.05.10)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giovanni Ricci (later Cardinal) (1544.06.27 – 1550.03.04)
Apostolic Nuncio: Bishop Justo Baldini, O.S.B. (1481.02.12 – 1493)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Cardinal Pietro Ciriaci (1953.01.12 – 1953)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Cardinal Achille Locatelli (1922.12.11 – 1923.05.25)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Camillo Di Pietro (later Cardinal) (1844.06.29 – 1847.09.24)
Apostolic Internuncio: Msgr. Francesco Capaccini (later Cardinal) (1842.01 – 1844.02.10)

Last updated on 2026.04.19