Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines
| Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See to the Philippines | |
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| Coordinates | 14°34′9.8616″N 120°59′32.6796″E / 14.569406000°N 120.992411000°ECoordinates: 14°34′9.8616″N 120°59′32.6796″E / 14.569406000°N 120.992411000°E |
| Address | 2140 Taft Avenue Malate, Manila Philippines |
| Apostolic Nuncio | Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto |
The Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines is a top-level diplomatic mission assigned by the Holy See to the Philippines, located at 2140 Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila.
Diplomatically, an Apostolic Nuncio may be equivalent to an ambassador, and often carries the ecclesial title of archbishop. The nuncio works closely with the Archdiocese of Manila, and is by custom the Dean of the diplomatic corps.
The Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines was erected circa 1902. Though the official residence of the nuncio is located in Manila, he is not subject to the Archbishop of Manila.
Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto is the current nuncio to the Philippines, and was appointed on May 10, 2011. He previously served as nuncio in Africa and, most recently, Chile. Pinto replaced Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams from the United States.
As an apostolic vicar, the nuncio also serves a role in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction established in areas which do not have a diocese and the nuncio serves as metropolitan bishop to these vicariates.
In the Philippines, the apostolic vicariates are:
While there had been considerable Catholic influence in the Philippines since the Spanish colonization in 1565, it was only in 1900 that a Papal Legation with the rank of Apostolic Delegation in the Philippines was established. The first Apostolic Delegate to the country was the French Archbishop Placide Louis Chapelle, who served from 1900 to 1901.
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