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Apostolic Nuncio to Prussia


The Apostolic Nuncio to Prussia was the ambassador of the Holy See to the Free State of Prussia. He was based in Berlin.

It was founded in 1925 by pope Pius XI at the request of the Weimar Republic, which intended to give greater prominence to Berlin's Catholics. Such a nunciature had been mooted since the 1871 constitution of the German Empire, but the strong Protestant presence, the support of the kings of Prussia and emperors of Germany, the lack of clear support for such a nunciature from the Holy See and opposition from Austria delayed its inauguration. By this time, there was also already long standing nunciatures to Germany and Bavaria, usually both held by the same man. The German states lost their independence on 30 January 1934 and the nunciature in Berlin was officially closed as a result. It was not revived after World War II.


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