Apostolic Nunciature to Peru


The Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of Peru is an ecclesiastical office of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.
Papal representation was established in Peru by the Apostolic Delegation to Peru and Bolivia, a single office resident in Peru. As a delegation, it had no diplomatic status, but acted on behalf of the Holy See with respect to the Catholic Church in the region. This was then divided to create a nunciature for each country, a diplomatic office. Archbishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini was named Apostolic Delegate to Peru and Bolivia in 1910. When he was assigned to his next diplomatic post in December 1916, he was described as Internuncio to Peru and Bolivia. Apostolic internuncio is a title given in anticipation of the establishment of diplomatic relations and the exchange of ambassadors. The Nunciature to Peru was established on 20 July 1917.
The Holy See and the government of Peru concluded a pact regulating their relations and certain aspects of the Church's status in Peru on 26 July 1980.

List of papal representatives to Peru

Apostolic Delegates to Peru and Bolivia

Apostolic Nuncios

List of representatives of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Peru and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, a Catholic religious order, have formal relations since 1953. The former's embassy to the Holy See is also accredited to the Order, while the latter has an embassy in El Olivar, a neighbourhood of San Isidro District, Lima. It had been previously housed in different locations, including a palace in Arequipa Avenue, later demolished for the construction of a Plaza Vea supermarket.