APOSTOLIC NUNCIATURE IN UKRAINE

Apostolic Nuncio – His Excellency Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Titular Archbishop of Corbavia


Second Secretary of Nunciature - Reverend Većeslav Tumir. He was born in 1977 and ordained a priest in 2002. After completion of studies in theology in Dakovo, he graduated from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome. He holds a doctorate in Canon Law. In 2007 he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See and served in Zimbabwe. In 2009 Reverend Tumir was appointed Secretary of the Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine.

Staff of the Apostolic Nunciature: Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate

Address: Turhenivska Street 40, 01901 KYIV, Ukraine.

Telephone: + 380 44 482 35 57; fax: +380 44 482 35 53

e-mail:         nuntiusua(at)gmail.com

The Ukrainian Embassy to the Holy See:

Ambassador: The Honorable Ms Tetyana Ivanivna Izhevska
                           (Credentials presented on 30 March 2007).
       

Diplomatic relations between Ukraine and the Holy See were established on 8 February 1992.

The Papal Brief of Pope John Paul II "Ucrainam Nationem" canonically established the Apostolic Nunciature on the above-mentioned date.

JOHN PAUL ІІ
To perpetuate the memory of the matter
(translation)

      For centuries the Roman Pontiffs have treated Ukraine with special care, above all due to the fact that the Christian communities that have existed there for more than a thousand years have given us many priests and saints, which is an exceptional fruit of the faith. Therefore, after the successful establishment of the diplomatic relationship between the Apostolic See and the state of Ukraine, we consider that it is proper to set up an Apostolic Nuncio in order to promote the spiritual good of the faithful of Christ who live in Ukraine. Consequently, by mutual desire, knowing the opinion of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, of our supreme authority, by the power of this Message, We establish an Apostolic Nunciature in the state of Ukraine, granting it all rights, privileges, honor, prerogatives, and indults that belong to similar Missions. And finally, we wish that the Message, written in the form of a Brief, be confirmed from this day forward, and that no adverse circumstances should hinder it.

      This document is made in Rome, in Saint Peter's, under the seal-ring of Fisherman, on 8 February 1992, in the fourteenth year of Our Pontificate.

                                                                                                                                               + Cardinal Angelo Sodano,
                                                                                                                                                   Secretary of State

His Excellency Archbishop Antonio Franco,
Titular Archbishop of Gallesium, from Italy,
is commonly regarded as the first Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine.
He was appointed on 28 March 1992;
he presented his credentials on 19 August
and completed his mission in May 1999.

His successor was His Excellency Nikola Eterovic,
Titular Archbishop of Sisak, from Croatia,
was appointed on 30 May 1999.
He presented his credentials on 31 August 1999.

On 22 April 2004, His Excellency Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič,
Titular Archbishop of Corbavia, from Slovenia,
was appointed the Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine.
He presented his credentials on 16 June 2004.