The Apostolic Nunciature to Lithuania is an
ecclesiastical office of the
Catholic Church in
Lithuania.[1] It is a diplomatic post of the
Holy See, whose representative is called the
Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania is usually also the Apostolic Nuncio to
Estonia and
Latvia upon his appointment to said nations.
He supported the local clergy's struggle to protect the independence of the lay Catholic organization
Catholic Action from government control. For this he was declared persona non grata and expelled from the country in the summer of 1931.[4]
^Dunn, Dennis J. (1973). "Stalinism and the Catholic Church during the Era of World War II". The Catholic Historical Review. 59 (3): 404–28, esp. 410.
JSTOR25019367.
The Apostolic Nunciature to Lithuania is an
ecclesiastical office of the
Catholic Church in
Lithuania.[1] It is a diplomatic post of the
Holy See, whose representative is called the
Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania is usually also the Apostolic Nuncio to
Estonia and
Latvia upon his appointment to said nations.
He supported the local clergy's struggle to protect the independence of the lay Catholic organization
Catholic Action from government control. For this he was declared persona non grata and expelled from the country in the summer of 1931.[4]
^Dunn, Dennis J. (1973). "Stalinism and the Catholic Church during the Era of World War II". The Catholic Historical Review. 59 (3): 404–28, esp. 410.
JSTOR25019367.