Apostolic Nunciature to Canada

The Apostolic Nunciature to Canada is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Canada. It is headed by the Papal Nuncio to Canada.

Apostolic Nunciature in Ottawa
The gate house of the nunciature with the manor in the distance
LocationOttawa
AddressRockcliffe Park
Coordinates45.455710°N 75.683119°W / 45.455710; -75.683119
Apostolic NuncioLuigi Bonazzi
Websitehttp://www.nuntiatura.ca/

Property

The first home on the property, built by Duncan Reynier MacNab in 1838–39, was named "Rockcliff House" because of its location. This name eventually was applied to the entire neighbourhood of Rockcliffe Park where the Nunciature is located. In 1868 the property was purchased by Thomas Coltrin Keefer, son-in-law of Thomas McKay, after he had sold Rideau Hall to the government to house the Governor General. Keefer rebuilt the house and extensively enlarged it. The house remained in the Keefer family for several generations until in 1929 when it was purchased by Senator Cairine Wilson, the first Canadian woman to be named to the Senate and her husband Norman. In 1929 the building was renovated in the style of Directoire Manor Houses of France.[1]

It was sold to the Holy See in 1962 to serve as the Embassy of the Holy See in Canada. The Holy See had previously been based in a building on Queen Elizabeth Driveway. The manor is located on two hectares of grounds and has a large gate house, that was originally the stables and coach house, separating it from the street and several other out buildings.

The house was included amongst other architecturally interesting and historically significant buildings in Doors Open Ottawa, held June 2 and 3, 2012.[2]

Papal representatives to Canada

See also

References
  1. "Nunciature". nuntiatura.ca. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  2. http://ottawa.ca/doorsopen Doors Open Ottawa
  3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXII. 1970. p. 474. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  4. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXVII. 1975. p. 507. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XCI. 1999. p. 327. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  6. "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.04.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 April 2002. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  7. "The Vatican's man in Canada". National Post. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  8. "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.06.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 June 2001.
  9. "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.09.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 September 2009.
  10. "Rinunce e Nomine, 10.12.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  11. "Francis appoints Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi as Apostolic Nuncio to Canada". LaStampa.it. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  12. "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.12.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
Additional sources
  • Cook, Maria. "Papal Envoy's Magnificent Hideaway." Ottawa Citizen. May 20, 2003. pg. B.3
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