title: Apostolic Nunciature to Turkmenistan
text: # Apostolic Nunciature to Turkmenistan
  
  The Apostolic Nunciature to Turkmenistan is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Turkmenistan. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.
  
  The nuncio resides in the Çankaya district of Ankara, Turkey.
  
  ## List of papal representatives to Turkmenistan
  
  ### Apostolic Nuncios
  
  * Pier Luigi Celata (3 April 1997 - 3 March 1999)
  * Luigi Conti (15 May 1999 - 8 August 2001)
  * Edmond Farhat (11 December 2001 - 26 July 2005)
  * Antonio Lucibello (27 August 2005 - 2015)
  * Paul Fitzpatrick Russell (19 March 2016 - 22 October 2021)
  * Marek Solczyński (8 September 2022 - present)
  