title: Apostolic Nunciature to the Bahamas
text: # Apostolic Nunciature to the Bahamas
  
  The Apostolic Nunciature to the Bahamas is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in the Bahamas. 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 Port of Spain, Trinidad.
  
  ## List of papal representatives to the Bahamas
  
  ### Apostolic Pro-Nuncios
  
  * Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet (9 February 1980 - 8 September 1984)
  * Manuel Monteiro de Castro (16 February 1985 - 21 August 1990)
  * Eugenio Sbarbaro (7 February 1991 - 26 April 2000)
  
  ### Apostolic Nuncios
  
  * Emil Paul Tscherrig (8 July 2000 - 22 May 2004)
  * Thomas Edward Gullickson (2 October 2004 – 21 May 2011)
  * Nicola Girasoli (29 October 2011 – 16 June 2017)
  * Fortunatus Nwachukwu (27 February 2018 – 17 December 2021)
  * Santiago de Wit Guzmán (12 November 2022 – present)
  