List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See

Further information: List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See

The following is a sortable list of the heads of the diplomatic mission of the Holy See.

Vatican City State

Diplomatic relations, resident mission, nuncio is of ambassadorial rank and with additional privileges^[1]

Diplomatic relations, non-resident accreditation with additional privileges

Diplomatic relations, resident mission, nuncio has regular ambassadorial status

Diplomatic relations, non-resident accreditation, regular ambassadorial status

Formal contact with the government, but no diplomatic relations

Representative to the Catholic communities only, no diplomatic relations

Sortable list

Country	Type of mission	Representative	Nomination date	Ref.
Albania	Nunciature	vacant	000000002016-09-15-000015 September 2016
Algeria	Nunciature	Russo, Luciano	000000002016-06-14-000014 June 2016
Andorra	Nunciature (non-residential)	Fratini, Renzo	000000002009-08-20-000020 August 2009
Angola	Nunciature	Rajič, Petar	000000002015-06-15-000015 June 2015
Antigua and Barbuda	Nunciature (non-residential)	Girasoli, Nicolas	000000002011-10-29-000029 October 2011
Antilles	Delegation (seated in Trinidad and Tobago)	Girasoli, Nicolas	000000002011-10-29-000029 October 2011
Arabian Peninsula	Delegation (seated in Kuwait)	Padilla, Francisco Montecillo	000000002016-04-05-00005 April 2016
Argentina	Nunciature	Tscherrig, Emil Paul	000000002012-01-05-00005 January 2012
Armenia	Nunciature (non-residential)	Solczyński, Marek	000000002011-12-15-000015 December 2011
Australia	Nunciature	Yllana, Adolfo Tito	000000002015-02-17-000017 February 2015
Austria	Nunciature	Zurbriggen, Peter Stephan	000000002009-01-14-000014 January 2009
Azerbaijan	Nunciature (non-residential)	Solczyński, Marek	000000002012-04-14-000014 April 2012
Bahamas	Nunciature (non-residential)	Girasoli, Nicolas	000000002011-10-29-000029 October 2011
Bahrain	Nunciature (non-residential)	Padilla, Francisco Montecillo	000000002016-04-26-000026 April 2016
Bangladesh	Nunciature	Kocherry, George	000000002013-07-06-00006 July 2013
Barbados	Nunciature (non-residential)	Girasoli, Nicolas	000000002011-12-21-000021 December 2011
Belarus	Nunciature	Pintér, Gábor	000000002016-05-13-000013 May 2016
Belgium	Nunciature	Kasujja, Augustine	000000002016-10-12-000012 October 2016	^[2]
Belize	Nunciature (non-residential)	Kalenga Badikebele, Léon	000000002013-04-13-000013 April 2013
Benin	Nunciature	Udaigwe, Brian	000000002013-04-08-00008 April 2013
Bolivia	Nunciature	Diquattro, Giambattista	000000002008-11-21-000021 November 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Nunciature	Pezzuto, Luigi	000000002012-11-17-000017 November 2012
Botswana	Nunciature (non-residential)	Wells, Peter Bryan	000000002016-02-09-00009 February 2016
Brazil	Nunciature	d’Aniello, Giovanni	000000002012-02-10-000010 February 2012
Brunei	Delegation	Marino Joseph Salvador	000000002013-01-16-000016 January 2013
Bulgaria	Nunciature	Pecorari, Anselmo Guido	000000002014-04-25-000025 April 2014
Burkina Faso	Nunciature	Bertoldi, Piergiorgio	000000002015-04-24-000024 April 2015
Burundi	Nunciature	Załuski, Wojciech	000000002014-07-15-000015 July 2014
Cambodia	Nunciature (non-residential)	Tschang In-Nam, Paul	000000002012-08-04-00004 August 2012
Cameroon	Nunciature	Pioppo, Piero	000000002010-01-25-000025 January 2010
Canada	Nunciature	Bonazzi, Luigi	000000002013-12-18-000018 December 2013
Cape Verde	Nunciature (non-residential)	Banach, Michael Wallace	000000002016-07-09-00009 July 2016	^[3]
Central African Republic	Nunciature	vacant	000000002016-07-09-00009 July 2016
Chad	Nunciature (non-residential)	vacant	000000002016-07-09-00009 July 2016
Chile	Nunciature	Scapolo, Ivo	000000002011-07-15-000015 July 2011
China, Republic of	Nunciature	vacant	000000001979-03-25-000025 March 1979
Colombia	Nunciature	Balestrero, Ettore	000000002013-02-22-000022 February 2013
Comoros	Delegation (seated in Madagascar)	Gualtieri, Paolo Rocco	000000002015-11-13-000013 November 2015
Congo, Democratic Republic of	Nunciature	Montemayor, Luis Mariano	000000002015-06-22-000022 June 2015
Congo, Republic of	Nunciature	Escalante Molina, Francisco	000000002016-03-19-000019 March 2016
Cook Islands	Nunciature (non-residential)	Krebs, Martin	000000002013-05-08-00008 May 2013
Costa Rica	Nunciature	Arcari, Antonio	000000002014-07-05-00005 July 2014
Croatia	Nunciature	D’Errico, Alessandro	000000002012-05-21-000021 May 2012
Cuba	Nunciature	Lingua, Giorgio	000000002015-03-17-000017 March 2015
Cyprus	Nunciature (non-residential)	Lazzarotto, Giuseppe	000000002012-08-30-000030 August 2012
Czech Republic	Nunciature	Leanza, Giuseppe	000000002011-09-15-000015 September 2011
Denmark	Nunciature (non-residential)	Nowacki, Henryk Józef	000000002012-10-06-00006 October 2012
Djibouti	Nunciature (non-residential)	Bianco, Luigi	000000002014-09-10-000010 September 2014
Dominica	Nunciature (non-residential)	Girasoli, Nicolas	000000002011-10-29-000029 October 2011
Dominican Republic	Nunciature	Okolo, Jude Thaddeus	000000002013-10-07-00007 October 2013
Ecuador	Nunciature	Ottonello, Giacomo Guido	000000002005-02-26-000026 February 2005
Egypt	Nunciature	Musarò, Bruno	000000002015-02-05-00005 February 2015
El Salvador	Nunciature	Kalenga Badikebele, Léon	000000002013-02-22-000022 February 2013
Equatorial Guinea	Nunciature (non-residential)	Pioppo, Piero	000000002010-01-25-000025 January 2010
Eritrea	Nunciature (non-residential)	van Megen, Hubertus	000000002014-06-07-00007 June 2014
Estonia	Nunciature (non-residential)	López Quintana, Pedro	000000002014-03-22-000022 March 2014
Ethiopia	Nunciature	Bianco, Luigi	000000002014-07-12-000012 July 2014
European Union	Nunciature	Lebeaupin, Alain Paul	000000002012-06-23-000023 June 2012
Fiji	Nunciature (non-residential)	Krebs, Martin	000000002013-09-23-000023 September 2013
Finland	Nunciature (non-residential)	Nowacki, Henryk Józef	000000002012-10-06-00006 October 2012
France	Nunciature	Ventura, Luigi	000000002009-09-22-000022 September 2009
Gabon	Nunciature	Escalante Molina, Francisco	000000002016-05-21-000021 May 2016
Gambia	Nunciature (non-residential)	Adamczy, Mirosław	000000002013-06-08-00008 June 2013
Georgia	Nunciature	Solczyński, Marek	000000002011-11-26-000026 November 2011
Germany	Nunciature	Eterović, Nikola	000000002013-09-21-000021 September 2013
Ghana	Nunciature	Speich, Jean-Marie	000000002013-08-17-000017 August 2013
Greece	Nunciature	Adams, Edward Joseph	000000002011-02-22-000022 February 2011
Grenada	Nunciature (non-residential)	Girasoli, Nicolas	000000002011-10-29-000029 October 2011
Guatemala	Nunciature	Thevenin, Nicolas	000000002013-01-05-00005 January 2013
Guinea	Nunciature	Gangemi, Santo Rocco	000000002013-11-06-00006 November 2013
Guinea-Bissau	Nunciature (non-residential)	Banach, Michael Wallace	000000002016-08-22-000022 August 2016	^[4]
Guyana	Nunciature (non-residential)	Girasoli, Nicolas	000000002011-10-29-000029 October 2011
Haiti	Nunciature	Nugent, Eugene Martin	000000002015-01-10-000010 January 2015
Honduras	Nunciature	Rugambwa, Novatus	000000002015-03-05-00005 March 2015
Hungary	Nunciature	Bottari de Castello, Alberto	000000002011-06-06-00006 June 2011
Iceland	Nunciature (non-residential)	Nowacki, Henryk Józef	000000002012-06-28-000028 June 2012
India	Nunciature	vacant	000000002016-08-06-00006 August 2016
Indonesia	Nunciature	Filipazzi, Antonio Guido	000000002011-03-23-000023 March 2011
Iran	Nunciature	Boccardi, Leo	000000002013-07-11-000011 July 2013
Iraq	Nunciature	Ortega Martín, Alberto	000000002015-08-01-00001 August 2015
Ireland	Nunciature	Brown, Charles John	000000002011-11-26-000026 November 2011
Israel	Nunciature	Lazzarotto, Giuseppe	000000002012-08-18-000018 August 2012
Italy	Nunciature	Bernardini, Adriano	000000002011-11-15-000015 November 2011
Ivory Coast	Nunciature	Spiteri, Joseph	000000002013-10-01-00001 October 2013
Jamaica	Nunciature (non-residential)	Girasoli, Nicolas	000000002011-10-29-000029 October 2011
Japan	Nunciature	Chennoth, Joseph	000000002011-08-15-000015 August 2011
Jerusalem and Palestine	Delegation	Lazzarotto, Giuseppe	000000002012-08-18-000018 August 2012
Jordan	Nunciature (non-residential)	Ortega Martín, Alberto	000000002015-08-01-00001 August 2015
Kazakhstan	Nunciature	Chullikatt, Francis	000000002016-04-30-000030 April 2016
Kenya	Nunciature	Balvo, Charles Daniel	000000002013-01-17-000017 January 2013
Kiribati	Nunciature (non-residential)	Krebs, Martin	000000002013-05-08-00008 May 2013
Korea, Republic of	Nunciature	Padilla, Osvaldo	000000002008-04-12-000012 April 2008
Kuwait	Nunciature	Padilla, Francisco Montecillo	000000002016-04-05-00005 April 2016
Kyrgyzstan	Nunciature (non-residential)	Chullikatt, Francis	000000002016-06-24-000024 June 2016
Laos	Delegation (seated in Thailand)	Tschang In-Nam, Paul	000000002012-08-04-00004 August 2012
Latvia	Nunciature (non-residential)	López Quintana, Pedro	000000002014-03-22-000022 March 2014
Lebanon	Nunciature	Caccia, Gabriele Giordano	000000002009-07-16-000016 July 2009
Lesotho	Nunciature (non-residential)	Wells, Peter Brian	000000002016-02-13-000013 February 2016
Liberia	Nunciature	Adamczy, Mirosław	000000002013-02-22-000022 February 2013
Libya	Nunciature (non-residential)	vacant	000000002015-03-21-000021 March 2015
Liechtenstein	Nunciature (non-residential)	Gullickson, Thomas Edward	000000002015-09-05-00005 September 2015
Lithuania	Nunciature	López Quintana, Pedro	000000002014-03-08-00008 March 2014
Luxembourg	Nunciature (non-residential)	vacant	000000002016-09-22-000022 September 2016
Macedonia	Nunciature (non-residential)	Pecorari, Anselmo Guido	000000002014-07-11-000011 July 2014
Madagascar	Nunciature	Gualtieri, Paolo Rocco	000000002015-04-13-000013 April 2015
Malawi	Nunciature (non-residential)	Murat, Julio	000000002012-06-06-00006 June 2012
Malaysia	Nunciature	Marino, Joseph Salvador	000000002013-01-16-000016 January 2013
Mali	Nunciature (non-residential)	Gangemi, Santo Rocco	000000002014-02-05-00005 February 2014
Malta	Nunciature	Cassari, Mario Roberto	000000002015-05-22-000022 May 2015
Marshall Islands	Nunciature (non-residential)	Krebs, Martin	000000002014-05-03-00003 May 2014
Mauritania	Delegation (seated in Senegal)	Banach, Michael Wallace	000000002016-03-19-000019 March 2016
Mauritius	Nunciature (non-residential)	Gualtieri, Paolo Rocco	000000002015-10-24-000024 October 2015
Mexico	Nunciature	Coppola, Franco	000000002016-07-09-00009 July 2016	^[5]
Federated States of Micronesia	Nunciature (non-residential)	Krebs, Martin	000000002013-05-08-00008 May 2013
Moldova	Nunciature (non-residential)	Maury Buendía, Miguel	000000002016-01-25-000025 January 2016
Monaco	Nunciature (non-residential)	Pezzuto, Luigi	000000002016-01-16-000016 January 2016
Mongolia	Nunciature (non-residential)	Padilla, Osvaldo	000000002008-04-26-000026 April 2008
Montenegro	Nunciature (non-residential)	Pezzuto, Luigi	000000002012-11-17-000017 November 2012
Morocco	Nunciature	Rallo, Vito	000000002015-12-12-000012 December 2015
Mozambique	Nunciature	Peña Parra, Edgar	000000002015-02-21-000021 February 2015
Myanmar	Delegation (seated in Thailand)	Tschang In-Nam, Paul	000000002012-08-04-00004 August 2012
Namibia	Nunciature (non-residential)	Wells, Peter Brian	000000002016-02-13-000013 February 2016
Nauru	Nunciature (non-residential)	Krebs, Martin	000000002014-05-03-00003 May 2014
Nepal	Nunciature (non-residential)	vacant	000000002016-08-06-00006 August 2016
Netherlands	Nunciature	Cavalli, Aldo	000000002015-03-21-000021 March 2015
New Zealand	Nunciature	Krebs, Martin	000000002013-05-08-00008 May 2013
Nicaragua	Nunciature	Nwachukwu, Fortunatus	000000002012-11-12-000012 November 2012
Niger	Nunciature (non-residential)	Bertoldi, Piergiorgio	000000002015-04-24-000024 April 2015
Nigeria	Nunciature	vacant	000000002016-10-12-000012 October 2016
Norway	Nunciature (non-residential)	Nowacki, Henryk Józef	000000002012-10-06-00006 October 2012
Pacific Ocean	Delegation (seated in New Zealand)	Krebs, Martin	000000002013-05-08-00008 May 2013
Pakistan	Nunciature	Bader, Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla	000000002015-05-23-000023 May 2015
Palau	Nunciature (non-residential)	Krebs, Martin	000000002013-05-08-00008 May 2013
Panama	Nunciature	Carrascosa Coso, Andrés	000000002009-01-12-000012 January 2009
Papua New Guinea	Nunciature	Vayalunkal, Kurian Mathew	000000002016-05-03-00003 May 2016
Paraguay	Nunciature	Ariotti, Eliseo Antonio	000000002009-11-05-00005 November 2009
Peru	Nunciature	Green, James Patrick	000000002011-10-15-000015 October 2011
Philippines	Nunciature	Pinto, Giuseppe	000000002011-05-10-000010 May 2011
Poland	Nunciature	Pennacchio, Salvatore	000000002016-08-06-00006 August 2016	^[6]
Portugal	Nunciature	Passigato, Rino	000000002008-11-08-00008 November 2008
Qatar	Nunciature (non-residential)	vacant	000000002015-06-15-000015 June 2015
Romania	Nunciature	Maury Buendía, Miguel	000000002015-12-05-00005 December 2015
Russian Federation	Nunciature	Migliore, Celestino	000000002016-05-28-000028 May 2016
Rwanda	Nunciature	vacant	000000002016-06-14-000014 June 2016
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Nunciature (non-residential)	Girasoli, Nicolas	000000002011-10-29-000029 October 2011
Saint Lucia	Nunciature (non-residential)	Girasoli, Nicolas	000000002011-10-29-000029 October 2011
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Nunciature (non-residential)	Girasoli, Nicolas	000000002011-10-29-000029 October 2011
Samoa	Nunciature (non-residential)	Krebs, Martin	000000002013-09-23-000023 September 2013
San Marino	Nunciature (non-residential)	Bernardini, Adriano	000000002011-11-15-000015 November 2011
Sao Tome and Principe	Nunciature (non-residential)	Rajič, Petar	000000002015-06-15-000015 June 2015
Senegal	Nunciature	Banach, Michael Wallace	000000002016-03-19-000019 March 2016
Serbia	Nunciature	Suriani, Luciano	000000002015-12-07-00007 December 2015
Seychelles	Nunciature (non-residential)	Gualtieri, Paolo Rocco	000000002015-09-26-000026 September 2015
Sierra Leone	Nunciature (non-residential)	Adamczy, Mirosław	000000002013-09-21-000021 September 2013
Singapore	Nunciature	Girelli, Leopoldo	000000002011-01-13-000013 January 2011
Slovakia	Nunciature	Giordana, Mario	000000002008-03-15-000015 March 2008
Slovenia	Nunciature	Janusz, Juliusz	000000002011-02-10-000010 February 2011
Solomon Islands	Nunciature (non-residential)	Vayalunkal, Kurian Mathew	000000002016-09-21-000021 September 2016	^[7]
Somalia	Delegation (seated in Ethiopia)	Bianco, Luigi	000000002014-09-10-000010 September 2014
South Africa	Nunciature	Wells, Peter Brian	000000002016-02-09-00009 February 2016
South Sudan	Nunciature	Balvo, Charles Daniel	000000002013-12-21-000021 December 2013
Spain	Nunciature	Fratini, Renzo	000000002009-08-20-000020 August 2009
Sri Lanka	Nunciature	Nguyên Van Tot, Pierre	000000002014-03-22-000022 March 2014
Sudan	Nunciature	van Megen, Hubertus	000000002014-03-08-00008 March 2014
Suriname	Nunciature (non-residential)	Girasoli, Nicolas	000000002011-10-29-000029 October 2011
Swaziland	Nunciature (non-residential)	Wells, Peter Bryan	000000002016-06-13-000013 June 2016
Sweden	Nunciature	Nowacki, Henryk Józef	000000002012-06-28-000028 June 2012
Switzerland	Nunciature	Gullickson, Thomas Edward	000000002015-09-05-00005 September 2015
Syria	Nunciature	Zenari, Mario	000000002008-12-30-000030 December 2008
Tajikistan	Nunciature (non-residential)	Chullikatt, Francis	000000002016-04-30-000030 April 2016
Tanzania	Nunciature	vacant	000000002016-04-05-00005 April 2016
Thailand	Nunciature	Tschang In-Nam, Paul	000000002012-08-04-00004 August 2012
Timor-Leste	Nunciature (non-residential)	Marino Joseph Salvador	000000002013-01-16-000016 January 2013
Togo	Nunciature (non-residential)	Udaigwe, Brian	000000002013-07-16-000016 July 2013
Tonga	Nunciature (non-residential)	Krebs, Martin	000000002014-01-18-000018 January 2014
Trinidad and Tobago	Nunciature	Girasoli, Nicolas	000000002011-12-21-000021 December 2011
Tunisia	Nunciature (non-residential)	Russo, Luciano	000000002016-06-14-000014 June 2016
Turkey	Nunciature	Russell, Paul Fitzpatrick	000000002016-03-19-000019 March 2016
Turkmenistan	Nunciature (non-residential)	Russell, Paul Fitzpatrick	000000002016-03-19-000019 March 2016
Uganda	Nunciature	Blume, Michael August	000000002013-02-02-00002 February 2013
Ukraine	Nunciature	Gugerotti, Claudio	000000002015-11-13-000013 November 2015
United Arab Emirates	Nunciature (non-residential)	Padilla, Francisco Montecillo	000000002016-04-26-000026 April 2016
United Kingdom	Nunciature	Mennini, Antonio	000000002010-12-18-000018 December 2010
United Nations	Permanent observer	Auza, Bernardito Cleopas	000000002014-07-01-00001 July 2014
United States	Nunciature	Pierre, Christophe	000000002016-04-12-000012 April 2016
Uruguay	Nunciature	Panikulam, George	000000002014-06-14-000014 June 2014
Uzbekistan	Nunciature (non-residential)	vacant	000000002016-02-13-000013 February 2016
Vanuatu	Nunciature (non-residential)	Krebs, Martin	000000002013-09-23-000023 September 2013
Venezuela	Nunciature	Giordano, Aldo	000000002013-10-26-000026 October 2013
Vietnam	Non-residential pontifical representative	Girelli, Leopoldo	000000002011-01-13-000013 January 2011
Yemen	Nunciature (non-residential)	Padilla, Francisco Montecillo	000000002016-07-30-000030 July 2016	^[8]
Zambia	Nunciature	Murat, Julio	000000002012-01-27-000027 January 2012
Zimbabwe	Nunciature	Zalewski, Marek	000000002014-03-25-000025 March 2014

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References

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