List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See
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The following is a sortable list of the heads of the diplomatic mission of the Holy See.
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| Country | |Type of mission | |Representative | |Nomination date |
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 Albania |
Nunciature | Moliner Inglés, Ramiro | |
 Algeria |
Nunciature | Yeh Sheng-nan, Thomas Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan is a Chinese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See.-Biography:Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan was born on 26 June 1941, in Kaohsiung, Republic of China, and was ordained priest on 27 March 1971, for the Diocese of Tainan. He holds a laurea degree in philosophy... |
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 Andorra |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Fratini, Renzo Renzo Fratini Renzo Fratini is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See.-Biography:Renzo Fratini was born on 25 April 1944, in Urbisaglia, Italy, and was ordained priest on 6 September 1969 for the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino. In 1970 he entered the Pontifical... |
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 Angola |
Nunciature | Rugambwa, Novatus Novatus Rugambwa Novatus Rugambwa is a Tanzanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See.-Biography:Novatus Rugambwa was born on 8 October 1957, in Bukoba, Tanzania, and was ordained priest on 6 July 1986, for the Diocese of Bukoba. He holds a degree in Canon Law... |
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 Antigua and Barbuda |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Vacant | |
| Antilles Antilles The Antilles islands form the greater part of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea. The Antilles are divided into two major groups: the "Greater Antilles" to the north and west, including the larger islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola , and Puerto Rico; and the smaller "Lesser Antilles" on the... |
Delegation (seated in Trinidad and Tobago) | Vacant | |
| Arabian Peninsula Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula is a land mass situated north-east of Africa. Also known as Arabia or the Arabian subcontinent, it is the world's largest peninsula and covers 3,237,500 km2... |
Delegation (seated in Kuwait) | Rajič, Petar | |
 Argentina |
Nunciature | Bernardini, Adriano Adriano Bernardini Adriano Bernardini is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and San Marino, a post to which he was appointed on 15 November 2011.On 31 March 1968, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Rome... |
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 Armenia |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Vacant | |
 Australia |
Nunciature | Lazzarotto, Giuseppe Giuseppe Lazzarotto Giuseppe Lazzarotto JCD was born in Carpanè, Italy on 24 May 1942. He studied for the priesthood in the Diocese of Padua, being ordained a priest on 1 April 1967. He undertook post-graduate studies in diplomacy at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome, while at the same time completing his... |
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 Austria |
Nunciature | Zurbriggen, Peter Stephan | |
 Azerbaijan |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Vacant | |
 The Bahamas |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Vacant | |
 Bahrain |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Rajič, Petar | |
 Bangladesh |
Nunciature | Marino, Joseph Salvador | |
 Barbados |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Vacant | |
 Belarus |
Nunciature | Gugerotti, Claudio | |
 Belgium |
Nunciature | Berloco, Giacinto | |
 Belize |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Pezzuto, Luigi | |
 Benin |
Nunciature | Blume, Michael August | |
 Bolivia |
Nunciature | Diquattro, Giambattista | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Nunciature | D’Errico, Alessandro | |
 Botswana |
Nunciature (non-residential) | vacant | |
 Brazil |
Nunciature | Baldisseri, Lorenzo | |
 Brunei |
Delegation (seated in Singapore) | Girelli, Leopoldo Leopoldo Girelli Leopoldo Girelli is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore, Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam and Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia. He had previously served as Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia and Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste.... |
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 Kingdom of Bulgaria |
Nunciature | Bolonek, Janusz | |
 Burkina Faso |
Nunciature | Rallo, Vito | |
 Burundi |
Nunciature | Coppola, Franco Franco Coppola Franco Coppola is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 16 July 2009.Coppola was born in Maglie in 1957. He was ordained priest on 12 September 1981. He was incardinted in the diocese of Otranto. He attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy... |
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 Cambodia |
Nunciature | d’Aniello, Giovanni | |
 Cameroon |
Nunciature | Pioppo, Piero | |
 Canada |
Nunciature | López Quintana, Pedro | |
 Cape Verde |
Nunciature | Montemayor, Luis Mariano | |
 Central African Republic |
Nunciature | Okolo, Jude Thaddeus | |
 Chad |
Nunciature | Okolo, Jude Thaddeus | |
 Chile |
Nunciature | Scapolo, Ivo | |
 Republic of China |
Nunciature | vacant | |
 Colombia |
Nunciature | Cavalli, Aldo | |
 Comoros |
Delegation (seated in Madagascar) | Nugent, Eugene Martin | |
| |Nunciature | Yllana, Adolfo Tito Adolfo Tito Yllana Adolfo Tito Yllana was born on 6 February 1948 in Naga City, Philippines. He is a Roman Catholic archbishop, and is presently the Apostolic Nuncio to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He undertook religious studies from the Holy Rosary Seminary also in the same city. On 19 March 1972 he was... |
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| |Nunciature | Pawłowski, Jan Romeo | ||
 Cook Islands |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Balvo, Charles Daniel | |
 Costa Rica |
Nunciature | Nguyen Van Tot, Pierre | |
 Independent State of Croatia |
Nunciature | Cassari, Mario Roberto | |
 Cuba |
Nunciature | Musarò, Bruno | |
 Cyprus |
Nunciature | Franco, Antonio Antonio Franco Antonio Franco is a Vatican diplomat.He was ordained a Priest of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy on 10 July 1960 and appointed Titular Archbishop of Gallesium on 28 March 1992... |
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 Czech Republic |
Nunciature | Leanza, Giuseppe Giuseppe Leanza Giuseppe Leanza was born in Cesaro, Italy. and ordained on 17 July 1966.-Early life:After being awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law, he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1972 and served at the pontifical representations in Paraguay, Uganda, the United States and in the section for... |
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 Denmark |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Tscherrig, Emil Paul | |
 Djibouti |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Panikulam, George | |
 Dominica |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Vacant | |
 Dominican Republic |
Nunciature | Wesołowski, Józef | |
 Ecuador |
Nunciature | Ottonello, Giacomo Guido | |
 Egypt |
Nunciature | Fitzgerald, Michael Louis | |
 El Salvador |
Nunciature | Pezzuto, Luigi | |
 Equatorial Guinea |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Pioppo, Piero | |
 Eritrea |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Boccardi, Leo | |
 Estonia |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Bonazzi, Luigi | |
 Ethiopia |
Nunciature | Panikulam, George | |
 European Union |
Nunciature | Dupuy, André Pierre Louis | |
 Fiji |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Balvo, Charles Daniel | |
 Finland |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Tscherrig, Emil Paul | |
 Early Modern France |
Nunciature | Ventura, Luigi Luigi Ventura Luigi Ventura is the current Apostolic Nuncio to France since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 22 September 2009.Ventura was born in 1944 in Borgosatollo, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 14 June 1969 at the age of 25 for the diocese of Brescia. He was called to work for the diplomatic... |
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 Gabon |
Nunciature | Pawłowski, Jan Romeo | |
 The Gambia |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Antonysamy, George | |
 Georgia (country) |
Nunciature | Vacant | |
 Germany |
Nunciature | Périsset, Jean-Claude | |
 Ghana |
Nunciature | Kalenga Badikebele, Léon | |
 United Kingdom |
Nunciature | Mennini, Antonio Antonio Mennini Antonio Mennini is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He serves as the Nuncio to Great Britain from 18 December 2010, having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI.-Biography:... |
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 Greece |
Nunciature | Adams, Edward Joseph | |
 Grenada |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Vacant | |
 Guatemala |
Nunciature | Gallagher, Paul Richard | |
 Guinea |
Nunciature | Krebs, Martin | |
 Guinea-Bissau |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Montemayor, Luis Mariano | |
 Guyana |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Vacant | |
 Haiti |
Nunciature | Auza, Bernardito Cleopas | |
 Honduras |
Nunciature | Bianco, Luigi | |
 Hungary |
Nunciature | Bottari de Castello, Alberto | |
 Iceland |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Tscherrig, Emil Paul | |
 India |
Nunciature | Pennacchio, Salvatore | |
 Indonesia |
Nunciature | Antonio Guido Filipazzi | |
 Iran |
Nunciature | Gobel, Jean-Paul Aimé | |
 Iraq |
Nunciature | Lingua, Giorgio Giorgio Lingua Giorgio Lingua is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 4 September 2010.... |
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 Republic of Ireland |
Nunciature | Vacant | |
 Israel |
Nunciature | Franco, Antonio Antonio Franco Antonio Franco is a Vatican diplomat.He was ordained a Priest of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy on 10 July 1960 and appointed Titular Archbishop of Gallesium on 28 March 1992... |
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 Italy |
Nunciature | Bertello, Giuseppe Giuseppe Bertello Giuseppe Bertello is a Catholic prelate and currently President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of Vatican City State.-Early life:... |
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 Côte d'Ivoire |
Nunciature | Madtha, Ambrose | |
 Jamaica |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Vacant | |
 Japan |
Nunciature | Chennoth, Joseph | |
| Jerusalem and Palestine | Delegation | Franco, Antonio Antonio Franco Antonio Franco is a Vatican diplomat.He was ordained a Priest of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, Italy on 10 July 1960 and appointed Titular Archbishop of Gallesium on 28 March 1992... |
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 Jordan |
Nunciature | Lingua, Giorgio Giorgio Lingua Giorgio Lingua is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 4 September 2010.... |
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 Kazakhstan |
Nunciature | Maury Buendía, Miguel | |
 Kenya |
Nunciature | Lebeaupin, Alain Paul Charles | |
| |Nunciature | Padilla, Osvaldo | ||
 Kiribati |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Balvo, Charles Daniel | |
 Kuwait |
Nunciature | Rajič, Petar | |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Maury Buendía, Miguel | |
 Laos |
Delegation (seated in Thailand) | d’Aniello, Giovanni | |
 Latvia |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Bonazzi, Luigi | |
 Lebanon |
Nunciature | Caccia, Gabriele Giordano Gabriele Giordano Caccia Gabriele Giordano Caccia PhD JCL is an Italian Catholic prelate, since 16 July 2009 Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon. He had previously served as Assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State... |
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 Lesotho |
Nunciature (non-residential) | vacant | |
 Liberia |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Antonysamy, George | |
 Libya |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Caputo, Tommaso Tommaso Caputo Tommaso Caputo is an Italian Catholic Bishop and Diplomat, the titular Archbishop of Otriculum.He was ordained a priest in Naples on 10 April 1974.... |
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 Liechtenstein |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Causero, Diego | |
 Lithuania |
Nunciature | Bonazzi, Luigi | |
 Luxembourg |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Berloco, Giacinto | |
 Republic of Macedonia |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Bolonek, Janusz | |
 Madagascar |
Nunciature | Nugent, Eugene Martin | |
 Malawi |
Nunciature | Girasoli, Nicolas | |
 Malaysia |
Delegation (seated in Singapore) | Girelli, Leopoldo Leopoldo Girelli Leopoldo Girelli is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore, Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam and Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia. He had previously served as Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia and Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste.... |
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 Mali |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Krebs, Martin | |
 Malta |
Nunciature | Caputo, Tommaso Tommaso Caputo Tommaso Caputo is an Italian Catholic Bishop and Diplomat, the titular Archbishop of Otriculum.He was ordained a priest in Naples on 10 April 1974.... |
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 Marshall Islands |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Balvo, Charles Daniel | |
 Mauritania |
Delegation (seated in Senegal) | Montemayor, Luis Mariano | |
 Mauritius |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Nugent, Eugene Martin | |
 Mexico |
Nunciature | Pierre, Christophe | |
 Moldova |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Lozano, Francisco-Javier | |
 Federated States of Micronesia |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Balvo, Charles Daniel | |
 Monaco |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Dupuy, André Pierre Louis | |
 Mongolia |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Padilla, Osvaldo | |
 Kingdom of Montenegro |
Nunciature (non-residential) | D’Errico, Alessandro | |
 Morocco |
Nunciature | Sozzo, Antonio | |
 Mozambique |
Nunciature | Arcari, Antonio | |
 Myanmar |
Delegation (seated in Thailand) | d’Aniello, Giovanni | |
 Namibia |
Nunciature (non-residential) | vacant | |
 Nauru |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Balvo, Charles Daniel | |
 Nepal |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Pennacchio, Salvatore | |
 Netherlands |
Nunciature | Bacqué, François Robert | |
 New Zealand |
Nunciature | Balvo, Charles Daniel | |
 Nicaragua |
Nunciature | Nowacki, Henryk Józef | |
 Niger |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Rallo, Vito | |
 Nigeria |
Nunciature | Kasujja, Augustine | |
 Norway |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Tscherrig, Emil Paul | |
| Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World... |
Delegation (seated in New Zealand) | Balvo, Charles Daniel | |
 Pakistan |
Nunciature | Peña Parra, Edgar Edgar Peña Parra *... |
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 Palau |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Balvo, Charles Daniel | |
 Panama |
Nunciature | Carrascosa Coso, Andrés | |
 Papua New Guinea |
Nunciature | Padilla, Francisco Montecillo | |
 Paraguay |
Nunciature | Ariotti, Eliseo Antonio | |
 Peru |
Nunciature | Green, James Patrick | |
 Philippines |
Nunciature | Pinto, Giuseppe | |
 Poland |
Nunciature | Migliore, Celestino Celestino Migliore Celestino Migliore is an Italian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church who currently serves as the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland. He had previously served as... |
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 Portugal |
Nunciature | Passigato, Rino Rino Passigato Archbishop Rino Passigato is the current Roman Catholic Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal. He was ordained a Priest on the 29 Jun 1968 in Verona, Italy. In 1991 he was appointed to be the Titular Archbishop of Nova Caesaris and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Burundi. By 1996 he was Apostolic Nuncio to... |
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 Qatar |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Rajič, Petar | |
 Kingdom of Romania |
Nunciature | Lozano, Francisco-Javier | |
 Russia |
Nunciature | Jurkovič, Ivan Ivan Jurkovič Ivan Jurkovič is a Slovenian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He serves as the Nuncio to Russia and Nuncio to Uzbekistan from 19 February and 22 July 2011 respectively having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI.-Biography:... |
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 Rwanda |
Nunciature | Vacant | |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Vacant | |
 Saint Lucia |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Vacant | |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Vacant | |
 Samoa |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Balvo, Charles Daniel | |
 San Marino |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Bertello, Giuseppe Giuseppe Bertello Giuseppe Bertello is a Catholic prelate and currently President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of Vatican City State.-Early life:... |
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 São Tomé and Príncipe |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Rugambwa, Novatus Novatus Rugambwa Novatus Rugambwa is a Tanzanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See.-Biography:Novatus Rugambwa was born on 8 October 1957, in Bukoba, Tanzania, and was ordained priest on 6 July 1986, for the Diocese of Bukoba. He holds a degree in Canon Law... |
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 Senegal |
Nunciature | Montemayor, Luis Mariano | |
 Serbia |
Nunciature | Antonini, Orlando | |
 Seychelles |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Nugent, Eugene Martin | |
 Sierra Leone |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Antonysamy, George | |
 Singapore |
Nunciature | Girelli, Leopoldo Leopoldo Girelli Leopoldo Girelli is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore, Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam and Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia. He had previously served as Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia and Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste.... |
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 Slovakia |
Nunciature | Giordana, Mario | |
 Slovenia |
Nunciature | Janusz, Juliusz | |
 Solomon Islands |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Padilla, Francisco Montecillo | |
 Somalia |
Delegation (seated in Ethiopia) | Panikulam, George | |
 South Africa |
Nunciature | vacant | |
 Spain |
Nunciature | Fratini, Renzo Renzo Fratini Renzo Fratini is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See.-Biography:Renzo Fratini was born on 25 April 1944, in Urbisaglia, Italy, and was ordained priest on 6 September 1969 for the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino. In 1970 he entered the Pontifical... |
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 Sri Lanka |
Nunciature | Spiteri, Joseph | |
 Syria |
Nunciature | Zenari, Mario | |
 Sudan |
Nunciature | Boccardi, Leo | |
 Suriname |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Vacant | |
 Swaziland |
Nunciature (non-residential) | vacant | |
 Sweden |
Nunciature | Tscherrig, Emil Paul | |
 Switzerland |
Nunciature | Causero, Diego | |
 Tajikistan |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Maury Buendía, Miguel | |
 Tanzania |
Nunciature | vacant | |
 Thailand |
Nunciature | d’Aniello, Giovanni | |
 East Timor |
Nunciature (non-residential) | vacant | |
 Togo |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Blume, Michael August | |
 Tonga |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Balvo, Charles Daniel | |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Nunciature | Vacant | |
 Tunisia |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Yeh Sheng-nan, Thomas Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan is a Chinese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and diplomat of the Holy See.-Biography:Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan was born on 26 June 1941, in Kaohsiung, Republic of China, and was ordained priest on 27 March 1971, for the Diocese of Tainan. He holds a laurea degree in philosophy... |
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 Turkey |
Nunciature | Lucibello, Antonio | |
 Turkmenistan |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Lucibello, Antonio | |
 Uganda |
Nunciature | Tschang In-Nam, Paul | |
 Ukraine |
Nunciature | Gullickson, Thomas Edward | |
 United Arab Emirates |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Rajič, Petar | |
 United Nations |
Permanent observer | Chullikatt, Francis Assisi Francis Chullikatt Francis Assisi Chullikatt JCD is the current Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 17 July 2010. He had previously served as Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan.... |
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 United States |
Nunciature | Viganò, Carlo Maria Carlo Maria Viganò Carlo Maria Viganò JUD is, since 19 October 2011, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States. He previously served as Secretary-General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State, from 16 July 2009 to 3 September 2011.-Early life:... |
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 Uruguay |
Nunciature | Pecorari, Anselmo Guido | |
 Uzbekistan |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Jurkovič, Ivan Ivan Jurkovič Ivan Jurkovič is a Slovenian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He serves as the Nuncio to Russia and Nuncio to Uzbekistan from 19 February and 22 July 2011 respectively having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI.-Biography:... |
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 Vanuatu |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Balvo, Charles Daniel | |
 Venezuela |
Nunciature | Parolin, Pietro Pietro Parolin Pietro Parolin, born 17 January 1955, is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the Holy See's representative in Venezuela since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 17 August 2009... |
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 Vietnam |
Non-residential pontifical representative | Girelli, Leopoldo Leopoldo Girelli Leopoldo Girelli is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore, Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam and Apostolic Delegate to Malaysia. He had previously served as Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia and Apostolic Nuncio to Timor-Leste.... |
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 Yemen |
Nunciature (non-residential) | Rajič, Petar | |
 Zambia |
Nunciature | Girasoli, Nicolas | |
 Zimbabwe |
Nunciature | Kocherry, George George Kocherry George Kocherry is the current Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe and Titular Archbishop to Othona. He has also served as Nuncio to Ghana and Togo.- External links :... |
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