This is a list of diplomatic missions of the Holy See. Since the fifth century, long before the founding of the Vatican City State in 1929, papal envoys (now known as nuncios) have represented the Holy See to foreign potentates. Additionally, papal representatives known not as nuncios but as apostolic delegates ensure contact between the Holy See and the Catholic Church in countries that do not have diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
Countries hosting diplomatic missions of the Holy See
At present, there is one residential apostolic delegate, for Jerusalem and Palestine, as well as non-residential delegates for four countries (Brunei, Laos, Mauritania, and Somalia) and for the territories and countries without diplomatic relations with the Holy See in three regions (the Arabian Peninsula, the Caribbean, the Pacific Ocean). For Vietnam, the 21st-century appointees of the Holy See have been given the title "pontifical representative".[a] In keeping with the "one China" policy, no representative is appointed for mainland China, and the Holy See is represented in Taipei by an apostolic nunciature, headed not by a nuncio, but only by a chargé d'affaires.
In addition to the countries mentioned above that have apostolic delegations, the following nations do not have diplomatic relations with the Holy See: Afghanistan, Bhutan, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Tuvalu.[3]
In most respects the status of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See are identical with those of other countries, with the exception of the nomenclature: apostolic nuncios have ambassadorial rank and apostolic nunciatures are ranked as embassies. However, in most countries of central and western Europe and of central and southern America, as well as in a few countries elsewhere, the nuncio is granted precedence over other ambassadors and is dean of the diplomatic corps from the moment he presents his credentials.[citation needed] The Holy See, which does not issue visas, does not have consulates.
Apostolic delegates and their missions do not have diplomatic status as nuncios and nunciatures do.
In countries that allow it, the apostolic nunciature is sometimes, though rarely, located outside the capital, perhaps in towns with particularly important religious connections, such as the village of Rabat in Malta, the site of Saint Paul's grotto, and Harissa in Lebanon where Maronite, Greek Orthodox and Melkite Greek Catholic Church authorities are located. In other countries that is not permitted: when India opened diplomatic relations with the Holy See, the apostolic delegation moved from Bangalore to the capital, New Delhi; and in Australia the mission moved from Sydney to Canberra. In Israel, the nunciature is located in Tel Aviv.
Listed below are the Holy See's apostolic nunciatures, apostolic delegations, and observer or representative missions to international governmental organizations — such as the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the Arab League.[4]
^"Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem and Palestine". The Catholic Church of the Holy Land. 22 May 2020.
^Ryan Dagur (21 September 2022). "Vatican opens new embassy in Timor-Leste". www.ucanews.com. Union of Catholic Asia News. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
^"American archbishop appointed nuncio to Great Britain". Catholic Herald. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017. ... has been appointed the Holy See's ambassador to Great Britain.
^"Rinunce e Nomine, 08.04.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018. Il Santo Padre ha nominato Nunzio Apostolico in Gran Bretagna...
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Further information List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See This is a list of diplomatic missions of the Holy See Since the fifth century long before the founding of the Vatican City State in 1929 papal envoys now known as nuncios have represented the Holy See to foreign potentates Additionally papal representatives known not as nuncios but as apostolic delegates ensure contact between the Holy See and the Catholic Church in countries that do not have diplomatic relations with the Holy See Countries hosting diplomatic missions of the Holy SeeAt present there is one residential apostolic delegate for Jerusalem and Palestine as well as non residential delegates for four countries Brunei Laos Mauritania and Somalia and for the territories and countries without diplomatic relations with the Holy See in three regions the Arabian Peninsula the Caribbean the Pacific Ocean For Vietnam the 21st century appointees of the Holy See have been given the title pontifical representative a In keeping with the one China policy no representative is appointed for mainland China and the Holy See is represented in Taipei by an apostolic nunciature headed not by a nuncio but only by a charge d affaires In addition to the countries mentioned above that have apostolic delegations the following nations do not have diplomatic relations with the Holy See Afghanistan Bhutan North Korea Saudi Arabia and Tuvalu 3 Contents 1 Description 2 Africa 3 Americas 4 Asia 5 Europe 6 Oceania 7 Multilateral organisations 8 Gallery 9 Nunciatures to open 10 Nunciatures that have ceased to exist 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 External linksDescription editIn most respects the status of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See are identical with those of other countries with the exception of the nomenclature apostolic nuncios have ambassadorial rank and apostolic nunciatures are ranked as embassies However in most countries of central and western Europe and of central and southern America as well as in a few countries elsewhere the nuncio is granted precedence over other ambassadors and is dean of the diplomatic corps from the moment he presents his credentials citation needed The Holy See which does not issue visas does not have consulates Apostolic delegates and their missions do not have diplomatic status as nuncios and nunciatures do In countries that allow it the apostolic nunciature is sometimes though rarely located outside the capital perhaps in towns with particularly important religious connections such as the village of Rabat in Malta the site of Saint Paul s grotto and Harissa in Lebanon where Maronite Greek Orthodox and Melkite Greek Catholic Church authorities are located In other countries that is not permitted when India opened diplomatic relations with the Holy See the apostolic delegation moved from Bangalore to the capital New Delhi and in Australia the mission moved from Sydney to Canberra In Israel the nunciature is located in Tel Aviv Listed below are the Holy See s apostolic nunciatures apostolic delegations and observer or representative missions to international governmental organizations such as the United Nations the Council of Europe and the Arab League 4 Africa edit nbsp Algeria Algiers Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Angola Luanda Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Benin Cotonou Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Burundi Bujumbura Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Cameroon Yaounde Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Central African Republic Bangui Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Chad N Djamena Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Congo Brazzaville Brazzaville Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Congo Kinshasa Kinshasa Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Egypt Cairo Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Ethiopia Addis Ababa Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Gabon Libreville Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Ghana Accra Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Guinea Conakry Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Ivory Coast Abidjan Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Kenya Nairobi Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Liberia Monrovia Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Libya Tripoli Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Madagascar Antananarivo Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Morocco Rabat Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Mozambique Maputo Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Nigeria Abuja Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Rwanda Kigali Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Senegal Dakar Apostolic Nunciature nbsp South Africa Pretoria Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Sudan Khartoum Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Tanzania Dar es Salaam Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Togo Lome Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Uganda Kampala Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Zambia Lusaka Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Zimbabwe Harare Apostolic Nunciature Americas edit nbsp Argentina Buenos Aires Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Bolivia La Paz Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Brazil Brasilia Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Canada Ottawa Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Chile Santiago de Chile Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Colombia Bogota Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Costa Rica San Jose Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Cuba Havana Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Ecuador Quito Apostolic Nunciature nbsp El Salvador San Salvador Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Guatemala Guatemala City Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Haiti Port au Prince Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Honduras Tegucigalpa Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Mexico Mexico City Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Panama Panama City Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Paraguay Asuncion Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Peru Lima Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Apostolic Nunciature nbsp United States Washington D C Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Uruguay Montevideo Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Venezuela Caracas Apostolic Nunciature Asia edit nbsp Armenia Yerevan Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Bangladesh Dhaka Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Republic of China Taiwan Taipei Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Georgia Tbilisi Apostolic Nunciature nbsp India New Delhi Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Indonesia Jakarta Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Iran Tehran Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Iraq Baghdad Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Israel Tel Aviv Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Japan Tokyo Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Jordan Amman Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Kazakhstan Astana Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Kuwait Kuwait City Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Lebanon Harissa Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Pakistan Islamabad Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Palestine East Jerusalem Apostolic Delegation 5 nbsp Philippines Manila Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Singapore Singapore Apostolic Nunciature nbsp South Korea Seoul Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Sri Lanka Colombo Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Syria Damascus Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Thailand Bangkok Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Timor Leste Dili Apostolic Nunciature 6 nbsp Turkey Ankara Apostolic Nunciature nbsp United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Uzbekistan Tashkent Apostolic Nunciature Europe edit nbsp Albania Tirana Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Austria Vienna Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Belarus Minsk Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Belgium Brussels Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Bulgaria Sofia Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Croatia Zagreb Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Cyprus Nicosia Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Czechia Prague Apostolic Nunciature nbsp France Paris Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Germany Berlin Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Great Britain b London Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Greece Athens Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Hungary Budapest Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Ireland Dublin Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Italy Rome Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Lithuania Vilnius Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Malta Rabat Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Monaco Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Netherlands The Hague Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Poland Warsaw Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Portugal Lisbon Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Romania Bucharest Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Russia Moscow Apostolic Nunciature nbsp San Marino Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Serbia Belgrade Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Slovakia Bratislava Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Slovenia Ljubljana Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Spain Madrid Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Sweden Stockholm Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Switzerland Bern Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Ukraine Kyiv Apostolic Nunciature Oceania edit nbsp Australia Canberra Apostolic Nunciature nbsp New Zealand Wellington Apostolic Nunciature nbsp Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Apostolic Nunciature Multilateral organisations editUnited Nations New York Permanent Observer United Nations Geneva Permanent Observer Council of Europe Strasbourg Permanent Observer Paris Permanent Observer of the Holy See to UNESCO Nairobi UN agencies UNEP and UN Habitat Madrid to UNWTO Rome to FAO and food programs Vienna Perm Rep Perm Obs to International orgs amp U N in Vienna United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA International Committee of Military Medicine ICMM International Institute for the Unification of Private Law UNIDROIT International Organization for Migration IOM Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization CTBTO RegionalAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe OSCE Gallery edit nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Berlin nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Bern nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Bogota nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Brasilia nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Buenos Aires nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Canberra nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Jakarta nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in The Hague nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Kuala Lumpur nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Kyiv nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Lisbon nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in London nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Mexico City nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Minsk nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Montevideo nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Moscow nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Ottawa nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Paris nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Prague nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Pretoria nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Sarajevo nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Seoul nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Sofia nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Taipei nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Tel Aviv nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Tirana nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Tokyo nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Valletta nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Vienna nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Vilnius nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Warsaw nbsp Apostolic Nunciature in Washington D C Nunciatures to open edit nbsp Vietnam 9 Hanoi Apostolic Nunciature Nunciatures that have ceased to exist editThe following nunciatures are among those that have ceased to exist Apostolic Nunciature to Bavaria Apostolic Nunciature to Cologne Apostolic Nunciature to Czechoslovakia Apostolic Nunciature to Florence Apostolic Nunciature to Gratz Apostolic Nunciature to the Emperor Apostolic Nunciature to Naples Apostolic Nunciature to Prussia Apostolic Nunciature to Savoy Apostolic Nunciature to Venice Apostolic Nunciature to YugoslaviaSee also edit nbsp Vatican City portal nbsp Politics portal nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diplomatic missions of the Holy See Apostolic Nunciature Foreign relations of the Holy See Holy See and the United Nations Index of Vatican City related articles Legal status of the Holy See List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy SeeNotes edit They are Leopoldo Girelli appointed 13 January 2011 1 and Marek Zakewski appointed 21 May 2018 2 Even though other diplomatic missions are appointed to the United Kingdom that of the Holy See is appointed to Great Britain 7 8 References edit Rinunce e Nomine 13 01 2011 Press release in Italian Holy See Press Office 13 January 2011 Retrieved 26 December 2019 Rinunce e nomine 21 05 2018 Press release Holy See Press Office 21 May 2018 Retrieved 21 May 2018 Magister Sandro 21 August 2007 Mission Impossible Eject the Holy See from the United Nations La Repubblica Retrieved 14 June 2018 Pages 1343 1372 of the 2007 edition ISBN 978 88 209 7908 9 Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem and Palestine The Catholic Church of the Holy Land 22 May 2020 Ryan Dagur 21 September 2022 Vatican opens new embassy in Timor Leste www ucanews com Union of Catholic Asia News Retrieved 22 September 2022 American archbishop appointed nuncio to Great Britain Catholic Herald 10 April 2017 Retrieved 24 October 2017 has been appointed the Holy See s ambassador to Great Britain Rinunce e Nomine 08 04 2017 Press release in Italian Holy See Press Office 8 April 2017 Retrieved 14 June 2018 Il Santo Padre ha nominato Nunzio Apostolico in Gran Bretagna https apnews com article vatican vietnam relations francis china 60b231a6b6f0a8ba7783e8b28a375a25External links edit Diplomatic Relations Of The Holy See Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations Archived from the original on 11 January 2021 Retrieved 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