List of 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.

At present, there is one residential apostolic delegate, for Jerusalem and Palestine, as well as non-residential delegates for four countries (Brunei, Laos, Comoros, Kosovo, 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".^[1] 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.^[2]

Description

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. 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.^[3]

Africa

• Algeria
• Angola Luanda (Apostolic Nunciature)^[4][5]
• Benin Cotonou (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Burkina Faso Ouagadougou (Apostolic Nunciature)^[6][7]
• Burundi Bujumbura (Apostolic Nunciature)^[8]
• Cameroon Yaoundé (Apostolic Nunciature)^[9][10]
• Central African Republic Bangui (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Chad N'Djamena (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Congo-Brazzaville Brazzaville (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Congo-Kinshasa Kinshasa (Apostolic Nunciature)^[11]
• Egypt Cairo (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[12][13][14][15]}
• Ethiopia Addis Ababa (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[16][17][18][19]}
• Gabon Libreville (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Ghana Accra (Apostolic Nunciature)^[20]
• Guinea Conakry (Apostolic Nunciature)^[21][22]
• Ivory Coast Abidjan (Apostolic Nunciature)^[23]
• Kenya Nairobi (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[24][25][26][27]}
• Liberia Monrovia (Apostolic Nunciature)^[28][29]
• Madagascar Antananarivo (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[30][31][32][33][34]}
• Morocco Rabat (Apostolic Nunciature)^[35]
• Mozambique Maputo (Apostolic Nunciature)^[36]
• Nigeria Abuja (Apostolic Nunciature)^[37][38][39]
• Rwanda Kigali (Apostolic Nunciature)^[40]
• Senegal Dakar (Apostolic Nunciature)^[41][42]
• South Africa Pretoria (Apostolic Nunciature)^[43][44][45]
• South Sudan Juba (Apostolic Nunciature)^[46]
• Sudan Khartoum (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Tanzania Dar es Salaam (Apostolic Nunciature)^[47]
• Togo Lomé (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Uganda Kampala (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Zambia Lusaka (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Zimbabwe Harare (Apostolic Nunciature)^[48]

Americas

• Argentina
• Bolivia La Paz (Apostolic Nunciature)^[49]
• Brazil Brasília (Apostolic Nunciature)^[50]
• Canada Ottawa (Apostolic Nunciature)^[51]
• Chile Santiago de Chile (Apostolic Nunciature)^[52]
• Colombia Bogotá (Apostolic Nunciature)^[53]
• Costa Rica San José (Apostolic Nunciature)^[54]
• Cuba Havana (Apostolic Nunciature)^[55]
• Dominican Republic Santo Domingo (Apostolic Nunciature)^[56]
• Ecuador Quito (Apostolic Nunciature)^[57]
• El Salvador San Salvador (Apostolic Nunciature)^[58]
• Guatemala Guatemala City (Apostolic Nunciature)^[59]
• Haiti Port-au-Prince (Apostolic Nunciature)^[60]
• Honduras Tegucigalpa (Apostolic Nunciature)^[61]
• Mexico Mexico City (Apostolic Nunciature)^[62]
• Panama Panama City (Apostolic Nunciature)^[63]
• Paraguay Asunción (Apostolic Nunciature)^[64]
• Peru Lima (Apostolic Nunciature)^[65]
• Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain (Apostolic Nunciature)^[66][67][68]
• United States Washington, D.C. (Apostolic Nunciature)^[69]
• Uruguay Montevideo (Apostolic Nunciature)^[70]
• Venezuela Caracas (Apostolic Nunciature)^[71]

Asia

• Armenia
• Bangladesh Dhaka (Apostolic Nunciature)^[72]
• Republic of China (Taiwan) Taipei (Apostolic Nunciature)^[73]
• Georgia Tbilisi (Apostolic Nunciature)
• India New Delhi (Apostolic Nunciature)^[74][75][76]
• Indonesia Jakarta (Apostolic Nunciature)^[77][78][79]
• Iran Tehran (Apostolic Nunciature)^[80]
• Iraq Baghdad (Apostolic Nunciature)^[81]
• Israel Tel Aviv (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Japan Tokyo (Apostolic Nunciature)^[82]
• Jordan Amman (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Kazakhstan Astana (Apostolic Nunciature)^[83][84]
• Kuwait Kuwait City (Apostolic Nunciature)^[85][86]
• Lebanon Harissa (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Malaysia Kuala Lumpur (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Pakistan Islamabad (Apostolic Nunciature)^[87]
• Palestine East Jerusalem (Apostolic Delegation)^[88]
• Philippines Manila (Apostolic Nunciature)^[89]
• Singapore Singapore (Apostolic Nunciature)^[90]
• South Korea Seoul (Apostolic Nunciature)^[91][92]
• Sri Lanka Colombo (Apostolic Nunciature)^[93]
• Syria Damascus (Apostolic Nunciature)^[94]
• Thailand Bangkok (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[95][96][97][98]}
• Timor-Leste Dili (Apostolic Nunciature)^[99]
• Turkey Ankara (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[100][101][102]}
• United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Uzbekistan Tashkent (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Vietnam Hanoi (Papal Resident Representative Office)

Europe

• Albania
• Austria Vienna (Apostolic Nunciature)^[103]
• Belarus Minsk (Apostolic Nunciature)^[104]
• Belgium Brussels (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[105][106][107]}
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[108][109][110]}
• Bulgaria Sofia (Apostolic Nunciature)^[111][112]
• Croatia Zagreb (Apostolic Nunciature)^[113]
• Cyprus Nicosia (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Czechia Prague (Apostolic Nunciature)^[114][115]
• France Paris (Apostolic Nunciature)^[116]
• Germany Berlin (Apostolic Nunciature)^[117]
• Greece Athens (Apostolic Nunciature)^[118]
• Hungary Budapest (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Ireland^[119] Dublin (Apostolic Nunciature)^[120]
• Italy Rome (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[121][122][123]}
• Lithuania Vilnius (Apostolic Nunciature)^[124][125]
• Malta Rabat (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[126][127][128]}
• Netherlands The Hague (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[129][130][131]}
• Poland Warsaw (Apostolic Nunciature)^[132]
• Portugal Lisbon (Apostolic Nunciature)^[133]
• Romania Bucharest (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[134][135][136]}
• Russia Moscow (Apostolic Nunciature)
• Serbia Belgrade (Apostolic Nunciature)^[137][138]
• Slovakia Bratislava (Apostolic Nunciature)^[139][140]
• Slovenia Ljubljana (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[141][142][143]}
• Spain Madrid (Apostolic Nunciature)^[144][145]
• Sweden Stockholm (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[146][147][148]}
• Switzerland Bern (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[149][150][151]}
• Ukraine Kyiv (Apostolic Nunciature)^[152]
• United Kingdom^{[153][154][155]} London (Apostolic Nunciature)

Oceania

• Australia
• New Zealand Wellington (Apostolic Nunciature)^{[156][157][158][159]}
• Papua New Guinea Port Moresby (Apostolic Nunciature)^[160][161]

Multilateral organisations

• Council of Europe
• European Union Brussels (Apostolic Nunciature)^[162]
• Food and Agriculture Organization Rome (Permanent Observer)^{[163][164][165]}
• International Institute for the Unification of Private Law Rome (Permanent Observer)^[166]
• United Nations New York City (Permanent Observer)^[167]; Geneva (Permanent Observer)^{[168][169][170][171]}; Vienna (Permanent Observer)^{[172][173][174][175][176][177]}
• UNESCO Paris (Permanent Observer)^[178]
• Madrid to UNWTO
• International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM)

Gallery

Nunciatures that have ceased to exist

The following nunciatures are among those that have ceased to exist:

• Apostolic Nunciature to Bavaria^[179]
• Apostolic Nunciature to Cologne^[179]
• Apostolic Nunciature to Florence^[180]
• Apostolic Nunciature to Gratz^[181]
• Apostolic Nunciature to Naples^[180]
• Apostolic Nunciature to Prussia^[179]
• Apostolic Nunciature to Savoy^[180]
• Apostolic Nunciature to Venice^[180]