List of nuncios of the Holy See to China

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The Holy See nuncio in Taipei is the official representative of the government in Vatican City to the government of Taiwan.

List of representatives

Apostolic delegates to China (1922–1946)

In 1922 Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini was appointed by the Holy See as Apostolic Delegate to China, without diplomatic status.[1]

NameName in ChineseNationalityAssumed officeLeft office
Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini[1]剛恆毅 Gāng HéngyìItaly12 August 19221933
Mario Zanin蔡寧 Cài NíngItaly7 January 19341946

Apostolic internuncios to China (1946–1966)

NameName in ChineseNationalityAssumed officePresentation of credentialsLeft office
Antonio Riberi[2]黎培理 Lí PéilǐMonaco6 July 194628 December 1946[3]1951
The Apostolic Nunciature to China was relocated to Taiwan in 1952 after the People's Republic of China broke off diplomatic ties with the Holy See.
Giuseppe Caprio高理耀 Gāo LǐyàoItaly20 May 195929 October 1959[4]24 December 1966

Apostolic nuncios to China (1966–present)

NameName in ChineseNationalityAssumed officePresentation of credentialsLeft officeDiplomatic title
Giuseppe Caprio高理耀 Gāo LǐyàoItaly24 December 196630 January 1967[5]22 August 1967Apostolic Pro-Nuncio
Luigi Accogli艾可儀 Ài KěyíItaly16 October 196723 December 1967"[6]29 September 1970
Edward Idris Cassidy葛錫迪 Gé XīdíAustralia27 October 19705 December 1970[7]25 October 1971
The post has been vacant since 25 October 1971, when the nuncio was recalled by the Holy See from Taiwan and represented by chargés d'affaires.

Chargés d'affaires

NameName in ChineseNationalityAssumed officeLeft office
Francesco Colasuonno高樂天 Gāo LètiānItaly2 August 1972[6]1974
Thomas A. White陶懷德 Táo HuáidéIreland19741978
Paolo Giglio吉立友 Jí LìyǒuMalta12 July 19781986
Piero Biggio畢齊樂 Bì QílèItaly6 April 19861988
Adriano Bernardini裴納德 Péi NàdéItaly17 January 19891992
Juliusz Janusz尤雅士 Yóu YǎshìPoland25 August 19921995
Joseph Chennoth車納德 Chē NàdéIndia26 April 19951999
Adolfo Tito Yllana易福霖 Yì FúlínPhilippines20 September 19996 January 2002
James Patrick Green格霖澤 Gé LínzéUnited States18 January 20022003
Ambrose Madtha安博思 Ān BósīIndia11 February 2003[8]8 May 2008[9]
Paul Fitzpatrick Russell[10]陸思道 Lù SīdàoUnited States8 May 2008[11][12]19 March 2016[13]
Slađan Ćosić高德隆 Gāo DélóngBosnia and Herzegovina3 May 201610 August 2019
Arnaldo Sanchez Catalan佳安道 Jīa ĀndàoPhilippines10 August 201931 January 2022
Stefano Mazzotti馬德範 Mǎ DéfànItaly19 July 2022[14][15]incumbent

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  14. 14.Arrived to Taipei on 22 August 2022
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