List of ambassadors of Australia to the Holy See
List of heads of mission

List of ambassadors of Australia to the Holy See

Section Title: List of heads of mission
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Ambassador	Start of Term	End of Term	Notes

Lloyd Thomson	1973	1974	Ambassador to the Netherlands and Denmark.

John McMillan	1974	1978	Ambassador to Turkey and later High Commissioner to Malta.

John Mitchell Kirtley	1978	1979	Chargé d'affaires

Brian Clarence Hill	1979	1980

Lloyd Thomson	1980	1983	Second appointment.

Sir Peter Lawler	1983	1986	Ambassador to Ireland. Resident ambassador for four months prior to Pope John Paul II's visit to Australia.

Christopher Stephen Knott	1986	1987	Chargé d'affaires

Frank Milne	1987	1988

Brian Burke	1988	1991	Ambassador to Ireland. Recalled in 1991 to face a royal commission and was eventually jailed.

Terence McCarthy	1991	1993

Michael Tate	1993	1996	Ambassador to the Netherlands

Edward Stevens	1996	1998	Ambassador to Ireland

Bob Halverson	1998	2003	Ambassador to Ireland

John Herron	2003	2006	Ambassador to Ireland

Anne Plunkett	2006	2008	Ambassador to Ireland

Tim Fischer	2008	2012	First permanent resident ambassador

John McCarthy	2012	2016	Second permanent resident ambassador

Melissa Hitchman	2016

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