# 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, 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". 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.

## 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.

## Africa

* Algeria
** Algiers (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Angola
** Luanda (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Benin
** Cotonou (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Burkina Faso
** Ouagadougou (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Burundi
** Bujumbura (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Cameroon
** Yaoundé (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Central African Republic
** Bangui (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Chad
** N'Djamena (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Congo-Brazzaville
** Brazzaville (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Congo-Kinshasa
** Kinshasa (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Egypt
** Cairo (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Ethiopia
** Addis Ababa (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Gabon
** Libreville (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Ghana
** Accra (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Guinea
** Conakry (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Ivory Coast
** Abidjan (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Kenya
** Nairobi (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Liberia
** Monrovia (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Libya
** Tripoli (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Madagascar
** Antananarivo (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Morocco
** Rabat (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Mozambique
** Maputo (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Nigeria
** Abuja (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Rwanda
** Kigali (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Senegal
** Dakar (Apostolic Nunciature)
* South Africa
** Pretoria (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Sudan
** Khartoum (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Tanzania
** Dar es Salaam (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Togo
** Lomé (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Uganda
** Kampala (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Zambia
** Lusaka (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Zimbabwe
** Harare (Apostolic Nunciature)

## Americas

* Argentina
** Buenos Aires (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Bolivia
** La Paz (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Brazil
** Brasília (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Canada
** Ottawa (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Chile
** Santiago de Chile (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Colombia
** Bogotá (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Costa Rica
** San José (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Cuba
** Havana (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Dominican Republic
** Santo Domingo (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Ecuador
** Quito (Apostolic Nunciature)
* El Salvador
** San Salvador (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Guatemala
** Guatemala City (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Haiti
** Port-au-Prince (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Honduras
** Tegucigalpa (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Mexico
** Mexico City (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Panama
** Panama City (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Paraguay
** Asunción (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Peru
** Lima (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Trinidad and Tobago
** Port of Spain (Apostolic Nunciature)
* United States
** Washington, D.C. (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Uruguay
** Montevideo (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Venezuela
** Caracas (Apostolic Nunciature)

## Asia

* Armenia
** Yerevan (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Bangladesh
** Dhaka (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Republic of China (Taiwan)
** Taipei (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Georgia
** Tbilisi (Apostolic Nunciature)
* India
** New Delhi (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Indonesia
** Jakarta (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Iran
** Tehran (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Iraq
** Baghdad (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Israel
** Tel Aviv (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Japan
** Tokyo (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Jordan
** Amman (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Kazakhstan
** Astana (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Kyrgyzstan
** Bishkek (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Kuwait
** Kuwait City (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Lebanon
** Harissa (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Malaysia
** Kuala Lumpur (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Pakistan
** Islamabad (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Palestine
** East Jerusalem (Apostolic Delegation)
* Philippines
** Manila (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Singapore
** Singapore (Apostolic Nunciature)
* South Korea
** Seoul (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Sri Lanka
** Colombo (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Syria
** Damascus (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Thailand
** Bangkok (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Timor-Leste
** Dili (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Turkey
** Ankara (Apostolic Nunciature)
* United Arab Emirates
** Abu Dhabi (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Uzbekistan
** Tashkent (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Vietnam
** Hanoi (Papal Resident Representative Office)

## Europe

* Albania
** Tirana (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Austria
** Vienna (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Belarus
** Minsk (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Belgium
** Brussels (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
** Sarajevo (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Bulgaria
** Sofia (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Croatia
** Zagreb (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Cyprus
** Nicosia (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Czechia
** Prague (Apostolic Nunciature)
* France
** Paris (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Germany
** Berlin (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Great Britain
** London (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Greece
** Athens (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Hungary
** Budapest (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Ireland
** Dublin (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Italy
** Rome (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Lithuania
** Vilnius (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Malta
** Rabat (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Monaco
** (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Netherlands
** The Hague (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Poland
** Warsaw (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Portugal
** Lisbon (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Romania
** Bucharest (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Russia
** Moscow (Apostolic Nunciature)
* San Marino
** (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Serbia
** Belgrade (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Slovakia
** Bratislava (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Slovenia
** Ljubljana (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Spain
** Madrid (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Sweden
** Stockholm (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Switzerland
** Bern (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Ukraine
** Kyiv (Apostolic Nunciature)

## Oceania

* Australia
** Canberra (Apostolic Nunciature)
* New Zealand
** Wellington (Apostolic Nunciature)
* Papua New Guinea
** Port Moresby (Apostolic Nunciature)

## Multilateral organisations

* United 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 & 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)

### Regional

* Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
* Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
* Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

## Gallery

* Apostolic Nunciature in Berlin
* Apostolic Nunciature in Bern
* Apostolic Nunciature in Bogotá
* Apostolic Nunciature in Brasília
* Apostolic Nunciature in Buenos Aires
* Apostolic Nunciature in Canberra
* Apostolic Nunciature in Jakarta
* Apostolic Nunciature in The Hague
* Apostolic Nunciature in Djursholm
* Apostolic Nunciature in Kuala Lumpur
* Apostolic Nunciature in Kyiv
* Apostolic Nunciature in Lisbon
* Apostolic Nunciature in London
* Apostolic Nunciature in Mexico City
* Apostolic Nunciature in Minsk
* Apostolic Nunciature in Montevideo
* Apostolic Nunciature in Moscow
* Apostolic Nunciature in Ottawa
* Apostolic Nunciature in Paris
* Apostolic Nunciature in Prague
* Apostolic Nunciature in Pretoria
* Apostolic Nunciature in Sarajevo
* Apostolic Nunciature in Seoul
* Apostolic Nunciature in Sofia
* Apostolic Nunciature in Taipei
* Apostolic Nunciature in Tel Aviv
* Apostolic Nunciature in Tirana
* Apostolic Nunciature in Tokyo
* Apostolic Nunciature in Valletta
* Apostolic Nunciature in Vienna
* Apostolic Nunciature in Vilnius
* Apostolic Nunciature in Warsaw
* Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, D.C.

## Nunciatures that have ceased to exist

The 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 Denmark
* Apostolic Nunciature to Florence
* Apostolic Nunciature to Gratz
* Apostolic Nunciature to Naples
* Apostolic Nunciature to Prussia
* Apostolic Nunciature to Savoy
* Apostolic Nunciature to Venice
* Apostolic Nunciature to Yugoslavia