List of ambassadors of Australia to the Holy See
List of heads of mission
Table:
Ambassador
Start of Term
End of Term
Notes

Lloyd Thomson
1973
1974
Ambassador to the Netherlands and Denmark.[4]

John McMillan
1974
1978
Ambassador to Turkey and later High Commissioner to Malta.[5]

John Mitchell Kirtley
1978
1979
Chargé d'affaires

Brian Clarence Hill
1979
1980

Lloyd Thomson
1980
1983
Second appointment.[6]

Sir Peter Lawler
1983
1986
Ambassador to Ireland. Resident ambassador for four months prior to Pope John Paul II's visit to Australia.[3]

Christopher Stephen Knott
1986
1987
Chargé d'affaires

Frank Milne[7]
1987
1988

Brian Burke
1988
1991
Ambassador to Ireland. Recalled in 1991 to face a royal commission and was eventually jailed.[8]

Terence McCarthy[9]
1991
1993

Michael Tate
1993
1996
Ambassador to the Netherlands

Edward Stevens
1996
1998
Ambassador to Ireland[10]

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[1]

John McCarthy
2012
2016
Second permanent resident ambassador[1][11]

Melissa Hitchman
2016
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