page_title: Apostolic Nunciature to Germany
section_title: To the Holy Roman Empire
hierarchical_section_title: Apostolic Nunciature to Germany / List of Apostolic Nuncios to Germany / To the Holy Roman Empire
context_page_description: The Apostolic Nunciature to Germany is an ecclesiastical office of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio to Germany with the rank of an ambassador. The office of the nunciature has been located in Berlin since 1925, in union with the new Apostolic Nuncio to Prussia until 1934. Between 1920 and 1925 the nunciature was held in personal union by the Apostolic Nuncio to Bavaria, seated in Munich. With the unconditional surrender of Germany in 1945 the diplomatic ties were interrupted and reestablished for West Germany only in 1951, then in Bonn. In 2001 the nunciature moved again to Berlin.
  Three Popes once served as nuncios in what is today's Germany: Alexander VII, Leo XII and Pius XII. As of 2014 the Apostolic Nuncio to Germany is Nikola Eterović, appointed by Pope Francis on September 21, 2013.
context_section_description: The first nuncio in the territory of modern-day Germany was Lorenzo Campeggio in 1511, as the nuncio and cardinal protector to the Imperial Court. His role was ratified in 1513 by Leo X, the new pope. The nunciature became permanently accredited in 1530, whereafter the nuncios often followed Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor even when he left Imperial territory.
  Lorenzo Campeggio (1511–1539)
  Karl von Miltitz, Nuncio to Saxony in 1518, envoy to prompt Luther's revocation of his theses, and Saxony to give up protecting Luther
caption: Lorenzo Campeggio, the first nuncio in the territory of modern-day Germany
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