Apostolic Nunciature to Switzerland explained

The Apostolic Nunciature to Switzerland is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Switzerland.^{[1] [2]} It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio, with the rank of an ambassador. The nunciature is located in the capital of Bern.

The Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland is usually also the Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein upon his appointment to said nation.

List of papal representatives to Switzerland

• Antonio Pucci (1517 - 1521)
  • Paolo Odescalchi (1553 - 15 June 1560)
• Ottaviano della Raverta (1553 - 1560)
• Giovanni Antonio Volpi (25 March 1560 – July 1579)
• Giovanni Francesco Bonomi (27 May 1579 – 16 September 1581)
• Giovanni Battista Santorio (17 August 1586 – 15 August 1587)
• Ottavio Paravicini (August 1587 – 20 June 1591)
• Owen Lewis (20 June 1591 – 14 October 1595)
• Giovanni della Torre (10 November 1595 – 10 June 1606)
• Fabrizio Verallo (10 June 1606 – 24 June 1608)
• Ladislao d'Aquino (1608 - 15 September 1613)
• Ludovico Sarego (15 September 1613 – 15 April 1621)
• Alessandro Scappi (15 April 1621 – 28 June 1628)
• Ciriaco Rocci (28 June 1628 – 18 May 1630)
• Ranuccio Scotti Douglas (22 May 1630 – 4 May 1639)
• Girolamo Farnese (4 May 1639 – 28 October 1643)
• Lorenzo Gavotti, C.R. (28 October 1643 – 7 November 1646)
• Alfonso Sacrati (7 November 1646 – 14 September 1647)
• Francesco Boccapaduli (14 September 1647 – September 1652)
• Jost Knab (September 1652 – April 1653)
• Carlo Carafa della Spina, C.R. (1 February 1653 – November 1654)
• Federico Borromeo (iuniore) (28 November 1654 – 20 August 1665)
• Federico Baldeschi Colonna (15 July 1665 – March 1668)
• Rodolpho Acquaviva (15 April 1668 – August 1670)
• Odoardo Cibo (11 August 1670 - 1679)
• Giacomo Cantelmo (18 April 1685 – 10 December 1687)
• Bartolomeo Menatti (12 February 1689 – March 1692)
• Marcello d'Aste (23 February 1692 – May 1695)
• Michelangelo dei Conti (26 June 1695 – November 1697)
• Giulio Piazza (25 January 1698 – 4 June 1703)
• Vincenzo Bichi (5 January 1703 – 2 December 1709)
• Giacomo Caracciolo (10 May 1710 – 25 November 1716)
• Giuseppe Firrao (20 October 1716 – 15 November 1720)
• Domenico Silvio Passionei (30 July 1721 – 28 October 1730)
• Giovanni Battista Barni (22 February 1731 – 1 April 1739)
• Carlo Francesco Durini (1 August 1739 – 29 March 1744)
• Filippo Acciaioli (22 January 1744 – 25 April 1754)
• Girolamo Spínola (25 February 1754 – 24 August 1754)
• Giovanni Ottavio Bufalini (19 December 1754 – 4 November 1759)
• Niccolò Oddi, S.J. (21 December 1759 – January 1764)
• Giambattista Donati (February 1764 – November 1764)
• Luigi Valenti Gonzaga (18 August 1764 – November 1773)
• Giovanni Battista Caprara (6 September 1775 – 7 May 1785)
• Giuseppe Vinci (6 July 1785 – January 1794)
• Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (1794 - 1795)
• Pietro Gravina (20 September 1794 – 1 March 1803)
• Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata (20 September 1803 - 1815)
• Carlo Zen (13 March 1816 – 27 August 1817)
• Vincenzo Macchi (8 August 1818 – 22 November 1819)
• Ignazio Nasalli-Ratti (21 January 1820 – 25 June 1827)
• Pietro Ostini (30 January 1827 – 17 July 1829)
• Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi (21 August 1827 – 15 September 1828)
• Filippo de Angelis (23 April 1830 – 15 February 1838)
• Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi (31 May 1839 – 23 April 1841)
• Girolamo d'Andrea (30 July 1841 – 30 August 1845)
• Alessandro Macioti (21 October 1845 – 11 April 1856)
• Luigi Maglione (1 September 1920 – 24 May 1926)
• Pietro di Maria (3 June 1926 – 1 September 1935)
• Filippo Bernardini (10 October 1935 – 15 January 1953)
• Gustavo Testa (6 March 1953 - 1959)
• Alfredo Pacini (4 February 1960 - 1967)
• Ambrogio Marchioni (30 June 1967 – September 1984)
• Edoardo Rovida (26 January 1985^[3] – 15 March 1993)
• Karl-Josef Rauber (16 March 1993^[4] – 25 April 1997)^[5]
• Oriano Quilici (8 July 1997^[6] – 2 November 1998)^[7]
• Pier Giacomo De Nicolò (21 January 1999^[8] – 8 September 2004)
• Francesco Canalini (8 September 2004^[9] – April 2011)
• Diego Causero (28 May 2011^[10] – 5 September 2015)
• Thomas Gullickson (5 September 2015^[11] - 31 December 2020)^[12]
• Martin Krebs (3 March 2021^[13] – 19 April 2024)^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Nunciature to Switzerland. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.
2. Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Apostolic Nunciature Switzerland . GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018.
3. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 181. 1985 . LXXVII. 3 December 2019 .
4. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 395 . 1993 . LXXXV . 3 December 2019 .
5. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 312 . 1997 . LXXXIX. 3 December 2019 .
6. News: 10 July 2019 . Svizzera: Mons. Oriano Quilici Nuovo Nunzio Apostolico . ADN Agenzia . 8 July 1997 . it.
7. News: E morto il nunzio in Svizzera Oriano Quilici . 10 July 2019 . 3 November 1998 . it . Il Terreno . 10 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190710163617/https://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/archivio/iltirreno/1998/11/03/LL210.html . dead .
8. Book: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 239 . 1999 . XCI . 3 December 2019 .
9. it. 3 December 2019. Rinunce e nomine, 08.09.2004. Holy See Press Office . 8 September 2004 .
10. it. 3 December 2019. Rinunce e nomine, 28.05.2011. Holy See Press Office . 28 May 2012 .
11. it . Rinunce e nomine, 05.09.2015 . 5 September 2015. 3 December 2019 . Holy See Press Office.
12. Holy See Press Office . December 31, 2020 . Rinunce e nomine, 31.12.2020 . December 31, 2020 . it .
13. Holy See Press Office . Resignations and Appointments, 03.03.2021 . 3 March 2021 . 3 March 2021 .
14. News: Resignations and Appointments, 19.04.2024 . April 19, 2024.