List of French ambassadors to the Holy See explained
This incomplete list of French ambassadors to the Holy See since the Middle Ages includes all regimes from the Kingdom of France to the current French Republic:
Ambassadors from the Kingdom of France
Officially recalled in 1791, Bernis was not replaced due to the French Revolution
Ambassadors 1789-1945
Rome was annexed to the French Empire between 1806-1814
Third Republic
- 1870-1871: Édouard Lefebvre de Béhaine, chargé d'affaires
- 1871-1873: Count Bernard d'Harcourt
- 1873-1876: Francisque de Corcelle (second appointment)
- 1876-1878: Georges Napoléon Baude
- 1878-1880: Joseph de Cadoine de Gabriac
- 1880-1882: Ferdinand Henry de Navenne
- 1882-1896: Édouard Lefebvre de Béhaine (was chargé d'affaires in 1870)
- 1896-1898: Eugène Poubelle
- 1899?-1904: Armand Nisard
Diplomatic relations were broken from 1904-1921 due to the French separation of Church and State
Vichy France
Ambassadors since 1945
Provisional Government
Fourth Republic
Fifth Republic
Notes and References
- Book: McElrath, Damian . Lord Acton. The decisive decade 1864-1874. Essays and documents . 1970 . Louvain, Bureaux de la R.H.E., Bibliothèque de l'Université [&] Publications Universitaires de Louvain . 146.