List of ambassadors of Ukraine to the Holy See explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:Ukraine to the Holy See
Insignia:MFA UA Full.svg
Insigniasize:220px
Incumbent:Andrii Yurash[1]
Incumbentsince:7 April 2022[2]
Nominator:Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Nominatorpost:President of Ukraine
Inaugural:Nina Kovalska
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation:2000
Website:Ukraine Embassy – Vatikan

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Holy See and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Ukrainian: Надзвичайний і Повноважний посол України у Ватикані та Суверенному Військовому Мальтійському Ордені) is the ambassador of Ukraine to the Holy See (as well as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta). Since April 2022 the current ambassador is Andrii Yurash[2] who succeeds Tetyana Yizhevska, who assumed the position in 2007; she assumed the position of ambassador to the Order of Malta in 2009.

The first Ukrainian ambassador to the Holy See assumed his post in 2000, the same year a Ukrainian embassy opened in the Vatican.

List of representatives

Ukrainian People's Republic

Ukraine

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Embassy of Ukraine to the Holy See . www.embassypages.com . 24 August 2022.
  2. Web site: LISTE DU CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE PRÈS LE SAINT-SIÈGE . LIST OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS TO THE HOLY SEE . www.sdsofficium.va . August 2022 . 25 August 2022.
  3. Encyclopedia: Tyshkevych, Mykhailo . 1993 . 29 August 2022 . www.encyclopediaofukraine.com . 5.
  4. Encyclopedia: Bonne, Franz Xavier . 1984 . 27 December 2022 . www.encyclopediaofukraine.com . 1.
  5. Web site: ADDRESS OF JOHN PAUL II TO H.E. MRS NINA KOVALSKA, AMBASSADOR OF UKRAINE* . 20 May 1999 . 29 August 2022 . www.vatican.va.
  6. Web site: ADDRESS OF JOHN PAUL II TO H.E. MR GRYGORII FOKOVYCH KHORUZHYI NEW AMBASSADOR OF UKRAINE TO THE HOLY SEE* . 7 May 2004 . 29 August 2022 . www.vatican.va.
  7. Web site: Ukrainian Ambassador Tetyana Izhevska discussed latest developments in Donbas with head of the Holy See Foreign Department . 10 February 2015 . 29 August 2022 . risu.ua.
  8. Web site: Pope Francis receives Ukraine's new Vatican ambassador . 7 April 2022 . 29 August 2022 . www.christianitynews.net.