List of diplomatic missions to the Holy See explained

This article lists diplomatic missions accredited to the Holy See, the government of the Catholic Church and the temporal ruler of the Vatican City. 84 countries currently maintain embassies to the Holy See.[1]

The Vatican City State, over which the Holy See is sovereign, is the smallest independent entity in the world and its size renders any resident diplomatic community impractical. Therefore, all embassies to the Holy See are located in Rome, making the Vatican City one of only two sovereign states, the other being Liechtenstein, with no resident embassies located within its territory. This leads to the situation that the Embassy of Italy to the Holy See is based on its home territory, which is also the case for Estonia, Latvia, Malta, and Singapore. This also means that the Embassy of the Republic of China (more commonly known as Taiwan) to the Holy See is located in Italy, which does not recognize the Republic of China.

Embassies to the Holy See usually do not maintain consular sections, allowing their sending countries's embassies to Italy to provide services to those holding passports issued by the Holy See. A notable exception is that of the Philippines, whose consular section caters to the Filipino pilgrims to Catholic pilgrimage sites in Italy and the Filipino members of religious congregations.[2]

Diplomatic missions in Rome

Embassies

See main article: List of diplomatic missions in Rome.

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Other delegations or representations

Gallery

Accredited Embassies in Berlin

Accredited Embassies in London

Accredited Embassies in Paris

Accredited Embassies in Switzerland

Accredited Embassies in Brussels

Accredited Embassies in United States

Accredited Embassies elsewhere

Countries without formal diplomatic missions to Holy See

References

  1. Web site: List du Corps Diplomatique près le Saint-Siège . List of the Diplomatic Corps to the Holy See . fr . . February 2024 . 17 July 2024.
  2. News: Ibayan . Danilo T. . The Vatican: Very small but powerful . . July 20, 2019 . October 26, 2021.
  3. Web site: Ceremony marks new Swiss embassy to Holy See . Swissinfo . 6 May 2022 . 19 May 2022.
  4. Web site: High Commissions . Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica . 16 February 2023.
  5. Web site: Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania - Berlin, Germany . Ministry of Foreign Affairs & East African Cooperation of Tanzania . 20 March 2021.
  6. Web site: The Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Swiss Confederation, by the Holy See, in the Principality of Liechtenstein and by the Sovereign Order of Malta . Government of Kazakhstan . 11 May 2023.
  7. News: The Credential Letters of the Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to the Holy See, 30.12.2023 . Holy See Press Office . 30 December 2023 . 13 February 2024.
  8. Web site: Royal Thai Embassy, Bern . . 8 December 2023.
  9. Web site: Embassy of India to Austria, Montenegro and the Holy See / Permanent Mission of India to International Organisations in Vienna . Ministry of External Affairs of India . 15 December 2023.
  10. News: 13 March 2023 . Nicaragua asks the Holy See to close respective diplomatic missions . 26 May 2024 . 26 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240526194811/https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2023-03/nicaragua-asks-the-holy-see-to-close-its-diplomatic-missions.html . live .

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