List of nuncios of the Holy See to China explained

The Holy See nuncio in Taipei is the official representative of the government in Vatican City to the government of Taiwan.

List of representatives

Apostolic delegates to China (1922 - 1946)

In 1922 Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini was appointed by the Holy See as Apostolic Delegate to China, without diplomatic status.[1]

NameName in ChineseNationalityAssumed officeLeft office
Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini剛恆毅 Gāng Héngyì12 August 19221933
Mario Zanin蔡寧 Cài Níng7 January 19341946

Apostolic internuncios to China (1946 - 1966)

NameName in ChineseNationalityAssumed officePresentation
of credentials		Left office
Antonio Riberi[2] 黎培理 Lí Péilǐ6 July 194628 December 1946[3] 1951
The Apostolic Nunciature to China was relocated to Taiwan in 1952 after the People's Republic of China broke off diplomatic ties with the Holy See.
Giuseppe Caprio高理耀 Gāo Lǐyào20 May 195929 October 1959[4] 24 December 1966

Apostolic nuncios to China (1966 - present)

NameName in ChineseNationalityAssumed officePresentation
of credentials		Left officeDiplomatic title
Giuseppe Caprio高理耀 Gāo Lǐyào24 December 196630 January 1967[5] 22 August 1967Apostolic Pro-Nuncio
Luigi Accogli艾可儀 Ài Kěyí16 October 196723 December 1967"[6] 29 September 1970
Edward Idris Cassidy葛錫迪 Gé Xīdí27 October 19705 December 1970[7] 25 October 1971
The post has been vacant since 25 October 1971, when the nuncio was recalled by the Holy See from Taiwan and represented by chargés d'affaires.

Chargés d'affaires

NameName in ChineseNationalityAssumed officeLeft Office
Francesco Colasuonno高樂天 Gāo Lètiān2 August 19721974
Thomas A. White陶懷德 Táo Huáidé Ireland19741978
Paolo Giglio吉立友 Jí Lìyǒu12 July 19781986
Piero Biggio畢齊樂 Bì Qílè6 April 19861988
Adriano Bernardini裴納德 Péi Nàdé17 January 19891992
Juliusz Janusz尤雅士 Yóu Yǎshì25 August 19921995
Joseph Chennoth車納德 Chē Nàdé26 April 19951999
Adolfo Tito Yllana易福霖 Yì Fúlín20 September 19996 January 2002
James Patrick Green格霖澤 Gé Línzé18 January 20022003
Ambrose Madtha安博思 Ān Bósī11 February 2003[8] 8 May 2008[9]
Paul Fitzpatrick Russell[10] 陸思道 Lù Sīdào8 May 2008[11] [12] 19 March 2016[13]
高德隆 Gāo Délóng3 May 201610 August 2019
Arnaldo Sanchez Catalan佳安道 Jīa Āndào10 August 201931 January 2022
Stefano Mazzotti馬德範 Mǎ Défàn19 July 2022[14] incumbent

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini. Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. Jean-Paul Wiest. 27 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131227103619/http://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/c/costantini-celso.php. 27 December 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: Antonio Riberi. China Group. 27 December 2013. Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. https://web.archive.org/web/20131015150039/http://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/r/riberi-antonio.php. 15 October 2013. dead.
  3. Book: 郭廷以. 中華民國史事日誌 . 1985. 中央研究院近代史研究所. 臺北.
  4. Web site: http://nrch.cca.gov.tw/ccahome/search/search_meta.jsp?xml_id=0006450547. zh:教廷新任駐華公使高理耀晉謁蔣中正總統呈遞到任國書. zh. The new Apostolic Internuncio Giuseppe Caprio presents his credentials to President Chiang Kai-shek. 中央社 秦炳炎. 31 December 2002. 29 October 1959. 國家文化資料庫. 26 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010655/http://nrch.cca.gov.tw/ccahome/search/search_meta.jsp?xml_id=0006450547. 3 December 2013. dead.
  5. Web site: http://nrch.cca.gov.tw/ccahome/search/search_meta.jsp?xml_id=0005915785. zh:教廷新任駐華大使高理耀呈送國書副本. zh. The new Apostolic Nuncio Giuseppe Caprio presents his credentials. 中央社 潘月康. 30 January 1967. 國家文化資料庫. 26 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015642/http://nrch.cca.gov.tw/ccahome/search/search_meta.jsp?xml_id=0005915785. 3 December 2013. dead.
  6. Book: 陳方中. 江國雄. 中梵外交關係史. 2003. 臺灣商務印書館. 臺北. 9570518359.
  7. Web site: http://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/dacs5/System/Exhibition/Detail.jsp?CID=16879&OID=3254266. zh:教廷新任駐華大使葛錫迪呈遞國書. The new Apostolic Nuncio Edward Cassidy presents his credentials. 5 December 1970. December 1970. 中華民國新聞. 台灣電影文化公司. Presidential Office Building, Taipei, Taiwan. zh.
  8. Web site: zh:新任教廷驻华代办否认台梵关系生变. http://www.radiovaticana.va/cinesegb/notiziari/notiz2003/notiz03-03/not03-03.html. 天亚社．台北讯. radiovaticana.va. 3 March 2003. zh.
  9. Web site: http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/intl/2008/06/200806050032.shtml. zh:梅雅美--安博思主教將調任教廷駐象牙海岸大使. 5 June 2008. boxun.com. zh.
  10. News: Radio Taiwan International Interview of Msgr. Paul Russell. 25 March 2010. 27 December 2013. catholic.org.tw.
  11. News: http://www.catholic.org.tw/catholic/epaper0625/an.html. zh:總統歡迎新任教廷代辦 盼加強雙邊關係. 中央社. 10 June 2008. catholic.org.tw. zh. 26 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232410/http://www.catholic.org.tw/catholic/epaper0625/an.html. 2 December 2013. dead.
  12. Web site: Press release by the Apostolic Nunciature to China. 8 May 2008. Taipei. catholic.org.tw. 26 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200905/http://www.catholic.org.tw/catholic/epaper0510/an.html. 23 September 2015. dead.
  13. News: Beijing, Taipei, and the future of Vatican-Chinese relations. Catholic News Agency . 8 July 2018 . 11 May 2016 .
  14. Web site: 26 December 2023 . Apostolic Nunciature China . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240115173231/http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/nunciature/nunc034.htm . 15 January 2024 . 15 January 2024 . GCatholic.

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