Apostolic Nunciature to the Netherlands

Apostolic Nunciature to the Netherlands
Location	The Hague, Netherlands
Address	Carnegielaan 5
Coordinates	52°05′15.3″N4°17′34.5″E / 52.087583°N 4.292917°E / 52.087583; 4.292917
Apostolic Nuncio	Archbishop Paul Tschang In-Nam

The Apostolic Nunciature to the Netherlands is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to the Netherlands. It is located in The Hague. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, who was named to the position by Pope Francis on 12 April 2025.

The Apostolic Nunciature to the Kingdom of the Netherlands is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands, with the rank of an embassy. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the King of the Netherlands, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in the Netherlands and the Pope.

Representatives

Apostolic Internuncios

• Francesco Capaccini (May 1829 – November 1831)
• Carlo Belgrado (12 February 1848 – 28 September 1855)
• Settimio Maria Vecchiotti (23 November 1855 – 16 March 1863)
• Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (16 March 1863 – 4 May 1866)
• Giacomo Cattani (2 May 1866 – 16 March 1868)
• Angelo Bianchi (14 March 1868 – April 1874)
• Giovanni Capri (11 August 1874 – 19 September 1879)
• Agapito Panici (19 September 1879 – 1881)
• Francesco Spolverini (25 April 1882 – 20 July 1887)
• Aristide Rinaldini (11 August 1887 – 31 May 1893)
• Benedetto Lorenzelli (30 May 1893 – 10 October 1896)
• Francesco Tarnassi (24 October 1896 – 1899)
• Giovanni Tacci Porcelli (29 April 1911 – 30 July 1916)
• Achille Locatelli (30 July 1916 – 13 July 1918)
• Sebastiano Nicotra (1 October 1918 ^[1] – 1921)
• Roberto Vicentini (19 May 1921 ^[2] – 1922)

Apostolic Nuncios

• Cesare Orsenigo (23 June 1922 ^[3] – 2 June 1925) ^[4]
• Paolo Giobbe (12 August 1935 – 14 November 1959 )
• Giuseppe Beltrami (31 January 1959 – 22 July 1967 )
• Angelo Felici (22 July 1967 – 13 May 1976)
• John Gordon (11 June 1976 – 1978)
• Bruno Wüstenberg (17 January 1979 – 31 May 1984)
• Edward Idris Cassidy (6 November 1984 ^[5] – 23 March 1988)
• Audrys Juozas Bačkis (5 August 1988 – 24 December 1991)
• Henri Lemaître (28 March 1992 – 8 February 1997)
• Angelo Acerbi (8 February 1997 ^[6] – 27 February 2001)
• François Bacqué (27 February 2001 – 15 December 2011) ^[7]
• André Dupuy (15 December 2011 – 21 March 2015) ^[8]
• Aldo Cavalli (21 March 2015 – 27 November 2021) ^[9]
• Paul Tschang In-Nam (16 July 2022 ^[10] – 13 February 2025) ^[11]
• Jean-Marie Speich (12 April 2025 ^[12] – present)

See also

• Diplomatic mission of the Netherlands to the Holy See

References

1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. X. 1918. p. 470. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
2. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIII. 1921. p. 260. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIV. 1922. pp. 384, 408. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
4. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XVII. 1925. p. 332. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
5. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVI. 1984. p. 1094. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
6. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIX. 1997. p. 207. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
7. "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.02.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 27 February 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
8. "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.12.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
9. "Rinunce e Nomine, 21.03.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
10. "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.07.2022" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
11. "Resignations and Appointments, 13.02.2025" . Retrieved February 13, 2025.
12. "Resignations and Appointments, 12.04.2025" . Retrieved April 12, 2025.

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}