Pietro Gasparri was a Roman Catholic cardinal, diplomat and politician in the Roman Curia and the signatory of the Lateran Pacts. He served also as Cardinal Secretary of State under Popes Benedict XV and Pope Pius XI.
Pietro ParolinOMRI is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since February 2014, he has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since October 2013 and a member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers since July 2014. Before that, he worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See for thirty years, where his assignments included terms in Nigeria, Mexico and Venezuela, as well as more than six years as Undersecretary of State for Relations with States.
Silvano Maria Tomasi C.S. is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the Special Delegate to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta since 1 November 2020. He was the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva from 2003 to 2016. He previously worked in the Roman Curia, became an archbishop in 1996, and represented the Holy See as an apostolic nuncio in Africa from 1996 to 2003.
Paul Richard Gallagher, is a British prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Secretary for Relations with States within the Holy See's Secretariat of State since November 2014. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1984 and has held the rank of archbishop and apostolic nuncio since 2004, serving as nuncio in Burundi, Guatemala, and Australia.
Ettore Balestrero is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Janusz Bolonek was a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was named an archbishop in 1989 and represented the Holy See in Uruguay, Bulgaria, Romania, and the Macedonia.
Aldo Giordano was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union in 2021. He was previously Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela from 2013 to 2021 and before that the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg from 2008 to 2013.
Nicola Girasoli is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who is Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia since July 2022. He served as nuncio to Zambia and Malawi from 2006 until 2011 and nuncio to the Antilles and several other Caribbean nations from 2011 to 2017. From 2017 to 2022 he served as nuncio to Peru. He has been an archbishop since 2006.
Holy See–Ivory Coast relations refers to the current relationship between the Holy See and the Republic of Ivory Coast, which was established in 1970. A significant amount of Roman Catholics live in Ivory Coast, being nearly one-fifth of the population, and the two states are considered to have a cordial relationship.
Andrzej Józwowicz is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1997 and serves as the Apostolic Nuncio to Iran. An archbishop since 2017, he was Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda from 2017 to 2021.
Marek Zalewski is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has been the Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore since May 2018 and Papal Resident Representative to Vietnam since December 2023.
Dagoberto Campos Salas is a Costa Rican prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has served as the Apostolic Nuncio to Panama since 2022. He is the first native of Costa Rica to hold the title of apostolic nuncio.
Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis is a Lebanese Catholic bishop, diplomat, and Maronite archbishop. He currently serves as the Apostolic Nuncio to the United Arab Emirates.
Wojciech Załuski is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1985. He has been an apostolic nuncio and an archbishop since 2014.
Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was made an archbishop in 2018 and served as nuncio to Nicaragua from 2018 to 2022.
Paolo Rocco Gualtieri is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
The Apostolic Nunciature to Guinea is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Guinea. The Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Guinea, with the rank of an ambassador. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the Republic of Guinea and as the point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Guinea and the pope.
The Apostolic Nunciature to Mali is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Mali. The Apostolic Nuncio to Mali is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Mali, with the rank of an ambassador. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the Republic of Mali and as the point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Mali and the pope.
Ante Jozić is a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1999. Though appointed as apostolic nuncio and titular archbishop in 2019, injuries suffered in a traffic accident prevented him from being consecrated and taking up his post. His episcopal consecration has been postponed a second time because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was finally consecrated on 16 September 2020.
Rolandas Makrickas is a Lithuanian prelate of the Catholic Church who was named coadjutor archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in March 2024. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 2006 to 2021, when he was given responsibility for reorganizing the administration of the Basilica. He has been an archbishop since 2023.
