List of nuncios of the Holy See to China

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]

Name	Name in Chinese	Nationality	Assumed office	Left office
Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini[1]	剛恆毅 Gāng Héngyì	Italy	12 August 1922	1933
Mario Zanin	蔡寧 Cài Níng	Italy	7 January 1934	1946

Apostolic Internuncios to China (1946–1966)

Name	Name in Chinese	Nationality	Assumed office	Presentation of credentials	Left office
Antonio Riberi[2]	黎培理 Lí Péilǐ	Monaco	6 July 1946	28 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 Lǐyào	Italy	20 May 1959	29 October 1959[4]	24 December 1966

Apostolic Nuncios to China (1966–present)

Name	Name in Chinese	Nationality	Assumed office	Presentation of credentials	Left office	Diplomatic title
Giuseppe Caprio	高理耀 Gāo Lǐyào	Italy	24 December 1966	30 January 1967[5]	22 August 1967	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio
Luigi Accogli	艾可儀 Ài Kěyí	Italy	16 October 1967	23 December 1967"/>[6]	29 September 1970
Edward Idris Cassidy	葛錫迪 Gé Xīdí	Australia	27 October 1970	5 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

Name	Name in Chinese	Nationality	Assumed office	Left Office
Francesco Colasuonno	高樂天 Gāo Lètiān	Italy	2 August 1972[6]	1974
Thomas A. White	陶懷德 Táo Huáidé	Ireland	1974	1978
Paolo Giglio	吉立友 Jí Lìyǒu	Malta	12 July 1978	1986
Piero Biggio	畢齊樂 Bì Qílè	Italy	6 April 1986	1988
Adriano Bernardini	裴納德 Péi Nàdé	Italy	17 January 1989	1992
Juliusz Janusz	尤雅士 Yóu Yǎshì	Poland	25 August 1992	1995
Joseph Chennoth	車納德 Chē Nàdé	India	26 April 1995	1999
Adolfo Tito Yllana	易福霖 Yì Fúlín	Philippines	20 September 1999	6 January 2002
James Patrick Green	格霖澤 Gé Línzé	United States	18 January 2002	2003
Ambrose Madtha	安博思 Ān Bósī	India	11 February 2003[8]	8 May 2008[9]
Paul Fitzpatrick Russell[10]	陸思道 Lù Sīdào	United States	8 May 2008[11][12]	19 March 2016[13]
Slađan Ćosić	高德隆	Bosnia and Herzegovina	April 2016	August 2019
Arnaldo Catalan	佳安道	Philippines	August 2019	present

References

1. Jean-Paul Wiest. "Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini". Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
2. China Group. "Antonio Riberi". Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
3. 郭廷以 (1985). 中華民國史事日誌. 臺北: 中央研究院近代史研究所.
4. 教廷新任駐華公使高理耀晉謁蔣中正總統呈遞到任國書 [The new Apostolic Internuncio Giuseppe Caprio presents his credentials to President Chiang Kai-shek]. 中央社 秦炳炎 (in Chinese). 國家文化資料庫 (published 31 December 2002). 29 October 1959. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
5. 教廷新任駐華大使高理耀呈送國書副本 [The new Apostolic Nuncio Giuseppe Caprio presents his credentials]. 中央社 潘月康 (in Chinese). 國家文化資料庫. 30 January 1967. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
6. 陳方中; 江國雄 (2003). 中梵外交關係史. 臺北: 臺灣商務印書館. ISBN 9570518359.
7. 教廷新任駐華大使葛錫迪呈遞國書 [The new Apostolic Nuncio Edward Cassidy presents his credentials]. 中華民國新聞 (in Chinese). Presidential Office Building, Taipei, Taiwan: 台灣電影文化公司 (published December 1970). 5 December 1970.
8. 新任教廷驻华代办否认台梵关系生变. radiovaticana.va (in Chinese). 天亚社．台北讯. 3 March 2003.
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11. 總統歡迎新任教廷代辦 盼加強雙邊關係. catholic.org.tw (in Chinese). 中央社. 10 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
12. "Press release by the Apostolic Nunciature to China". catholic.org.tw. Taipei. 8 May 2008. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
13. "Beijing, Taipei, and the future of Vatican-Chinese relations". Catholic News Agency. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2018.