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

Apostolic internuncios to China (1946–1966) NameName in ChineseNationalityAssumed officePresentationof credentialsLeft officeAntonio Riberi黎培理 Lí Péilǐ6 July 194628 December 19461951The 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 195924 December 1966

Apostolic nuncios to China (1966–present) NameName in ChineseNationalityAssumed officePresentationof credentialsLeft officeDiplomatic titleGiuseppe Caprio高理耀 Gāo Lǐyào24 December 196630 January 196722 August 1967Apostolic Pro-NuncioLuigi Accogli艾可儀 Ài Kěyí16 October 196723 December 1967"29 September 1970Edward Idris Cassidy葛錫迪 Gé Xīdí27 October 19705 December 197025 October 1971The 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 officeFrancesco Colasuonno高樂天 Gāo Lètiān2 August 19721974Thomas A. White陶懷德 Táo Huáidé19741978Paolo Giglio吉立友 Jí Lìyǒu12 July 19781986Piero Biggio畢齊樂 Bì Qílè6 April 19861988Adriano Bernardini裴納德 Péi Nàdé17 January 19891992Juliusz Janusz尤雅士 Yóu Yǎshì25 August 19921995Joseph Chennoth車納德 Chē Nàdé26 April 19951999Adolfo Tito Yllana易福霖 Yì Fúlín20 September 19996 January 2002James Patrick Green格霖澤 Gé Línzé18 January 20022003Ambrose Madtha安博思 Ān Bósī11 February 20038 May 2008Paul Fitzpatrick Russell陸思道 Lù Sīdào8 May 200819 March 2016高德隆 Gāo Délóng3 May 201610 August 2019Arnaldo Sanchez Catalan佳安道 Jīa Āndào10 August 201931 January 2022Stefano Mazzotti馬德範 Mǎ Défàn19 July 2022incumbent

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