The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Holy See and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta ( uk, Надзвичайний і Повноважний посол України у Ватикані та Суверенному Військовому Мальтійському Ордені) is the
ambassador
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...
of
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
to the
Holy See
The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...
(as well as the
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; ...
). Since April 2022 the current ambassador is
Andrii Yurash[ who succeeds Tetyana Yizhevska, who assumed the position in 2007; she assumed the position of ambassador to the Order of Malta in 2009.][
The first Ukrainian ambassador to the ]Holy See
The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...
assumed his post in 2000, the same year a Ukrainian embassy opened in the Vatican.
List of representatives
Ukrainian People's Republic
* 1919–1919 Mykhailo Tyshkevych
* 1919–1921 Franz Xavier Bonne
Ukraine
* 1999–2003 Nina Kovalska
* 2004–2006 Hryhoriy Khoruzhyi[
]
See also
* Ukrainian Embassy, Vatican
* Holy See Ambassador to Ukraine
References
External links
Embassy of Ukraine to the Holy See: Previous Ambassadors
{{Ukrainian diplomatic missions
*Ambassadors of Ukraine to the Holy See
Holy See
The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...