The Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium is the holder of a diplomatic position within the Catholic Church, who acts as Ambassador of 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 R ...

to the

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

. Diplomatic relations between the Belgian state (1830) and the

began in 1835. Until then, diplomatic relations for Catholics living on Belgian territories were secured by the vice-superior of the Dutch Mission.

Papal representatives to Belgium

;Apostolic Internuncios *

Pasquale Gizzi Pasquale is a masculine Italian given name and a surname mainly found in southern Italy. It is a cognate of the French name Pascal, the Spanish Pascual, the Portuguese Pascoal and the Catalan Pasqual. Pasquale derives from the Latin ''paschali ...

(1835–1837) ;Apostolic Nuncios * Raffaele Fornari (1842–1843) * Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (28 Jan 1843 – ) * Innocenzo Ferrieri (15 November 1848 – 30 September 1850) *Matteo Eustachio Gonella (13 June 1850 – 1 October 1861) *Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski (1 October 1861 – 8 January 1866) *Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (15 May 1866 – 29 May 1868) *Giacomo Cattani (24 July 1868 – 27 April 1875) *

Serafino Vannutelli Serafino Vannutelli (26 November 1834 – 19 August 1915) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal and official of the Roman Curia where he held several of the highest administrative posts. Made a cardinal in 1887, he was named ...

(10 September 1875 – 3 December 1880) *

Domenico Ferrata Domenico Ferrata JUD (4 March 1847 – 10 October 1914) was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal who spent most of his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and in the Roman Curia. Life Ferrata was born in Gradoli, near Viterbo to G ...

(14 April 1885 – 20 April 1889) *Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè † (4 May 1889) * Benedetto Lorenzelli (30 May 1893 – 1 October 1896) * Aristide Rinaldini (14 August 1896 – 28 December 1899) * Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (10 November 1899) * Antonio Vico (4 February 1904 – 21 October 1907) *

Giovanni Tacci Porcelli Giovanni Tacci Porcelli known as Giovanni Tacci (12 November 1863 – 30 June 1928) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Città della Pieve for twenty years, then a papal ambassador, and finally secretary of the ...

(31 December 1907 – 29 April 1911) * Achille Locatelli (8 July 1916 – 13 July 1918) * Sebastiano Nicotra (1 October 1918 – July 1923) *

Angelo Dolci Angelo Maria Dolci (12 July 1867 – 13 September 1939) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was made a cardinal in 1933. He was Bishop of Gubbio from 1900 to 1906, Archbishop of Amalfi from 1911 to 1914, and Apostolic Vicar o ...

(14 December 1922 – 30 May 1923) * Clemente Micara (30 May 1923 – 11 November 1950) * Fernando Cento (9 March 1946 – 26 October 1953) *

Efrem Forni Efrem Leone Pio Forni (10 January 1889 – 26 February 1976) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Nuncio to Belgium and Internuncio to Luxembourg from 1953 to 1962, and was elevated to the Cardinalate in 1 ...

(9 November 1953 – 19 March 1962) * Silvio Oddi (17 May 1962 – 30 April 1969) * Igino Eugenio Cardinale (19 April 1969 – 24 March 1983) *

Angelo Pedroni Angelo Pedroni (born 6 October 1943) is an Italian canoe sprinter who competed in the mid-1960s. He finished sixth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ...

(6 July 1983 – 13 June 1989) * Giovanni Moretti (15 July 1989 – 3 March 1999) * Pier Luigi Celata (3 March 1999 – 14 November 2002) * Karl-Josef Rauber (22 February 2003 – 18 June 2009) * Giacinto Berloco (18 June 2009 – 23 September 2016) *

Augustine Kasujja Augustine Kasujja (born 26 April 1946) is a Ugandan prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was the Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium from 2016 to 2021. He was the first black African to hold the title ...

(12 October 2016 – 31 August 2021) *

Franco Coppola Franco Coppola (born 31 March 1957) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Luxembourg since 2021. He has served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1993. Biography Coppola was born ...

(15 November 2021 – present)

Papal representatives to Belgium

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