The Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of Croatia is an ecclesiastical office of the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

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. It is a diplomatic post 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 Rome ...

, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador that enjoys some additional privileges. Diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Croatia were established on 8 February 1992 following Croatia's independence from

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Apostolic Nuncios

* Giulio Einaudi (29 February 1992 – 4 August 2003) *

Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián (born November 28, 1943) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has been an archbishop since 1994 and held the title of Apostolic Nu ...

(4 August 2003 – 10 December 2007) * Mario Roberto Cassari (14 February 2008 – 10 March 2012) *

Alessandro D'Errico Alessandro D'Errico (born 18 November 1950) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and has been the Apostolic Nuncio to Libya and to Malta from 2017 to 2022. Biography Ales ...

(21 May 2012 – 27 April 2017) * Giuseppe Pinto (1 July 2017 – 6 April 2019) *

Giorgio Lingua Giorgio Lingua (born 23 March 1960) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1992. He was named Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia on 22 July 2019. He was previously nuncio in Iraq, Jor ...

(22 July 2019 – present)

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Croatia–Holy See relations

Apostolic Nuncios

See also

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