The Apostolic Nunciature to Malaysia is the diplomatic mission of the

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Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

, equivalent to an

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. It is located at 17 Jalan Ampang Hilir,

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. The Delegation to Malaysia was raised to the rank of Nunciature to Malaysia on 27 July 2011, when Malaysia became the 179th state to establish diplomatic relations with the Holy See. The Apostolic Nunciature to Malaysia is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Malaysia, with the rank of

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. The

nuncio An apostolic nuncio ( la, nuntius apostolicus; also known as a papal nuncio or simply as a nuncio) is an ecclesiastical diplomat, serving as an envoy or a permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or to an international or ...

serves both as the ambassador of the

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(as head of

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) to the King of Malaysia, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Malaysia and the Pope (as head of the church). The nunciature's building, constructed during the tenure of Archbishop Joseph Marino as Nuncio, is the Holy See's first "totally environmentally friendly" nunciature.

List of papal representatives

;Apostolic Delegates to Thailand, Laos, and the Malacca Peninsula * John Gordon (10 February 1962 – 27 February 1965) *

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 ...

(7 April 1965 - 1967) *

Jean Jadot Jean Jadot (23 November 1909 – 21 January 2009) was a Belgian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as apostolic delegate to the United States (the first non-Italian to do so) from 1973 to 1980, and President of the Secretariat for N ...

(23 February 1968 - 15 May 1971) ;Apostolic Delegates to Laos, Malaysia, and Singapore * Giovanni Moretti (9 September 1971 - 13 March 1978) *

Silvio Luoni Silvio Luoni (7 July 1920 – 11 April 1982) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the Vatican's Secretariat of State and in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Silvio Luoni was born in Busto Arsizio, Italy, on 7 ...

(15 May 1978 - 1980) *

Renato Raffaele Martino Renato Raffaele Martino (born 23 November 1932) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been a cardinal since 2003. He has been the longest serving cardinal deacon, the cardinal protodeacon, since June 2014. He served for more t ...

(14 September 1980 – 24 June 1981) ;Apostolic Delegates to Laos and Malaysia *

(24 June 1981 – 7 December 1983) ;Apostolic Delegates to Malaysia and Brunei *

(7 December 1983 – 3 December 1986) *

Alberto Tricarico Alberto Tricarico (born 10 August 1927) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and in the Roman Curia. Biography Alberto Tricarico was born in Gallipoli, Italy, on 10 August 1927. He ...

(28 February 1987 - 26 July 1993) * Luigi Bressan (26 July 1993 – 1998) ;Apostolic Delegates to Malaysia * Luigi Bressan (1998 – 25 March 1999) *

Adriano Bernardini Adriano Bernardini (born 13 August 1942) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who occupied positions in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from the 1970s until he retired in 2017. His first assignment as Apostolic Nuncio was to Bangl ...

(24 July 1999 - 26 April 2003) *

Salvatore Pennacchio Salvatore Pennacchio (born 7 September 1952 in Marano, Italy) is a Catholic archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See, currently president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Biography He received his priestly ordination on 18 September ...

(20 September 2003 - 8 May 2010) *

Leopoldo Girelli Leopoldo Girelli (born 13 March 1953) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the apostolic nuncio to India and to Nepal. He was nuncio to Israel and to Cyprus as well as apostolic delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine from 2017 ...

(13 January 2011 - 16 January 2013) ;Apostolic Nuncios to Malaysia * Joseph Marino (16 January 2013 – 11 October 2019) *

Wojciech Załuski Wojciech Załuski (born 5 April 1960) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1985. He has been an apostolic nuncio and an archbishop since 2014. Biography He was born in Za� ...

(29 September 2020 – present)

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List of papal representatives

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