The Apostolic Nunciature to the Netherlands the

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of the

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to the Netherlands. It is located in

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. The current Apostolic Nuncio is

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, who was named to the position by

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on 21 March 2015. The Apostolic Nunciature to the

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is an ecclesiastical office of the

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in the Netherlands, with the rank of an

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. The

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serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the

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, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the

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in the Netherlands and the

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Papal representatives to the Netherlands

;Apostolic Internuncios * Francesco Capaccini (May 1829 – November 1831) *

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(12 February 1848 – 28 September 1855) * Settimio Maria Vecchiotti (23 November 1855 – 16 March 1863) *

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(16 March 1863 – 4 May 1866) *

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(2 May 1866 – 16 March 1868) *

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(14 March 1868 – April 1874) * Giovanni Capri (11 August 1874 – 19 September 1879) * Agapito Panici (19 September 1879 – 1881) * Francesco Spolverini (25 April 1882 – 20 July 1887) *

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(11 August 1887 – 31 May 1893) *

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(30 May 1893 – 10 October 1896) * Francesco Tarnassi (24 October 1896 – 1899) *

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(29 April 1911 – 30 July 1916) *

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(30 July 1916 – 13 July 1918) *

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(1 October 1918 – 1921) *

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(19 May 1921 – 1922) ;Apostolic Nuncios *

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(23 June 1922 – 2 June 1925) *

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(12 August 1935 – 14 November 1959 ) *

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(31 January 1959 – 22 July 1967 ) *

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(22 July 1967 – 13 May 1976) * John Gordon (11 June 1976 – 1978) *

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(17 January 1979 – 31 May 1984) *

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(6 November 1984 – 23 March 1988) * Audrys Juozas Bačkis (5 August 1988 – 24 December 1991) *

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(28 March 1992 – 8 February 1997) *

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(8 February 1997 – 27 February 2001) *

François Bacqué François Robert Bacqué (born 2 September 1936) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, fulfilling several assignments as an apostolic nuncio. Biography François Robert Bacq ...

(27 February 2001 – 15 December 2011) *

André Dupuy André Pierre Louis Dupuy (born 13 February 1940) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1974 to 2015. Biography André Pierre Louis Dupuy was born on 13 February 1940 in Soustons, ...

(15 December 2011 – 21 March 2015) *

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(21 March 2015 – 27 November 2021) *

(16 July 2022 – present)

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