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The Permanent Observer of Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva is the representative of the Holy See to the European office of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The Church also has a representative at the headquarters of the
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in New York who is known as the
Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations The Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations is the representative of the Holy See (Vatican) at the United Nations (UN). This diplomatic mission does not have the status of Permanent Representative because the Holy See is not a UN m ...
. The Permanent Observer holds the diplomatic rank of Apostolic Nuncio and the ecclesiastical title of a
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Permanent Observers

* Henri de Rietmatten (1967 – 1971) *
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 ...
(1971 – 15 May 1978) *
Jean Rupp Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp (13 October 1905 – 28 January 1983) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Monaco from 1962 to 1971 and then worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See until he retired in 1980. Biogr ...
(1978 – 1980) *
Edoardo Rovida Edoardo Rovida (born 26 August 1927) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1953 to 2002. Biography Edoardo Rovida was born on 26 August 1927 in Alessandria, Italy, and was ordai ...
(7 March 1981 – 26 January 1985) *
Justo Mullor García Justo Mullor García (8 May 1932 – 30 December 2016) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and then headed the Vatican's academy for training diplomats. Biography Born in los ...
(3 March 1985 – 30 November 1991) *
Paul Fouad Tabet Paul Fouad Tabet (28 November 1929 – 20 July 2009) was a Lebanese-born Catholic prelate of the Maronite Church, who spent many years in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1980 and from 1980 to 2005 served as apo ...
(1991–1995) * Giuseppe Bertello (1995 – 27 December 2000) * Diarmuid Martin (17 January 2001 – 3 May 2003) *
Silvano Maria Tomasi Silvano Maria Tomasi C.S. (born 12 October 1940) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the Special Delegate to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta since 1 November 2020. He was the Permanent Observer of the Holy See ...
, C.S. (10 June 2003 – 2016) *
Ivan Jurkovič Ivan Jurkovič (born 10 June 1952) is a Slovenian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Apostolic Nuncio to Canada since June 2021. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1984 and was the Nuncio to Russia and N ...
(13 February 2016 – 5 June 2021) *
Fortunatus Nwachukwu Fortunatus Nwachukwu (born 10 May 1960) is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church who represents the Holy See at several international organizations in Geneva. He has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1994. He has been a ...
(17 December 2021 – present)


See also

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Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations The Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations is the representative of the Holy See (Vatican) at the United Nations (UN). This diplomatic mission does not have the status of Permanent Representative because the Holy See is not a UN m ...
(UN headquarters; New York) * Holy See and the United Nations * Multilateral foreign policy of the Holy See *
Foreign relations of the Holy See The Holy See has long been recognised as a subject of international law and as an active participant in international relations. One observer has stated that its interaction with the world has, in the period since World War II, been at its highest ...


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Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva
{{Holy See United Nations Geneva *
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 ...