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The Permanent Observer of Holy See to UNESCO is the representative of the Holy See to the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
(UNESCO), which is based in Paris. The Church also has representatives at the headquarters of the
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in
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and at the headquarters of a number of its other international bodies in Geneva and Nairobi. The first to hold the position was Angelo Roncalli, who was also the Nuncio to France and a
titular archbishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
. Only one of his successors,
Paolo Bertoli Paolo Bertoli (1 February 1908 – 8 November 2001) was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Early life Paolo Bertoli was born in Poggio Garfagnana of Italy. He was educated at the Semi ...
, has held those titles while serving as Permanent Observer. His immediate successor was typical of most: a priest who only became nuncio and archbishop when given his next assignment as Apostolic Nuncio to Costa Rica.


List of permanent observers

* Angelo Roncalli (9 June 1952 – 12 January 1953) *
Giuseppe Sensi Giuseppe Maria Sensi (27 May 1907 – 26 July 2001) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as a longtime Vatican diplomat. Biography Sensi was born in Cosenza, Italy, on 27 May 1907, the sixth of ten children of a ...
(16 May 1953 – 21 May 1955) * unknown * Angelo Pedroni (4 November 1960 – 7 April 1965) *
Giovanni Benelli Giovanni Benelli (12 May 1921 – 26 October 1982) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Florence from 1977 until his death. He was made a cardinal in 1977. Biography Early life and ordination Giovann ...
(1964 – 1966) * unknown * Luigi Conti (9 August 1971 – 5 August 1975) *
Lorenzo Frana Lorenzo Frana, also known as Renzo Frana, (13 October 1926 – 7 November 2005) was an Italian priest of the Catholic Church who was the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to UNESCO from 1975 to 2002 Biography Lorenzo Frana was born in Gandino ( B ...
(13 August 1975 – 11 May 2002) *
Francesco Follo Francesco Follo (born 22 October 1946) is an Italian priest of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See as its Permanent Observer to UNESCO from 2002 to 2021. He spent the previous twenty years in the offices of ...
(11 May 2002 – 11 November 2021) *
Eric Soviguidi Eric Soviguidi (born 21 March 1971) is a Beninese prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Eric Soviguidi was born on 21 March 1971 in Abomey, Benin. He was ordained a priest for the Archdioce ...
(11 November 2021 - present)


See also

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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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List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See This is a list of diplomatic missions of the Holy See. Since the fifth century, long before the founding of the Vatican City State in 1929, papal envoys (now known as nuncios) have represented the Holy See to foreign potentates. Additionally, p ...


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