Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva

The Permanent Observer of Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva is the representative of the Pope and the Catholic Church to the European office of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The Church also has a representative at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York who is known as the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations.

The Permanent Observer holds the diplomatic rank of Apostolic Nuncio and the ecclesiastical title of a titular archbishop.

Permanent Observers of Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva

1. Fr. Henri de Rietmatten (1967 – 1971)
2. Archbishop Silvio Luoni (1971 – 15 May 1978)
3. Archbishop Jean Rupp (1978–1980)
4. Archbishop Edoardo Rovida (7 March 1981 – 26 January 1985)
5. Archbishop Justo Mullor García (3 March 1985 – 30 November 1991)
6. Archbishop Paul Fouad Tabet (1991–1995)
7. Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello (1997 – 27 December 2000)
8. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin (17 January 2001 – 3 March 2003)
9. Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S. (10 June 2003 – present)

See also

• Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations
• Holy See and the United Nations
• Multilateral foreign policy of the Holy See
• Foreign relations of the Holy See
• List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See

External links

• Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva