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{{Short description|Diplomatic post of the Holy See}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox diplomatic mission
| name = Apostolic Nunciature to India
| image =
| caption =
| address = 50-C, Niti Marg,<br> [[Chanakyapuri]], [[New Delhi]], Delhi 110021
| coordinates = {{coord|28.60015|77.19494|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| apostolic_nuncio = [[Leopoldo Girelli]]
| jurisdiction = {{IND}}
| website = {{Official|https://www.apostolicnunciatureindia.com/}}
}}
The '''Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See to India''' is the diplomatic mission of the [[Holy See]] to [[India]], similar to an embassy. Archbishop [[Leopoldo Girelli]] was named [[Nuncio|Apostolic Nuncio]] by [[Pope Francis]] on 13 March 2021. He was formerly Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Cyprus.

The [[Apostolic nunciature|Apostolic Nunciature]] to India is an ecclesiastical office of the [[Catholic Church in India]], with the rank of [[ambassador]]. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Pope (as head of [[State of Vatican City]]) to the President of India, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in India and the Pope (as head of the [[Catholic Church|Church]]). The Apostolic Nuncio to India is usually also the [[Apostolic Nunciature to Nepal|Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal]].

==History==
The [[diplomatic mission]] was established as the [[Apostolic Delegation]] to the East Indies in 1881, and included [[Ceylon]], and was extended to [[Malacca|Malaca]] in 1889, and then to [[Burma]] in 1920, and eventually included [[Goa]] in 1923. It was raised to an Internunciature by [[Pope Pius XII]] on 12 June 1948 and to a full [[Apostolic Nunciature]] by [[Pope Paul VI]] on 22 August 1967. Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) was detached in 1967, Burma (now Myanmar) in 1973 and Malaca, as part of modern [[Malaysia]], being detached in 1957.

==List of papal representatives==
;Apostolic Delegates
* [[Antonio Agliardi]] (23 September 1884 – 9 May 1887)
* [[Andrea Aiuti]] (31 March 1887 – 24 July 1891)
* [[Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski]] (15 March 1892 – 7 December 1916)
* [[Pietro Fumasoni Biondi]] (15 November 1916 – 6 December 1919)
* [[Pietro Pisani]] (15 December 1919 – 1924)
* [[Edward Aloysius Mooney]] (18 January 1926 – 30 March 1931)
* [[Leo Peter Kierkels]], [[Congregation of the Passion|CP]] (23 March 1931 – 12 June 1948)

;Apostolic Internuncios
* [[Leo Peter Kierkels]], [[Congregation of the Passion|CP]] (12 June 1948 – 29 June 1952)
* [[Martin Lucas]], [[Society of the Divine Word|SVD]] (3 December 1952 – 1 January 1957)
* [[James Knox|James Robert Knox]] (14 February 1957 – 13 April 1967)

;Apostolic Pro-Nuncios
* [[Giuseppe Caprio]] (22 August 1967 – 19 April 1969)
* [[Marie-Joseph Lemieux]], [[Order of Friars Preachers|OP]] (30 May 1969 – 16 February 1971)
* [[John Gordon (archbishop)|John Gordon]] (11 August 1971 – 11 June 1976)
* [[Luciano Storero]] (14 July 1976<ref>{{cite book |access-date=10 January 2020 |title=Acta Apostolicae Sedis |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-68-1976-ocr.pdf |date=1976 |volume=LXVIII |page=539 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-68-1976-ocr.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> – 2 February 1981)
* [[Agostino Cacciavillan]] (9 May 1981<ref>{{cite book |title=Acta Apostolicae Sedis |access-date=8 January 2020 |page=437 |date=1981 |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-73-1981-ocr.pdf |volume=LXXIII |archive-date=22 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522173114/https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-73-1981-ocr.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> – 13 June 1990)<ref>{{cite book |title=Acta Apostolicae Sedis |access-date=1 September 2019 |page=738 |date=1990 |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-82-1990-ocr.pdf |volume=LXXXII |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717120609/https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-82-1990-ocr.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Giorgio Zur]] (13 August 1990<ref>{{cite book |access-date=9 January 2020 |title=Acta Apostolicae Sedis |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-82-1990-ocr.pdf |page=927 |date=1990 |volume=LXXXII |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717120609/https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-82-1990-ocr.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> – 7 December 1998)

;Apostolic Nuncios
* [[Lorenzo Baldisseri]] (19 June 1999<ref>{{cite book |title=Acta Apostolicae Sedis |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-91-1999-ocr.pdf |access-date=9 January 2020 |date=1999 |volume=XCI |page=845 |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008130508/https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-91-1999-ocr.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> – 12 November 2002)<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=Holy See Press Office |access-date=9 January 2020 |date=12 November 2002 |language=it |title=Rinunce e Nomine, 12.11.2002 |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2002/11/12/0557/01763.html |archive-date=8 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608114505/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2002/11/12/0557/01763.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Pedro López Quintana]] (8 February 2003<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2003/02/08/0065/00189.html |access-date=8 January 2020 |date=8 February 2003 |language=it |title=Rinunce e Nomine, 08.02.2003 |publisher=Holy See Press Office |archive-date=30 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130054523/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2003/02/08/0065/00189.html |url-status=live }}</ref> – 10 December 2009)<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/12/10/0774/01839.html |access-date=8 January 2020 |date=10 December 2009 |language=it |title=Rinunce e Nomine, 10.12.2009 |publisher=Holy See Press Office |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607001217/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/12/10/0774/01839.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Salvatore Pennacchio]] (8 May 2010<ref>{{cite press release |access-date=17 May 2019 |date=8 May 2010 |title=Rinunce e nomine, 08.05.2010 |language=it |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2010/05/08/0288/00665.html |publisher=Holy See Press Office |archive-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015232813/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2010/05/08/0288/00665.html |url-status=live }}</ref> – 6 August 2016)<ref>{{cite press release |access-date=17 May 2019 |date=6 August 2016 |title=Rinunce e nomine, 06.07.2016 |language=it |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/08/06/0576/01283.html |publisher=Holy See Press Office |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605025108/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/08/06/0576/01283.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Giambattista Diquattro]] (21 January 2017<ref>{{cite press release |access-date=1 June 2019 |title=Other Pontifical Acts, 21.01.2017 |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2017/01/21/170121e.html |publisher=[[Holy See Press Office]] |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610180441/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2017/01/21/170121e.html |url-status=live }}</ref> – 29 August 2020)<ref>{{cite press release |access-date=29 August 2020 |title=Rinunce e nomine, 29.08.2020 |language=it |date=29 August 2020 |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2020/08/29/0429/00987.html |publisher=[[Holy See Press Office]] |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126182806/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2020/08/29/0429/00987.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Leopoldo Girelli]] (13 March 2021<ref>{{cite press release |access-date=13 March 2021 |language=it |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2021/03/13/0153/00332.html |publisher=Holy See Press Office |date=13 March 2021 |title=Rinunce e Nomine, 13.03.2021 |archive-date=13 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313110334/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2021/03/13/0153/00332.html |url-status=live }}</ref> – 13 March 2026)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2026/03/13/260313c.html |title=Resignations and Appointments, 13.03.2026 |accessdate=March 13, 2026}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Holy See–India relations]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{Official site|url=https://www.apostolicnunciatureindia.com }}
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dxxin.html catholic-hierarchy.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/nunciature/nunc075.htm gcatholic.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]

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