Apostolic Nunciature to Syria
{{Short description|Diplomatic Mission of the Holy See in Syria}}
The Apostolic Nunciature to Syria is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Syria. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.
List of papal representatives to Syria
; Apostolic Delegates
- Aloisio Gandolfi (11 August 1815 - 13 January 1818)
- Jean-Baptiste Auvergne (29 March 1833 - 7 September 1836)
- Giuseppe Angelo di Fazio (5 December 1837 - 13 December 1838)
- Francisco Villardel (8 March 1839 - 19 June 1852)
- Serafino Milani (23 January 1874 - 21 December 1874)
- Luigi Piavi (14 November 1876 - 28 August 1889)
- Gaudenzio Bonfigli (19 Aug 1890 - 25 February 1896)
- Pierre-Gonzalès-Charles Duval (25 February 1896 - 31 July 1904)
- Frediano Giannini (20 January 1905 - 12 February 1936)
- Rémy-Louis Leprêtre (18 March 1936 - 7 May 1947)
;Apostolic Internuncios
- Paolo Pappalardo (19 March 1953 - 1958)
- Luigi Punzolo (10 January 1962 - 17 June 1967)
- became Apostolic Pro-Nuncio on 2 February 1966{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-58-1966-ocr.pdf | page= 253 | date= 1966 | volume = LVIII | access-date = 3 December 2019 }}
;Apostolic Pro-Nuncios
- Raffaele Forni (17 June 1967 - 19 September 1969)
- Achille Glorieux (19 September 1969{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-61-1969-ocr.pdf | page= 693 | date= 1969 | volume = LXI | access-date = 3 December 2019 }} - 3 August 1973)
- Amelio Poggi (26 September 1973{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-65-1973-ocr.pdf | page= 519 | date= 1973 | volume = LXV | access-date = 3 December 2019}} - 23 December 1974)
- Angelo Pedroni (15 March 1975{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-67-1975-ocr.pdf | page= 232 | date= 1975 | volume = LXVII | access-date = 3 December 2019 }} - 6 July 1983){{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-75-1983-I-ocr.pdf | page= 671 | date= 1983 | volume = LXXV }}
- Nicola Rotunno (30 August 1983{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-75-1983-ocr.pdf | page= 785 | date= 1983 | volume = LXXV }} - 8 December 1987)
;Apostolic Nuncios
- Luigi Accogli (17 June 1988{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-80-1988-ocr.pdf | page= 1063 | date= 1988 | volume = LXXX}} - 11 February 1993)
- Pier Giacomo De Nicolò (11 February 1993{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-85-1993-ocr.pdf | page= 307 | date= 1993 | volume = LXXXV }} - 21 January 1999){{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-91-1999-ocr.pdf | page= 239 | date= 1999 | volume = XCI }}
- Diego Causero (31 March 1999{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | access-date = 29 November 2019 |page= 479 | date= 1999 | volume = XCI| url = https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-91-1999-ocr.pdf }} - 10 January 2004){{cite press release | language =it| access-date = 29 November 2019|title = Rinunce e nomine, 10.01.2004| publisher = Holy See Press Office |date= 10 January 2004 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2004/01/10/0013/00050.html}}
- Giovanni Battista Morandini (6 March 2004{{cite press release | publisher =Holy See Press Office | access-date = 2 May 2019 | date= 6 March 2004 | language = it| url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2004/03/06/0110/00342.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 06.03.2004}} - 21 September 2008)
- Mario Zenari (30 December 2008{{cite press release |language=it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2008/12/30/0816/02008.html |title= Rinunce e Nomine, 30.12.2008| date= 30 December 2008| access-date = 6 July 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office }} – present)
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