Apostolic nunciature

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The pope accredits diplomats with the following states and other subjects of international law (list as per January 2010):{{cite news| first = Sandro | last = Magister |url=http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1341731?eng=y |title=The Holy See's Diplomatic Net. Latest Acquisition: Russia |publisher= La Repubblica |date= 14 January 2010 |access-date=6 June 2013}}

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Republic of), Congo (Democratic Republic of), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sénégal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Republic of China (Taiwan), East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea{{which|date=April 2025}}, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam (Resident), Yemen.

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, European Union, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Nordic Countries, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine

Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu.

• United Nations: the Holy See is represented by the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations at the UN headquarters in New York and by the Permanent Observer at the UN's European office in Geneva, both of whom are titular archbishops.
• Pacific Ocean: Countries of the Pacific Ocean are currently represented overall by the nuncio to New Zealand, who serves as the apostolic delegate in the Pacific Ocean.{{cite press release |title= Resignations and Appointments, 29.03.2019 | date = 29 March 2019 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/03/29/190329c.html |access-date = 15 May 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}{{cite news | url = https://www.busiweek.com/pope-francis-appoints-tanzanian-to-represent-the-vatican-in-new-zealand/ | date = 3 April 2019 | access-date = 15 May 2019 | title = Pope Francis Appoints Tanzanian To Represent The Vatican In New Zealand | archive-date = 6 November 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211106082221/https://www.busiweek.com/pope-francis-appoints-tanzanian-to-represent-the-vatican-in-new-zealand/ | url-status = usurped }}
• Of entities that have established diplomatic relations with the Holy See, there is no representative accredited to the Order of Malta (which is also headquartered in Rome).{{cite press release |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/corpo-diplomatico_index_en.html |title=Bilateral and Multilateral Relations of the Holy See |publisher=Holy See Press Office |date=31 May 2007 |access-date=6 June 2013}}
• The Holy See does not have relations with fifteen countries:

:*Eight are Muslim: Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Comoros, the Maldives, Mauritania, Oman, and Somalia.

:*Four have communist governments: North Korea, Laos, China, and Vietnam.

:*The remaining three are Bhutan, Myanmar, and Tuvalu.{{cite news | first = Sandro | last = Magister|url=http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/162301?eng=y|title=Mission Impossible: Eject the Holy See from the United Nations|work = La Repubblica |date=21 August 2007}}

An apostolic delegate may be sent to liaison between the Catholic Church and a country with which the Holy See has no diplomatic ties, though not accredited to the government of the country. Apostolic delegates have no formal diplomatic status, though in some countries they have some diplomatic privileges.

• Africa:

:Comoros, Mauritania, Somalia

• Asia:

:The Arabian Peninsula, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam

• the Americas:

:the Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Vincent and Grenadines)

• the Pacific Ocean

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