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List of diplomatic missions to the Holy See

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This article lists diplomatic missions accredited to the Holy See, the government of the Catholic Church and the temporal ruler of the Vatican City. 88 countries currently maintain embassies to the Holy See.[1]

Diplomatic missions to the Holy See
  Holy See
  Countries with embassies to the Holy See based in Rome

The Vatican City State, over which the Holy See is sovereign, is the smallest independent entity in the world and its size renders any resident diplomatic community impractical. Therefore, all embassies to the Holy See are located in Rome, making the Vatican City one of only two sovereign states, the other being Liechtenstein, with no resident embassies located within its territory. This leads to the situation that Italy's embassy to the Holy See is based on its home territory, which is also the case for Andorra, Dominica, Estonia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Malta, and Singapore. This also means that the Embassy of the Republic of China (more commonly known as Taiwan) to the Holy See is located in Italy, which does not recognize the Republic of China.

Embassies to the Holy See usually do not maintain consular sections, allowing their sending countries' embassies to Italy to provide services to those holding passports issued by the Holy See. A notable exception is that of the Philippines, whose consular section caters to the Filipino pilgrims to Catholic pilgrimage sites in Italy and the Filipino members of religious congregations.[2]

Diplomatic missions in Rome

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Embassies

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  1.  Albania[1]
  2.  Angola[1]
  3.  Argentina[1]
  4.  Armenia[1]
  5.  Australia[1]
  6.  Austria[1]
  7.  Azerbaijan[1]
  8.  Belarus[1]
  9.  Belgium[1]
  10.  Bolivia[1]
  11.  Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]
  12.  Brazil[1]
  13.  Bulgaria[1]
  14.  Burkina Faso[1]
  15.  Burundi[1]
  16.  Cameroon[1]
  17.  Canada[1]
  18.  Chile[1]
  19.  Colombia[1]
  20. Congo-Brazzaville[1]
  21. Congo-Kinshasa[1]
  22.  Costa Rica[1]
  23.  Croatia[1]
  24.  Cuba[1]
  25.  Cyprus[1]
  26.  Czech Republic[1]
  27.  Dominican Republic[1]
  28.  Ecuador[1]
  29.  Egypt[1]
  30.  El Salvador[1]
  31.  Equatorial Guinea[1]
  32.  France[1]
  33.  Gabon[1]
  34.  Georgia[1]
  35.  Germany[1]
  36.  Ghana[1]
  37.  Greece[1]
  38.  Guatemala[1]
  39.  Haiti[1]
  40.  Honduras[1]
  41.  Hungary[1]
  42.  Indonesia[1]
  43.  Iran[1]
  44.  Iraq[1]
  45.  Ireland[1]
  46.  Israel[1]
  47.  Italy[1]
  48.  Ivory Coast[1]
  49.  Japan[1]
  50.  Kazakhstan[1]
  51.  Lebanon[1]
  52.  Libya[1]
  53.  Lithuania[1]
  54.  Malaysia[1]
  55.  Mexico[1]
  56.  Monaco[1]
  57.  Montenegro[1]
  58.  Morocco[1]
  59.  Mozambique[1]
  60.  Netherlands (article)[1]
  61.  Nigeria[1]
  62.  North Macedonia[1]
  63.  Palestine[1]
  64.  Panama[1]
  65.  Paraguay[1]
  66.  Peru[1]
  67.  Philippines[1]
  68.  Poland[1]
  69.  Portugal[1]
  70.  Republic of China (Taiwan)[1]
  71.  Romania[1]
  72.  Russia[1]
  73.  San Marino[1]
  74.  Senegal[1]
  75.  Serbia[1]
  76.  Slovakia[1]
  77.  Slovenia[1]
  78.  South Korea[1]
  79. Sovereign Military Order of Malta[1]
  80.  Spain[1]
  81.  Switzerland[1][3]
  82. Timor-Leste[1]
  83.  Turkey[1]
  84.  Ukraine[1]
  85.  United Kingdom[1]
  86.  United States[1]
  87.  Uruguay[1]
  88.  Venezuela[1]

Other delegations or representations

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  1. Arab League (Delegation)[1]
  2.  European Union (Delegation)[1]

Mission to open

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Accredited Embassies in Berlin, Germany

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Accredited Embassies in Brussels, Belgium

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Accredited Embassies in London, United Kingdom

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Accredited Embassies in Paris, France

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Accredited Embassies in Switzerland

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Accredited Embassies elsewhere

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Countries without formal diplomatic missions to Holy See

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References

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  2. ↑ Ibayan, Danilo T. (July 20, 2019). "The Vatican: Very small but powerful". The Manila Times. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ceremony marks new Swiss embassy to Holy See". Swissinfo. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Kenya to open embassies in Vatican City, Denmark and Vietnam". The EastAfrican. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "High Commissions". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania - Berlin, Germany". Ministry of Foreign Affairs & East African Cooperation of Tanzania. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Royal Thai Embassy, Bern". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thailand). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Finland to the Holy See
  9. ↑ "Embassy of India to Austria, Montenegro and the Holy See / Permanent Mission of India to International Organisations in Vienna". Ministry of External Affairs of India. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Nicaragua asks the Holy See to close respective diplomatic missions". 13 March 2023. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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