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. 84 countries currently maintain embassies to the Holy See.[1] 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 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 the Embassy of Italy to the Holy See is based on its home territory, which is also the case for Iceland, Latvia, and Sweden. This also means that an 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's 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]

Embassies in Rome

Main article: List of diplomatic missions in Rome

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Accredited Embassies in Berlin

Accredited Embassies in Paris

Accredited Embassies in Switzerland

Accredited Embassies in London

Accredited Embassies in Brussels

Accredited Embassies in United States

Accredited Embassies elsewhere

Non-resident representative offices

Countries without formal diplomatic missions to Holy See

References

  1. ^ "LISTE DU CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE PRÈS LE SAINT-SIÈGE" [LIST OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS TO THE HOLY SEE]. www.sdsofficium.va. August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  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. ^ "High Commissions". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Embassy of Mozambique - Berlin, Germany". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania - Berlin, Germany". Ministry of Foreign Affairs & East African Cooperation of Tanzania. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Holy See and Sultanate of Oman establish full diplomatic relations - Vatican News". 23 February 2023.
  8. ^ "List of ambassadors" (PDF). www.vatican.va. p. 110.
  9. ^ "Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Holy See". easydiplomacy.com.

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