Apostolic Nuncio in Switzerland

The Apostolic Nunciature in Switzerland, as a permanent nunciature, was established in 1543 , in line with the reforms of the diplomatic service of the Holy See and the establishment of a permanent nunciature, although there was a papal representative in Switzerland before this period. However, the first resident apostolic nuncio was appointed only in 1579 .

The Apostolic Nunciature has a dual role. On the one hand, it provides a link between Rome and the Church of Switzerland, in particular, with the conference of Swiss bishops. Thus, the nuncio prepares the appointment of bishops in Switzerland. On the other hand, as the embassy of the Holy See, the apostolic nunciature provides for diplomatic relations with the Swiss civil authorities.

Since 1987 , with the establishment of the apostolic nunciature in Liechtenstein , the apostolic nuncio in Switzerland became the apostolic nuncio in Liechtenstein , in combination.

• Achille de Grassi - ( 1509 -?).

Apostolic nuncio in the Swiss Union (1543-1798)

• Matteus Schinner - (1510 - 1511);
• Giacomo Gambara - (1516 - 1517);
• Antonio Pucci - (1517 - 1521);
• Ennio Filonardi - (1521 - 1540);
• Girolamo Franco - (1543 - 1553);
• Ottaviano della Rovere - (1553 - 1560);
• Gianantonio Volpi - (May 25, 1560 - 1579);
• Giovanni Francesco Bonomi - (May 27, 1579 - September 1581); ^[one]
  • vacancy ;
• Giwanni Battista Santonio - (August 17, 1586 - August 1587);
• Ottavio Parravicini - (August 1587 - June 20, 1591);
• Goodwin Owen (or Owen Lewis) - (June 20, 1591 - October 14, 1595, to death) ^[2]
• Giovanni della Torre - (November 10, 1595 - June 1606);
• Fabrizio Veralli - (June 10, 1606 - June 24, 1608);
• Ladislao d'Akvino - (June 24, 1608 - September 15, 1613);
• Ludovico de Sarego - (September 20, 1613 - 1621, retired);
• Alessandro Scappi - (September 20, 1613 - April 1628, retired);
• Chiriaco Rocci - (June 28, 1628 - 1630, retired);
• Ranuccio Scotty - (May 22, 1630 - 1639, retired);
• Girolamo Farnese - (May 4, 1639 - 1643, retired);
• Lorenzo Gavotti - (October 28, 1643 - November 7, 1646, retired);
• Alfonso Sacrati - (November 7, 1646 - 1647, retired);
• Francesco Bokkapaduli - (September 12, 1647 - August 1652 - was appointed apostolic nuncio in the Republic of Venice );
• Carlo Carafa della Spina - (January 18, 1653 - October 31, 1654 - appointed apostolic nuncio in the Republic of Venice);
• Federico Borromeo Jr. - (November 28, 1654 - 1665, retired);
• Federico Baldeschi Colonna - (July 15, 1665 - March 1668, retired);
• Rodolfo d'Aquaviva - (March 27, 1668 - 1670, retired);
• Odoardo Chibo - (August 4, 1670 - 1685, retired);
• Giacomo Cantelmo - (April 18, 1685 - 1687, retired);
  • Girolamo Zarini - (1687 - 1689 - Apostolic Internuncio);
• Bartolomeo Menatti - (February 12, 1689 - 1692, retired);
• Marcello d'Aste - (January 18, 1692 - 1695, retired);
• Michelangelo dei Conti - (July 1, 1695 - 1697, retired);
• Giulio Piazza - (January 7, 1698 - December 23, 1702 - appointed as apostolic nuncio in Cologne );
• Vincenzo Biki - (January 5, 1703 - September 14, 1709 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Portugal );
• Giacomo Caracciolo - (May 2, 1710 - October 17, 1716 - appointed official of the Apostolic Chamber );
• Giuseppe Firrao il Vecchio - (October 23, 1716 - September 28, 1720 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Portugal);
• Domenico Silvio Passionei - (July 30, 1721 - December 23, 1730 - appointed Apostolic Nuncio in Austria );
• Giovanni Battista Barney - (February 22, 1731 - April 1, 1739 - was appointed apostolic nuncio in Spain );
• Carlo Francesco Durini - (August 12, 1739 - January 10, 1744 - appointed apostolic nuncio in France );
• Filippo Achchayoli - (January 22, 1744 - January 28, 1754 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Portugal);
• Girolamo Spinola - (January 22 - November 8, 1754 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Spain);
• Giovanni Ottavio Bufalini - (December 21, 1754 - October 2, 1759 - was appointed prefect of the Apostolic Palace );
• Niccolò Oddi - (December 4, 1759 - February 20, 1764 - appointed Archbishop of Ravenna );
• Luigi Valenti Gonzaga - (July 27, 1764 - September 2, 1773 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Spain);
• Giovanni Battista Caprara - (September 6, 1775 - 1785, retired);
• Giuseppe Vinci - (April 26, 1785 - February 25, 1794 - was appointed prefect of the Apostolic Palace );
• Pietro Gravina - (September 16, 1794 - 1798).

Apostolic nuncio in the Helvetic Republic (1798-1803)

• Pietro Gravina - ( 1798 - March 1, 1803 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Spain).

Apostolic nuncio in the Swiss Confederation since 1803

• Fabrizio Sheberras Testaferrata - ( September 20, 1803 - March 8, 1816 );
• Carlo Zen - ( March 13, 1816 - August 27, 1817 - appointed apostolic nuncio in France );
• Vincenzo Macchi - ( October 6, 1818 - November 22, 1819 - appointed apostolic nuncio in France);
• Ignazio Nazalli-Ratti - ( January 21, 1820 - 1827 );
• Pietro Austini - ( January 30, 1827 - July 17, 1829 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Brazil )
• Filippo De Angelis - ( April 23, 1830 - November 13, 1832 - appointed apostolic nuncio in Portugal );
• Tommaso Pasquale Jizzi - ( May 31, 1839 - April 23, 1841 - appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Turin);
• Girolamo d'Andrea - ( July 30, 1841 - August 30, 1845 - appointed secretary of the Sacred Congregation of the Council );
• ...
  • Angelo Bianchi - ( October 15, 1864 - March 14, 1868 - appointed Apostolic Internum in the Netherlands ) (charge d'affaires);
  • Giovanni Battista Aniozzi - ( March 23, 1868 - January 23, 1874 - Charge d'affaires);
  • The rupture of diplomatic relations (1874-1920) ;
• Luigi Malone - ( September 1, 1920 - June 23, 1926 - was appointed apostolic nuncio in France);
• Pietro di Maria - ( June 4, 1926 - September 1, 1935 );
• Filippo Bernardini - ( October 18, 1935 - January 15, 1953 - appointed secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Propaganda of the Faith );
• Gustavo Testa - ( March 6, 1953 - December 14, 1959 );
  • Giovanni Ferrofino - ( 1959 - 1960 - Apostolic Internuncio);
• Alfredo Pacini - ( February 4, 1960 - 1967 );
• Ambrogio Marchioni - ( June 30, 1967 - September 1984 );
• Edoardo Rovida - ( January 26, 1985 - March 15, 1993 - appointed as apostolic nuncio in Portugal);
• Karl Jozef Rauber - ( March 16, 1993 - April 25, 1997 - appointed as apostolic nuncio in Hungary );
• Oriano Kilici - ( July 8, 1997 - November 2, 1998 );
• Pierjacomo de Nikolo - ( January 21, 1999 - September 8, 2004 );
• Francesco Canalini - ( September 8, 2004 - May 28, 2011 );
• Diego Cauzero - ( May 28, 2011 - September 5, 2015 );
• Thomas Edward Gallikson - ( September 5, 2015 - Present).

• Apostolic Nunciature in Switzerland at gcatholic.org .