Apostolic Nunciature to Korea

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The '''Apostolic Nunciature to Korea''' is an ecclesiastical office of the [[Catholic Church]] in [[South Korea]]. It is a diplomatic post of the [[Holy See]], whose representative is called the [[Apostolic Nuncio]] with the rank of an ambassador. The nuncio resides in [[Seoul]].

The Holy See consistently refers to Korea when making appointments, never South Korea or North Korea. The Holy See has no relationship with the government of North Korea; in 2018, North Korean leader [[Kim Jong-un]]'s invitation to [[Pope Francis]] to visit North Korea was relayed through South Korean President [[Moon Jae-in]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

==List of papal representatives to Korea ==
;Apostolic Delegates
*[[Patrick James Byrne]] (7 April 1949<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> – 25 November 1950)<ref></ref>
*[[Egano Righi-Lambertini]] (28 December 1957 – 9 July 1960)
*[[Saverio Zupi]] (26 October 1960 – 31 January 1962)
*[[Antonio del Giudice]] (18 April 1962 – 19 August 1967)
**The Internunciature to Korea was created on 11 December 1963.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and made the Nunciature to Korea on 5 September 1966.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
;Apostolic Pro-Nuncios
*[[Ippolito Rotoli]] (2 September 1967 – 15 November 1972)
*[[Luigi Dossena]] (26 February 1973 – 24 October 1978)
*[[Luciano Angeloni]] (25 November 1978 – 21 August 1982)
*[[Francesco Monterisi]] (24 December 1982 – 20 June 1987)
;Apostolic Nuncios
*[[Ivan Dias]] (20 June 1987 – 28 October 1991)
*[[John Bulaitis]] (30 November 1991 – 25 March 1997)
*[[Giovanni Battista Morandini]] (23 April 1997 – 6 March 2004)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
*[[Emil Paul Tscherrig]] (22 May 2004<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> – 26 January 2008)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
*[[Osvaldo Padilla]] (12 April 2008<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> – 15 September 2017)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
*[[Alfred Xuereb]] (26 February 2018<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> – present)

==See also==
*[[Catholic Church in North Korea]]
*[[Catholic Church in South Korea]]

==References==


[[Category:Diplomatic missions of the Holy See|Korea]]
[[Category:Apostolic Nuncios to South Korea| ]]
[[Category:Holy See–South Korea relations]]

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