Apostolic Nuncio in China

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The Apostolic Nuncio to China is the Holy See's permanent representative to the government of Taiwan .

Since the Holy See still officially recognizes the Taiwanese government and not the government in Beijing as the representative of China, the nuncio in Taiwan is responsible for the People's Republic of China , the Republic of China (Taiwan) , Hong Kong and Macau . Since moving from Nanjing , then the capital of the Republic of China , in 1952, the Apostolic Nunciature for China has been in Taipei .

Efforts to establish official diplomatic relations between the Holy See and China date back to the 19th century during the Qing Dynasty , but were long prevented by France, which was responsible for the Catholic missions in China. It was not until 1922 that the Holy See sent apostolic ambassadors without diplomatic rank to Beijing and in 1946 the titular bishop Antonio Riberi to Nanjing as intern . Riberi was expelled from the communist government of Mao Zedong in 1951 on the pretext of a conspiracy and planned assassination of Mao in which the Holy See was allegedly involved. In 1952, after a provisional stay in Hong Kong, the international nunciature moved to Taipei because the Holy See recognized the Taiwanese government as the representative of all of China and was upgraded to a nunciature in 1966. The last pro-nuncio was Edward Idris Cassidy , who had to resign on October 25, 1971. On this day the recognized United Nations in the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 , the People's Republic of China as the sole representative of the Chinese people and thus joined Taiwan from virtually. However, since negotiations between the Vatican and the People's Republic of China for diplomatic relations did not lead to any results, the apostolic nunciature in Taipei was reopened in August 1972, although since then all heads of the nunciature have been merely chargées and not nuncios for political reasons .

appointed / accredited: Apostolic Nuncio Remarks Pope Prime Minister of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Leave post
1922 Celso Costantini Apostolic Delegate Pius XII. Wang Ch'ung-hui 1933
1934 Mario Zanin Apostolic Delegate Wang Jingwei 1946
1946 Antonio Riberi Internuntius TV Soong 1959
1959 Giuseppe Caprio Internuntius John XXIII Chen Cheng 1966
1966 Giuseppe Caprio Pro-Nuncio Paul VI Yen Chia-kan 1967
1967 Luigi Accogli Pro-Nuncio Yen Chia-kan 1970
1970 Edward Idris Cassidy Pro-Nuncio Yen Chia-kan 1971
1972 Francesco Colasuonno Chargé d'affaires Chiang Ching-kuo 1974
1974 Thomas A. White Chargé d'affaires Chiang Ching-kuo 1978
1978 Paolo Giglio Chargé d'affaires John Paul I. Sun Yun-suan 1986
1986 Piero Biggio Chargé d'affaires John Paul II Yu Kuo-hwa 1988
1988 Adriano Bernardini Chargé d'affaires Yu Kuo-hwa 1992
1992 Juliusz Janusz Chargé d'affaires Hau Pei-tsun 1995
1995 Joseph Chennoth Chargé d'affaires Lien Chan 1999
1999 Adolfo Tito Yllana Chargé d'affaires Vincent Siew 2001
2002 James Patrick Green Chargé d'affaires Yu Shyi-kun 2003
2003 Ambrose Madtha Chargé d'affaires Yu Shyi-kun 2008
2008 Paul Fitzpatrick Russell Chargé d'affaires Benedict XVI. Liu Chao-shiuan 2016
2016 Slađan Cosic Chargé d'affaires Francis Chang San-cheng

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Church in Need , March 29, 2006, kath.net
  2. ↑ Vatican's reported desire to move China nunciature to Beijing stirs reactions . ucanews.com, February 15, 1999