List of United States Ambassadors to the Holy See

The list of the United States to the Holy See Ambassador provides an overview of the head of the diplomatic mission of the United States at the Holy See since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1847 and again in 1984. The unofficial representatives in the period 1940 to 1984 are also listed.

Heads of mission

Term of office	Surname	annotation
United States envoy to the Papal States
1779-1867	John B. Sartori	consular relations only
	Felix Cicognani
	George W. Greene
	Nicholas Browne
	William C. Sanders
	Daniel LeRoy
	Horatio V. Glenthworth
	WJ Stillman
	Edwin C. Cushman
	David M. Armstrong
1848	Jacob L. Martin	Chargé d'affaires
? - 1858	Lewis Cass junior	from 1854 envoy
1858-1861	John P. Stockton	Envoy
1861/62? - 1862	Alexander W. Randall	Envoy
1862? - 1863?	Richard M. Blatchford	Envoy
? - 1867	Rufus King	Envoy
1867–1984 no diplomatic relations
Personal Representative of the President
1940-1950	Myron C. Taylor
1951–1969 no diplomatic relations
1970-1977	Henry Cabot Lodge junior
1978-1981	Robert F. Wagner junior
1981-1984	William A. Wilson
United States Ambassador in Vatican City
1984-1987	William A. Wilson	ambassador
1987-1989	Frank Shakespeare	ambassador
1989-1993	Thomas Patrick Melady	ambassador
1993-1997	Raymond Flynn	ambassador
1997-2000	Lindy Boggs	Ambassador
2000-2001	Joseph Merante	Chargé d'affaires
2001-2005	James Nicholson	ambassador
2005-2008	Francis Rooney	ambassador
2008-2009	Mary Ann Glendon	Ambassador
2009–2012	Miguel Humberto Díaz	ambassador
2012-2013	Mario Mesquita	Chargé d'affaires
2013–	Kenneth F. Hackett	ambassador

literature

• Matthew Bunson: Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac. (2008)
• Tassilo Wanner: Holy Alliance? The establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See (Wiesbaden 2016).

Web links

• The diplomatic corps at the Holy See