List of Bavarian ambassadors to the Holy See

This is a list of the Bavarian envoys to the Holy See in Rome from October 6, 1605 to May 30, 1934.

Envoy

Envoy from the Duchy of Bavaria

1605: Establishment of diplomatic relations

• 1605–1623: Julius Caesar Crivelli (–1627)

Envoy from the Electorate of Bavaria

• 1623–1627: Julius Caesar Crivelli (–1627)
• 1627–1659: Francesco Crivelli (–1659)
• 1659-1678: Giovanni Battista Maccioni (-1678), chargé
• 1659-1678: Carlo Conti chargé
• 1659-1678: Ranuccio Pallavicino (1632-1712), chargé
• 1678–1703: Abate Pompeo Scarlatti
• 1703-1711: Giovanni Battista Scarlatti
• 1711–1725: Abate Alessandro Clemente Scarlatti
• 1725-1742: Filippo Massimiliano Scarlatti
• 1742-1765: Pompeo Scarlatti
• 1765-1768: Giacomo Cordier, chargé
• 1768–1776: Gian Francesco Catena

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• 1803–1806: Johann Casimir Häffelin (1737–1827)

Envoy from the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Free State of Bavaria

• 1806–1809: Johann Casimir Häffelin (1737–1827)

1809–1814: Break in relations due to the French annexation of the city of Rome

• 1815–1827: Johann Casimir Häffelin (1737–1827)
• 1827–1829: vacant
• 1829–1831: Konrad Adolf von Malsen (1792–1867)
• 1832–1854: Karl von Spaur (1794–1854)
• 1854–1867: Ferdinand von Verger (1806–1867)
• 1867–1869: Joseph von Sigmund (1820–1901)
• 1869–1874: Carl von Tauffkirchen-Guttenburg (1826–1895)
• 1875–1883: Ludwig von Paumgarten-Frauenstein (1821–1883)
• 1883–1906: Anton Wilhelm von Cetto (1835–1906)
• 1906–1909: Georg von und zu Guttenberg (1858–1935)
• 1909–1934: Otto von Ritter zu Groenesteyn (1864–1940)

1934: Dissolution of the embassy

See also

• Apostolic Nunciature in Munich

literature

• Bettina Scherbaum: The Bavarian Legation in Rome in the Early Modern Era , Max Niemeyer , Tübingen, 2008
• Jörg Zedler: Bavaria and the Vatican. A political biography of the last Bavarian envoy to the Holy See Otto von Ritter (1909–1934) , Ferdinand Schöningh , Paderborn, 2013

Individual evidence

• KG Saur: Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia . Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 2005 ( online ).
• Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815–1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer . Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 2001, p. 37 f . ( online ).