Apostolic Delegation

Jerusalem and Palestine

Address: Apostolic Delegation, P.O. Box 19-199, 91191 Jerusalem, Palestine

Phone: +972-2 628.22.98; 628.86.30

Archbishop Giorgio Lingua (66)
(2026.01.22 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Tuscania
Apostolic Nuncio to Israel
Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Priest of Fossano (Italy) (1984.11.10 – 2010.09.04)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1993.07.15 – 2005.05.16)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2005.05.16 – 2010.09.04)

Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan (2010.09.04 – 2015.03.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq (2010.09.04 – 2015.03.17)

Titular Archbishop of Tuscania (2010.09.04 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba (2015.03.17 – 2019.07.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia (2019.07.22 – 2026.01.22)

Apostolic Nuncio to Israel (2026.01.22 – ...)

Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine (2026.01.22 – ...)

Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖) (78) (2021.06.03 – 2026.01.22)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli (73) (2017.09.13 – 2021.03.13)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto (83) (2012.08.18 – 2017.08.28)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Antonio Franco (89) (2006.01.21 – 2012.08.18)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Pietro Sambi (1998.06.06 – 2005.12.17)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (later Cardinal) (1990.04.28 – 1998.03.07)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Carlo Curis (1984.02.04 – 1990.03.28)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop William Aquin Carew (1974.05.10 – 1983.08.30)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Pio Laghi (later Cardinal) (1969.05.24 – 1973.05.28)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Augustin-Joseph Antoine Sépinski, O.F.M. (1965.10.02 – 1969.05.05)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Lino Zanini (1962 – 1965)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Sensi (later Cardinal) (1957.01.12 – 1962.05.10)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi (later Cardinal) (1953.07.30 – 1957.01.11)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Gustavo Testa (later Cardinal) (1948.02.11 – 1953.03.06)

Last updated on 2026.04.19