Apostolic Nunciature

Netherlands

Country: Netherlands

Type: Apostolic Nunciature

Address: Carnegielaan 5, 2517 KH Den Haag, Netherlands

Phone: +31-70 350.33.63; 350.43.19

History

Established as Apostolic Internunciature of Netherlands
1967.07.22: Promoted as Apostolic Nunciature of Netherlands

Present Papal Representative

Archbishop Santiago Ignacio De Wit Guzmán (61)
(2026.05.25 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Gabala
Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

Born:	1964.09.05 (Valencia, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1989.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.06.10

Priest of Valencia (Spain) (1989.05.27 – 2017.03.21)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2000.05.25 – 2008.07.01)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2008.07.01 – 2017.03.21)

Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic (2017.03.21 – 2022.07.30)

Titular Archbishop of Gabala (2017.03.21 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Chad (2017.03.25 – 2022.07.30)

Apostolic Nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda (2022.07.30 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Belize (2022.07.30 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Grenada (2022.07.30 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Guyana (2022.07.30 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Kitts and Nevis (2022.07.30 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Vincent and Grenadines (2022.07.30 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Suriname (2022.07.30 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago (2022.07.30 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Delegate to Antilles (2022.07.30 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Bahamas (2022.11.12 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Barbados (2022.11.12 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Dominica (2022.11.12 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Jamaica (2022.11.12 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Saint Lucia (2022.11.12 – 2026.05.25)

Plenipotentiary Representative to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) (2023 – 2026.05.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands (2026.05.25 – ...)

Past Papal Representatives

Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich (70) (2025.04.12 – 2026.02.21)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam (장인남 바오로 / 張仁南) (76) (2022.07.16 – 2025.02.13)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Aldo Cavalli (79) (2015.03.21 – 2021.11.27)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop André Dupuy (86) (2011.12.15 – 2015.03.21)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop François Robert Bacqué (2001.02.27 – 2011.12.15)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Angelo Acerbi (100) (later Cardinal) (1997.02.08 – 2001.02.27)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Henri Lemaître (1992.03.28 – 1997.02.08)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Audrys Juozas Bačkis (89) (later Cardinal) (1988.08.05 – 1991.12.24)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪) (later Cardinal) (1984.11.06 – 1988.03.23)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Bruno Wüstenberg (1979.01.17 – 1984.05.31)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop John Gordon (1976 – 1978)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Angelo Felici (later Cardinal) (1967.07.22 – 1976.05.13)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Giuseppe Beltrami (later Cardinal) (1959.01.31 – 1967.06.26)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Paolo Giobbe (later Cardinal) (1935.08.12 – 1958.12.15)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Lorenzo Schioppa (1925.05.03 – 1935.04.23)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo (1922.06.24 – 1925.05.03)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Roberto Vicentini (later Patriarch) (1921.05.19 – 1922.05.18)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Sebastiano Nicotra (1918.11.30 – 1921.05.19)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Achille Locatelli (later Cardinal) (1916.07.30 – 1918.07.13)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Giovanni Tacci Porcelli (later Cardinal) (1911.04.29 – 1916.07.30)
Apostolic Internuncio: Msgr. Benedetto Lorenzelli (later Cardinal) (1893.05.30 – 1896.10.10)
Apostolic Internuncio: Msgr. Aristide Rinaldini (later Cardinal) (1887.08.11 – 1893.05.31)
Apostolic Internuncio: Msgr. Francesco Capaccini (later Cardinal) (1829.05 – 1831)
Apostolic Internuncio: Archbishop Silvio Valenti Gonzaga (later Cardinal) (1732.02.29 – 1736.01.28)

Last updated on 2026.05.26

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