Spain

History

• Established as Apostolic Nunciature of Spain
• 1986: Branched to create Apostolic Nunciature of Andorra

Present Papal Representative

Past Papal Representatives

• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza (66) (2019.10.01 – 2025.03.22)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Renzo Fratini (81) (2009.08.20 – 2019.07.04)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro (88) (later Cardinal) (2000.03.01 – 2009.07.03)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Lajos Kada (1995.09.22 – 2000.03.01)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Mario Tagliaferri (1985.07.20 – 1995.07.13)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Antonio Innocenti (later Cardinal) (1980.10.04 – 1985.05.25)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Luigi Dadaglio (later Cardinal) (1967.07.08 – 1980.10.04)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Antonio Riberi (黎培理) (later Cardinal) (1962.04.28 – 1967.06.26)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti (later Cardinal) (1953.10.21 – 1962.03.19)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Gaetano Cicognani (later Cardinal) (1938.05.16 – 1953.01.12)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Federico Tedeschini (later Cardinal) (1921.03.31 – 1935.12.16)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Francesco Ragonesi (later Cardinal) (1913.02.09 – 1921.03.07)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Antonio Vico (later Cardinal) (1907.10.21 – 1911.11.27)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Aristide Rinaldini (later Cardinal) (1899.12.28 – 1907)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Serafino Cretoni (later Cardinal) (1893.05.03 – 1896.06.22)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Lorenzo Barili (later Cardinal) (1857.10.16 – 1868.03.13)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Cesare Alberico Lucini (1766.12.18 – 1768.02.19)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Silvio Valenti Gonzaga (later Cardinal) (1736.01.28 – 1738?)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Alessandro Aldobrandini (later Cardinal) (1720.07.01 – 1730?)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Antonio Felice Zondadari (later Cardinal) (1706.05.28 – 1712?)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Cardinal Giuseppe Archinto (1696.01.13 – 1700.08)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Giuseppe Mosti (1690.02.12 – 1690.05.22)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Savo Millini (later Cardinal) (1675.06.01 – 1681.09.01)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Galeazzo Marescotti (later Cardinal) (1670.08.13 – 1675.05.27)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Patriarch Federico Borromeo (later Cardinal) (1668.02.26 – 1670.07)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Patriarch Camillo Massimo (later Cardinal) (1654.01.16 – 1656)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Giulio Rospigliosi (later Pope Clement IX) (1644.07.14 – 1653.01)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Bishop Giulio Cesare Sacchetti (later Cardinal) (1624.01.27 – 1626)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Patriarch Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri (later Cardinal) (1618.07.17 – 1621.01)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Antonio Caetani (later Cardinal) (1611.08 – 1618.07)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Decio Carafa (later Cardinal) (1607.05.22 – 1611.08)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Cardinal Giovanni Garzia Millini (1605.06.20 – 1607.05.22)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Cardinal Domenico Ginnasi (1600.02.05 – 1605.06)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Patriarch Camillo Caetani (1592.09.01 – 1600.03.24)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Archbishop Giambattista Castagna (later Pope Urban VII) (1565.09 – 1572.07.03)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Cardinal Alessandro Crivelli (1561.11 – 1565.11)
• Apostolic Nuncio:  Cardinal Giovanni Poggio (1541.09 – 1551.12)
• Apostolic Pro-Nuncio:  Cardinal Gaetano Cicognani (1953.01.12 – 1953.10.21)
• Apostolic Pro-Nuncio:  Cardinal Federico Tedeschini (1935.12.16 – 1938.05.16)

Last updated on 2026.04.11

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