Apostolic Delegation

Vietnam

Country: Vietnam

Type: Apostolic Delegation

Address: 55 Waterloo Street 6, 0718, Singapore

History

1925: Established as Apostolic Delegation of Indochina
1964.06.17: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Vietnam and Cambodia (English)
1971: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Vietnam and Khmer Republic (English)
1975: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Vietnam

Present Papal Representative

Archbishop Marek Zalewski (63)
(2023.12.23 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Africa
Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore
Residential Pontifical Representative for Vietnam

Lumen vitæ Christus

Born:	1963.02.02 (Augustow, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1989.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.05.31

Priest of Łomża (Poland) (1989.05.27 – 2014.03.25)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1996.07.06 – 2006.04.04)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2006.04.04 – 2014.03.25)

Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe (2014.03.25 – 2018.05.21)

Titular Archbishop of Africa (2014.03.25 – ...)

Non-Residential Pontifical Representative for Vietnam (2018.05.21 – 2023.12.23)

Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore (2018.05.21 – ...)

Residential Pontifical Representative for Vietnam (2023.12.23 – ...)

Past Papal Representatives

Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Henri Lemaître (1969.05.30 – 1975.12.19)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Angelo Palmas (1964.06.17 – 1969.04.19)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Salvatore Asta (1962.10.13 – 1964.03.23)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Mario Brini (1959.09.12 – 1962.06.13)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop John Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. (1951.10.18 – 1959.09.12)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Antonin-Fernand Drapier, O.P. (1936.11.19 – 1950.10.18)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Victor Colombanus Dreyer, O.F.M. Cap. (1928.11.24 – 1936.11.19)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Constantino Aiutti (1925.05.28 – 1928.07.29)
Non-Residential Pontifical Representative: Archbishop Marek Zalewski (63) (2018.05.21 – 2023.12.23)
Non-Residential Pontifical Representative: Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli (73) (2011.01.13 – 2017.09.13)

Last updated on 2026.04.19

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