Apostolic Nunciature to India
The Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See to India is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to India, similar to an embassy. Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli was named Apostolic Nuncio by Pope Francis on 13 March 2021. He was formerly Apostolic Nuncio to Israel and Cyprus.
The Apostolic Nunciature to India is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in India, with the rank of ambassador. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Pope to the President of India, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in India and the Pope. The Apostolic Nuncio to India is usually also the Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal.
History
The diplomatic mission was established as the Apostolic Delegation to the East Indies in 1881, and included Ceylon, and was extended to Malaca in 1889, and then to Burma in 1920, and eventually included Goa in 1923. It was raised to an Internunciature by Pope Pius XII on 12 June 1948 and to a full Apostolic Nunciature by Pope Paul VI on 22 August 1967. Ceylon was detached in 1967, Burma in 1973 and Malaca, as part of modern Malaysia, being detached in 1957.List of papal representatives
;Apostolic Delegates- Antonio Agliardi
- Andrea Aiuti
- Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski
- Pietro Fumasoni Biondi
- Pietro Pisani
- Edward Aloysius Mooney
- Leo Peter Kierkels, CP
;Apostolic Pro-Nuncios
- Giuseppe Caprio
- Marie-Joseph Lemieux, OP
- John Gordon
- Luciano Storero
- Agostino Cacciavillan
- Giorgio Zur