List of ambassadors of Australia to the Holy See

The Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Holy See. The first nominee for this position was Dudley McCarthy, appointed in 1973, who was also the ambassador to Spain, but the Vatican refused to accept the nomination on the grounds that McCarthy had been divorced. The appointment was subsequently attached to the office of the Ambassador to the Netherlands, Denmark, Turkey, Ireland, Malta, Sweden and Switzerland. In 2008 Tim Fischer was appointed as the first permanent resident ambassador to the Holy See. In 1986, Sir Peter Lawler had been appointed resident ambassador for four months prior to Pope John Paul II's visit to Australia. Keith Pitt is the current ambassador, having presented his credentials on.

List of heads of mission

Ordinal	Officeholder	Title	Residency	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	The Hague, Netherlands			years
2		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Turkey			years
'	John Mitchell Kirtley	Chargé d'affaires				years
3		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Sweden			years
	Lloyd Thomson	Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Dublin, Ireland			years
4		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Dublin, Ireland			years
'	Christopher Stephen Knott	Chargé d'affaires				years
5	Frank Milne	Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See				years
6		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Dublin, Ireland
7	Terence McCarthy	Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See				years
8		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	The Hague, Netherlands			years
9		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Dublin, Ireland			years
10		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Dublin, Ireland			years
11		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Dublin, Ireland			years
12		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Dublin, Ireland			years
13		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Vatican City			years
14		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Vatican City
15		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Vatican City			years
16		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Vatican City
		Chargé d'affaires	Vatican City
17		Ambassador of Australia to the Holy See	Vatican City		incumbent