List of ambassadors of France to the Holy See


This incomplete list of French ambassadors to the Holy See since the Middle Ages includes all regimes from the Kingdom of France to the current French Republic:

Ambassadors from the Kingdom of France

''Officially recalled in 1791, Bernis was not replaced due to the French Revolution''

Ambassadors 1789-1945

Rome was annexed to the French Empire between 1806-1814

Third Republic

  • 1870-1871: Édouard Lefebvre de Béhaine, chargé d'affaires
  • 1871-1873: Count Bernard d'Harcourt
  • 1873-1876: Francisque de Corcelle
  • 1876-1878: Georges Napoléon Baude
  • 1878-1880: Joseph de Cadoine de Gabriac
  • 1880-1882: Ferdinand Henry de Navenne
  • 1882-1896: Édouard Lefebvre de Béhaine
  • 1896-1898: Eugène Poubelle
  • 1899?-1904: Armand Nisard
Diplomatic relations were broken from 1904-1921 due to the French separation of Church and State

Vichy France

Ambassadors since 1945

Provisional Government

Fourth Republic

Fifth Republic