Apostolic Nunciature to Sri Lanka
The Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See to Sri Lanka is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Sri Lanka, equivalent to an embassy. It is located at 220 Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop Pierre Nguyên Van Tot, who was appointed to the position by Pope Francis on 22 March 2014.
The Apostolic Nunciature to Sri Lanka is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, with the rank of ambassador. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Pope (as head of state of Vatican City) to the President of Sri Lanka, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Sri Lanka and the Pope (as head of the church).
List of Papal representatives
- Archbishop Luciano Storero (22 Nov 1969 – 24 Dec 1970)
- Archbishop Carlo Curis (14 Jul 1971 - 30 Mar 1978)
- Archbishop Nicola Rotunno (13 Apr 1978 - 30 Aug 1983)
- Archbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli (23 Sep 1983 - 6 Feb 1988)
- Archbishop François Robert Bacqué (17 Jun 1988 - 7 Jun 1994)
- Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla (1994 - 22 Aug 1998)
- Archbishop Thomas Yeh Sheng-nan (10 Nov 1998 - 22 Apr 2004)
- Archbishop Mario Zenari (10 May 2004 - 30 Dec 2008)
- Archbishop Joseph Spiteri (21 Feb 2009 - 1 Oct 2013)
- Archbishop Pierre Nguyên Van Tot (22 March 2014 - )