Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations
Seal of the Permanent Observer Mission
Incumbent Gabriele Giordano Caccia since November 19, 2019
Nominator	ThePope
Inaugural holder	Alberto Giovannetti
Formation	1964; 61 years ago (1964)

ThePermanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations is the representative of theHoly See (Vatican) at theUnited Nations (UN). Thisdiplomatic mission does not have the status ofPermanent Representative because the Holy See is not a UN member. The Holy See has hadobserver state status since 1964, a status accorded only one other entity, theState of Palestine.

• The first diplomat the Holy See sent as its Permanent Observer, Alberto Giovannetti, was a priest rather than a bishop. He had not yet risen to the rank of apostolic nuncio, the senior rank of the Vatican diplomatic corps.
• The second Permanent Observer,Giovanni Cheli, was given the personal rank of nuncio and ordained a bishop in 1978 after five years representing the Holy See at the UN.^[1][a] Since then all those appointed to the position have beentitular archbishops with the rank of nuncio.

• Alberto Giovannetti (1964^[2] – 1973)^[3]
• Giovanni Cheli (25 July 1973^[3] – 18 September 1986)^[1]
• Renato Raffaele Martino (3 December 1986 – 1 October 2002)^[4]
• Celestino Migliore (30 October 2002^[5] – 17 July 2010)^[6]
• Francis Assisi Chullikatt (17 July 2010^[6] – 1 July 2014)^[7]
• Bernardito Auza (1 July 2014^[8] – 1 October 2019)^[9]
• Gabriele Giordano Caccia (16 November 2019–present)^[10]

• Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva
• Holy See and the United Nations
• Multilateral foreign policy of the Holy See
• Foreign relations of the Holy See
• United Nations General Assembly observers

• Holy See Mission to the United Nations

• Diplomatic missions of the Holy See
• Permanent observers of the Holy See to the United Nations
• Lists of permanent representatives to the United Nations

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