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The Apostolic Nunciature to France is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in France. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.

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History of the Nunciature

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The early twentieth century was a very difficult time in France-Vatican relations because of tensions over Church-State separation (laïcité) and anticlericalism, which were condemned by Pius X, and which led to the freezing of relations.[citation needed]

However, relations were renewed after the First World War and had very much improved, after the Second World War, under the presidency of Charles de Gaulle. There was controversy over relations under the Vichy regime, because the regime rewarded the Church even though some bishops sometimes opposed antisemitism.[citation needed] During this period, the Holy See's diplomatic mission moved to Vichy, first establishing itself in the Hôtel des Ambassadeurs.[1]

Relations with the Sarkozy government were relatively good, given the fact that the government has announced an end to the ban on recognition of higher Christian institutions.[citation needed]

On 30 September 2019, it was revealed that then nuncio Luigi Ventura, who has been under investigation for sex abuse, was no longer living in France and now resides in Rome, Italy.[2] On 17 December 2019, Pope Francis accepted Ventura's resignation, which he submitted upon turning 75 on 9 December.[3] On 11 January 2020, Pope Francis appointed recent Russian nuncio Celestino Migliore nuncio to France.[4][5]

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Apostolic Nuncios to France

16th century

17th century

18th century

  • Filippo Antonio Gualterio (10 April 1700 – 31 August 1706)
    • Lorenzo Maria Fieschi (1702 - 1705) (extraordinary nuncio)
  • Agostino Cusani (29 May 1706 - February 1712)
  • Cornelio Bentivoglio (30 May 1712 – 16 October 1719)
  • Bartolomeo Massei (24 August 1722 - Sept1730)
  • Raniero d'Elci (27 January 1731 - May 1738)
  • Marcello Crescenzi (8 August 1739 – 14 September 1743)
  • Vincenzo Acqua (16 September 1743 – 24 March 1744)
  • Carlo Francesco Durini (4 January 1744 - November 1753)
  • Luigi Gualterio (1 May 1754 – 28 September 1759)
  • Pietro Colonna Pamphili (4 February 1760 - September 1766)
  • Bernardino Giraud (27 June 1767 - April 1773)
  • Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj (6 September 1773 - February 1785)
  • Antonio Dugnani (18 June 1785 - 1790)
  • Rupture in diplomatic relations (1790 - 1816)

19th century

20th century

21st century

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