List of ambassadors of Spain to the Holy See

The Ambassador of Spain to the Holy See is the Kingdom of Spain's foremost diplomatic representative in the Holy See.

Ambassador of Spain to the Holy See
Coat of Arms of Spain
Incumbent María Isabel Celáa Diéguez since 26 January 2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Her Excellency
Nominator	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Appointer	His Royal Majesty King Felipe VI
Deputy	Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Spain to the Holy See

History

Palazzo di Spagna, headquarters of the Spanish embassy to the Holy See.

The ambassador is appointed to the Council of Ministers, they direct the work of all the offices that depend on the embassy, based in Vatican City. Likewise, it informs the Spanish Government about the evolution of events in the Holy See, negotiates on behalf of Spain, can sign or ratify agreements, observes the development of bilateral relations in all fields and ensures the protection of Spanish interests and its citizens in the Holy See.

The current ambassador is María Isabel Celáa Diéguez, who was appointed by Pedro Sánchez's government on 26 January 2022.^[1]

List of ambassadors

Mission Start	Mission End	Name	Notes
1475	1475	Gonzalo Fernández de Heredia
1482	1484	Gonzalo de Beteta
1485	1487	Íñigo López de Mendoza, Count of Tendilla
1488	1491	Francisco de Rojas y Escobar
1494	1499	Garcilaso de la Vega, Señor de los Arcos
1498	1507	Francisco de Rojas y Escobar
1507	1520	Jerónimo Vich y Valterra
1520	1522	Juan Manuel, señor de Belmonte
1522	1526	Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Zúñiga
1537	1540	Juan Fernández Manrique de Lara, Marquess of Aguilar de Campoo
1558	1558	Pedro Téllez-Girón y de la Cueva, Count of Ureña
1561	1562	Luis de Zúñiga y Requesens
1566	1566	Luis Fernández-Manrique de Lara, Marquess of Aguilar de Campoo	Ambassador Extraordinary sent by Philip II to congratulate Pope Pius V on his election.
1566	1571	Antonio Perrenot de Granvela
1587	1587	Enrique de Guzmán y Ribera, 2nd Count of Olivares
1588	1590	Juan Vich y Manrique de Lara
1590	1603	Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Cardona, 5th Duke of Sessa	[2]
1603	1606	Juan Fernandez Pacheco, 5th Duke of Escalona	[2]
1606	1609	Gastón de Moncada, 2nd Marquis of Aitona	[2]
1609	1616	Francisco Ruiz de Castro	[2]
1616	1619	Gaspar de Borja y Velasco	Again ambassador from 1631 to 1633.
1619	1623	Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 7th Duke of Alburquerque	[2]
1623	1626	Ruy III Gómez de Silva y Mendoza, 3rd Duke of Pastrana	[2]
1625	1626	Fernando Afán de Ribera y Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Alcalá	Extraordinary appointed by Philip IV
1626	1628	Íñigo Vélez de Guevara y Tassis, 7th Count of Oñate	[2]
1628	1631	Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga, 6th Count of Monterrey	[2]
1631	1631	Diego de Saavedra Fajardo
1631	1633	Gaspar de Borja y Velasco	Second term.[2]
1633	1641	Manuel de Moura y Corte-Real, 2nd Marquess of Castel-Rodrigo	[2][3]
1633	1637	Domingo Pimentel	Ambassadors Extraordinary, sent by Philip IV to protest against the damages that Spain received from Rome.[4]
1633	1643	Juan Chumacero Carrillo y Sotomayor
1641	1644	Pedro III Fajardo, 5th Marquis of Los Vélez	[2][5]
1644	1645	Juan Velasco de la Cueva y Pacheco, 7th Count of Siruela	[2]
1646	1648	Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, 8th Count of Oñate	[2]
1649	1651	Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar Mendoza y Sandoval, 7th Duke of the Infantado	[2]
1652	1654	Duarte Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 7th Count of Oropesa	[6]
1654	1657	Diego de Aragón Tagliavia, 4th Duke of Terranova	[2]
1657	1661	Luis de Guzmán Ponce de Leon	[2][7]
1661	1664	Pascual de Aragón	Cardinal [8]
1662	1666	Pedro Antonio de Aragón	Brother of the previous Ambassador. [2][9]
1667	1672	Antonio Pedro Sancho Dávila y Osorio, 10th Marquess of Astorga	[2][10]
1672	1682	Gaspar Méndez de Haro, 7th Marquess of Carpio	Absent between 1672 and 1676.[2][11]
1687	1696	Luis Francisco de la Cerda, 9th Duke of Medinaceli	[2]
1696	1698	Luis Moscoso Ossorio, Count of Altamira	[2]
1699	1709	Juan Francisco Pacheco Téllez-Girón, Duke of Uceda
1708	1714	Hercule-Louis Turinetti	Represented the Austrian Archduke Charles, which the Pope had recognized as King of Spain.
1717	1725	Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona
1726	1732	Marco Cornelio Bentivoglio	[12]
1732	1734	Luis Antonio de Belluga y Moncada
1735	1747	Troiano Acquaviva d'Aragona	[13]
1747	1748	Alfonso Clemente de Aróstegui
1748	1760	Joaquín Fernández Portocarrero	[14]
1760	1765	Manuel de Roda y Arrieta
1765	1772	Tomás de Azpuru Ximénez	Archbishop of Valencia (1770)
1772	1776	José Moñino y Redondo, Conde de Floridablanca
1777	1784	Jerónimo Grimaldi, Marquess of Grimaldi
1784	1798	José Nicolás de Azara
1801	1809	Antonio Vargas Laguna
1821	1824	José Narciso de Aparici Soler	[15]
1824	1826	Guillermo Curtoys y Hunt	[15]
1827	1831	Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marqués de Labrador	[15]
1843	1844	Julián Villalba García	[15]
1844	1847	José del Castillo y Ayensa	[16]
	1847	Joaquín Francisco Pacheco	[17]
1847	1851	Francisco Martínez de la Rosa	[17]
1851	1852	Salvador de Cea Bermúdez, Count of Colombi	[15]
1852	1854	José del Castillo y Ayensa	Second term [15]
1854	1855	Miguel de los Santos de Bañuelos y Travel	[15]
1859		Antonio de los Ríos y Rosas	[18]
	1861	Manuel Pando Fernández de Pinedo	[19]
	1864	Gerardo de Souza	[15]
1864		Joaquín Francisco Pacheco	[20]
1864	1866	Francisco Javier de Istúriz	[15]
1866	1867	Luis José Sartorius y Tapia	[15]
1867	1868	Alejandro de Castro y Casal	[15]
1868	1869	José Posada Herrera	[21][22]
1870	1876	Viscount of Oña	[15]
	1875	Juan Álvarez de Lorenzana, Viscount of Barrantes	[23]
1875	1875	Antonio Benavides Fernández de Navarrete	[24][25]
1876	1881	Francisco de Cárdenas	[15]
1881	1884	Alejandro Groizard y Gómez de la Serna	[26]
1884	1886	Mariano Roca de Togores, Marquess of Molins	[27][28]
1890	1890	Luis Pidal y Mon	[29]
1893	1901	Rafael Carlos Merry del Val
1901	1902	Alejandro Pidal y Mon	[15]
1902	1904	José Gutiérrez de Agüera	[15]
1904	1904	Luis Polo de Bernabé Pilón
1904	1905	Manuel Aguirre de Tejada	[15]
1905	1906	Rodrigo de Figueroa y Torres	[15]
1906	1911	Emilio de Ojeda y Perpiñán
1913	1913	Fermín Calbetón y Blanchon	[30]
1913	1916	Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, Count of the Viñaza
1916	1917	Fermín Calbetón y Blanchon	[31]
1922	1922	Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia, 1st Marquis of Villa-Urrutia
1923		Diego Atienza de Reinosa	[32]
1926	1930	Antonio Magaz y Pers, 2nd Marquess of Magaz.
1930	1931	Emilio de Palacios y Fau
1931	1934	Eduardo García Comin	[15]
1934	1936	Leandro Pita Romero
1936	1938	Luis de Zulueta y Escolano
1938	1942	José de Yanguas Messía	[33]
1942	1945	Domingo de las Bárcenas y Lopez-Mollinedo Mercado	[34]
1946	1948	Pablo de Churruca y Dotres, Marquess of Aycinena	previously Ambassador in Lima[35]
1948	1951	Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez Cortés
1951	1956	Fernando María Castiella y Maíz
1957	1962	Francisco Gómez de Llano	[15]
1962	1964	José María Doussinague y Texidor	[15]
1964	1972	Antonio Garrigues Díaz-Cañabate, Marquess of Garrigues.
1972	1973	Juan Pablo de Lojendio e Irure	[36]
1973	1974	Gabriel Martínez de Mata	[15]
1974	1976	Gabriel Fernández de Valderrama y Moreno	[15]
1976	1977	Gonzalo Fernández de Córdova y Moreno	[15]
1977	1980	Ángel Sanz-Briz
1980	1983	José Joaquín Puig de la Bellacasa y Urdampilleta
1983	1985	Nuño Aguirre de Cárcer y López de Sagredo	[37]
1985	1987	Gonzalo Puente Ojea
1987	1992	Jesús Ezquerra Calvo
1992	1997	Pedro López de Aguirrebengoa
1997	2004	Carlos Abella y Ramallo	[38]
2004	2006	Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo
2006	2011	Francisco Vázquez Vázquez
2011	2012	María Jesús Figa López-Palop
2012	2017	Eduardo Gutiérrez Sáenz de Buruaga
2017	2018	Gerardo Ángel Bugallo Ottone
2018	2021	María del Carmen de la Peña Corcuera
2022	Incumbent	María Isabel Celaá Diéguez

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See also

• Foreign relations of Spain