List of French ambassadors to the Holy See

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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[edit]

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

Ambassadors 1789-1945[edit]

Rome was annexed to the French Empire between 1806-1814

Third Republic[edit]

  • 1870-1871: Édouard Lefebvre de Béhaine, chargé d'affaires
  • 1871-1873: Count Bernard d'Harcourt
  • 1873-1876: Francisque de Corcelle (second appointment)
  • 1876-1878: Georges Napoléon Baude
  • 1878-1880: Joseph de Cadoine de Gabriac
  • 1880-1882: Ferdinand Henry de Navenne
  • 1882-1896: Édouard Lefebvre de Béhaine (was chargé d'affaires in 1870)
  • 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[edit]

Ambassadors since 1945[edit]

Provisional Government[edit]

Fourth Republic[edit]

Fifth Republic[edit]

  • 1959-1964: Guy de la Tournelle

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References[edit]

  1. ^ McElrath, Damian (1970). Lord Acton. The decisive decade 1864-1874. Essays and documents. Louvain, Bureaux de la R.H.E., Bibliothèque de l'Université [&] Publications Universitaires de Louvain. p. 146.
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