Holy See–India relations
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India-Holy See relations are the bilateral relations between the India and Holy See, which is sovereign over the Vatican City. Formal bilateral relations between the two exist since 12 June 1948. An Apostolic Delegation existed from 1881. The Holy See has a nunciature in New Delhi while India has accredited its embassy in Vienna, Austria to the Holy See as well. India's Ambassador in Bern has traditionally been accredited to the Holy See. Since 2020, Jaideep Mazumdar, India's ambassador to Austria has been the ambassador to the Holy See. Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli was appointed as the Apostolic Nuncio to India in March 2021.
History
Connections between the
The
Bilateral visits
There have been three Papal visits to India. The first Pope to visit India was
Indian ambassadors to the Holy See
From | Till | Name | Designation |
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1949 | 1951 | Dhirajlal Bhulabhai Desai | Minister |
1951 | 1952 | Nedyan Raghaven | Minister |
1952 | 1953 | Asaf Ali | Minister |
1953 | 1954 | Yezdezard Dinshaw Gundevia | Minister |
1954 | 1955 | Abid Hasan Safrani | Chargé d'affaires |
1955 | 1958 | Mohan Sinha Mehta | Minister |
1958 | 1961 | M. K. Vellodi | Minister |
1962 | 1964 | Mohamed Abdul Rauf | Minister |
1964 | 1965 | Vishnuprasad Chunilal Trivedi | Minister |
1965 | 1967 | Vishnuprasad Chunilal Trivedi | Ambassador |
1968 | 1970 | Mohamed Azim Husain | Ambassador |
1971 | 1974 | Arjan Singh | Ambassador |
1974 | 1977 | Avtar Singh | Ambassador |
1977 | 1978 | Uma Shankar Bajpai | Ambassador |
1978 | 1979 | Amba Prasad | Chargé d'affaires |
1979 | 1981 | Gurbachan Singh | Ambassador |
1981 | 1982 | Narendra Singh | Ambassador |
1982 | 1985 | Thomas Abraham | Ambassador |
1985 | 1986 | Om Parkash Aggarwal | Chargé d'affaires |
1986 | 1990 | Ashoke Sen Chib | Ambassador |
1990 | 1994 | Madhaw Keshav Mangalmurti | Ambassador |
1994 | 2000 | Kizhakke Pisharath Balakrishnan | Ambassador |
2000 | 2002 | Niranjan Natverlal Desai | Ambassador |
2002 | 2005 | Praveen Lal Goyal | Ambassador |
2005 | 2006 | Snehi Desh Bandhu | Chargé d'affaires |
2006 | 2008 | Amitava Tripathi | Ambassador |
2008 | 2009 | Ajaneesh Kumar | Chargé d'affaires |
2009 | 2013 | Chitra Narayanan | Ambassador |
2013 | 2014 | Nagendra Prasad | Chargé d'affaires |
2014 | 2015 | Mysore Kapanaiah Lokesh | Ambassador |
2015 | 2017 | Smitha Purushottam | Ambassador |
2017 | 2020 | Sibi George | Ambassador |
2020 | present | Jaideep Mazumdar | Ambassador |
Reference: [12]
See also
References
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