Switzerland (Nunciature) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Paolo Odescalchi † ( 1553 Appointed - 15 Jun 1560 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Naples)
Ottaviano della Raverta (Rovere) † ( 1553 Appointed - 1560 Resigned)
Giovanni Antonio Volpi † (25 Mar 1560 Appointed - Jul 1579 Resigned)
Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni (Bonomi, Bonhomini) † (27 May 1579 Appointed - 16 Sep 1581 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor)
Giovanni Battista Santorio † (17 Aug 1586 Appointed - 15 Aug 1587 Resigned)
Ottavio Paravicini † (Aug 1587 Appointed - 20 Jun 1591 Resigned)
Owen (Audoenus) Lewis (Ludovisi) † (20 Jun 1591 Appointed - 14 Oct 1595 Died)
Giovanni (Giulio) della Torre † (10 Nov 1595 Appointed - 10 Jun 1606 Resigned)
Fabrizio Verallo † (10 Jun 1606 Appointed - 24 Jun 1608 Resigned)
Ladislao d’Aquino † ( 1608 Appointed - 15 Sep 1613 Resigned)
Ludovico Sarego † (15 Sep 1613 Appointed - 15 Apr 1621 Resigned)
Alessandro Scappi † (15 Apr 1621 Appointed - 28 Jun 1628 Resigned)
Ciriaco Rocci † (28 Jun 1628 Appointed - 18 May 1630 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor)
Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti Douglas † (22 May 1630 Appointed - 4 May 1639 Resigned)
Girolamo Farnese † (4 May 1639 Appointed - 28 Oct 1643 Resigned)
Lorenzo Gavotti, C.R. † (28 Oct 1643 Appointed - 7 Nov 1646 Resigned)
Alfonso Sacrati † (7 Nov 1646 Appointed - 14 Sep 1647 Died)
Francesco Boccapaduli † (14 Sep 1647 Appointed - Sep 1652 Resigned)
Jost (Jodok) Knab † (Sep 1652 Appointed - Apr 1653 Resigned)
Carlo Carafa della Spina, C.R. † (1 Feb 1653 Appointed - Nov 1654 Resigned)
Federico Borromeo (Jr.) † (28 Nov 1654 Appointed - 20 Aug 1665 Resigned)
Federico Baldeschi (Ubaldi) Colonna † (15 Jul 1665 Appointed - Mar 1668 Resigned)
Rodolpho Acquaviva † (15 Apr 1668 Appointed - Aug 1670 Resigned)
Odoardo Cibo (Cybo) † (11 Aug 1670 Appointed - 1679 Resigned)
Giacomo Cantelmo † (18 Apr 1685 Appointed - 10 Dec 1687 Resigned)
Bartolomeo Menatti † (12 Feb 1689 Appointed - Mar 1692 Resigned)
Marcello d’Aste † (23 Feb 1692 Appointed - May 1695 Resigned)
Michelangelo dei Conti † (26 Jun 1695 Appointed - Nov 1697 Resigned)
Giulio Piazza † (25 Jan 1698 Appointed - 4 Jun 1703 Resigned)
Vincenzo Bichi † (5 Jan 1703 Appointed - 2 Dec 1709 Resigned)
Giacomo Caracciolo † (10 May 1710 Appointed - 25 Nov 1716 Resigned)
Giuseppe Firrao † (20 Oct 1716 Appointed - 15 Nov 1720 Resigned)
Domenico Silvio Passionei † (30 Jul 1721 Appointed - 28 Oct 1730 Resigned)
Giovanni Battista Barni † (22 Feb 1731 Appointed - 1 Apr 1739 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain)
Carlo Francesco Durini † (1 Aug 1739 Appointed - 29 Mar 1744 Resigned)
Filippo Acciaioli † (22 Jan 1744 Appointed - 25 Apr 1754 Resigned)
Girolamo Spínola † (25 Feb 1754 Appointed - 24 Aug 1754 Resigned)
Giovanni Ottavio Bufalini † (19 Dec 1754 Appointed - 4 Nov 1759 Resigned)
Niccolò Oddi, S.J. † (21 Dec 1759 Appointed - Jan 1764 Resigned)
Giambattista Donati † (Feb 1764 Appointed - Nov 1764 Resigned)
Luigi Valenti Gonzaga † (18 Aug 1764 Appointed - Nov 1773 Resigned)
Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli † (6 Sep 1775 Appointed - 7 May 1785 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor)
Giuseppe Vinci † (6 Jul 1785 Appointed - Jan 1794 Resigned)
Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri † ( 1794 Appointed - 1795 Resigned)
Pietro Gravina † (20 Sep 1794 Appointed - 1 Mar 1803 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Spain)
Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata † (20 Sep 1803 Appointed - 1815 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars)
Carlo Zen † (13 Mar 1816 Appointed - 27 Aug 1817 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to France)
Vincenzo Macchi † (8 Aug 1818 Appointed - 22 Nov 1819 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to France)
Ignazio Nasalli-Ratti † (21 Jan 1820 Appointed - 25 Jun 1827 Resigned)
Pietro Ostini † (30 Jan 1827 Appointed - 17 Jul 1829 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil)
Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi † (21 Aug 1827 Appointed - 15 Sep 1828 Resigned)
Filippo de Angelis † (23 Apr 1830 Appointed - 15 Feb 1838 Succeeded, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone)
Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi † (31 May 1839 Appointed - 23 Apr 1841 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Sardinia)
Girolamo d’Andrea † (30 Jul 1841 Appointed - 30 Aug 1845 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation of the Council)
Alessandro Macioti † (21 Oct 1845 Appointed - 11 Apr 1856 Appointed, Official of the Congregation of the Holy Office)
Luigi Maglione † (1 Sep 1920 Appointed - 24 May 1926 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to France)
Pietro di Maria † (3 Jun 1926 Appointed - 1 Sep 1935 Resigned)
Filippo Bernardini † (10 Oct 1935 Appointed - 15 Jan 1953 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith)
Gustavo Testa † (6 Mar 1953 Appointed - 1959 Appointed, Official of the Roman Curia - Other)
Alfredo Pacini † (4 Feb 1960 Appointed - 1967 Appointed, Official of the Roman Curia - Other)
Ambrogio Marchioni † (30 Jun 1967 Appointed - Sep 1984 Retired)
Edoardo Rovida (26 Jan 1985 Appointed - 15 Mar 1993 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal)
Karl-Josef Rauber † (16 Mar 1993 Appointed - 25 Apr 1997 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary)
Oriano Quilici † (8 Jul 1997 Appointed - 3 Nov 1998 Died)
Pier Giacomo De Nicolò † (21 Jan 1999 Appointed - 8 Sep 2004 Retired)
Francesco Canalini (8 Sep 2004 Appointed - Apr 2011 Retired)
Diego Causero (28 May 2011 Appointed - 5 Sep 2015 Retired)
Thomas Edward Gullickson (5 Sep 2015 Appointed - 31 Dec 2020 Retired)
Martin Krebs (3 Mar 2021 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
1 August 1920	Restored		Nunciature to Switzerland
7 March 1987	Established	Nunciature to Switzerland	Nunciature to Liechtenstein

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Filippo Acciaioli † (Apostolic Nuncio: 22 Jan 1744 to 25 Apr 1754)
Rodolpho Acquaviva † (Apostolic Nuncio: 15 Apr 1668 to Aug 1670)
Giovanni Battista Agnozzi † (Official: 23 Mar 1868 to 23 Jan 1874)
Federico Baldeschi (Ubaldi) Colonna † (Apostolic Nuncio: 15 Jul 1665 to Mar 1668)
Giovanni Battista Barni † (Apostolic Nuncio: 22 Feb 1731 to 1 Apr 1739)
Filippo Bernardini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 10 Oct 1935 to 15 Jan 1953)
Angelo Bianchi † (Official: 15 Oct 1864 to 14 Mar 1868)
Vincenzo Bichi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 5 Jan 1703 to 2 Dec 1709)
Francesco Boccapaduli † (Apostolic Nuncio: 14 Sep 1647 to Sep 1652)
Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni (Bonomi, Bonhomini) † (Apostolic Nuncio: 27 May 1579 to 16 Sep 1581)
Federico Borromeo (Jr.) † (Apostolic Nuncio: 28 Nov 1654 to 20 Aug 1665)
Giovanni Ottavio Bufalini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 19 Dec 1754 to 4 Nov 1759)
Giacomo Cantelmo † (Apostolic Nuncio: 18 Apr 1685 to 10 Dec 1687)
Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli † (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Sep 1775 to 7 May 1785)
Giacomo Caracciolo † (Apostolic Nuncio: 10 May 1710 to 25 Nov 1716)
Carlo Carafa della Spina, C.R. † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Feb 1653 to Nov 1654)
Odoardo Cibo (Cybo) † (Apostolic Nuncio: 11 Aug 1670 to 1679)
Michelangelo dei Conti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 26 Jun 1695 to Nov 1697)
Girolamo d’Andrea † (Apostolic Nuncio: 30 Jul 1841 to 30 Aug 1845)
Ladislao d’Aquino † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1608 to 15 Sep 1613)
Marcello d’Aste † (Apostolic Nuncio: 23 Feb 1692 to May 1695)
Filippo de Angelis † (Apostolic Nuncio: 23 Apr 1830 to 15 Feb 1838)
Giovanni (Giulio) della Torre † (Apostolic Nuncio: 10 Nov 1595 to 10 Jun 1606)
Pier Giacomo De Nicolò † (Apostolic Nuncio: 21 Jan 1999 to 8 Sep 2004)
Pietro di Maria † (Apostolic Nuncio: 3 Jun 1926 to 1 Sep 1935)
Giambattista Donati † (Apostolic Internuncio: Feb 1764 to Nov 1764)
Carlo Francesco Durini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Aug 1739 to 29 Mar 1744)
Girolamo Farnese † (Apostolic Nuncio: 4 May 1639 to 28 Oct 1643)
Giuseppe Firrao † (Apostolic Nuncio: 20 Oct 1716 to 15 Nov 1720)
Lorenzo Gavotti, C.R. † (Apostolic Nuncio: 28 Oct 1643 to 7 Nov 1646)
Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi † (Apostolic Internuncio: 21 Aug 1827 to 15 Sep 1828; Apostolic Nuncio: 31 May 1839 to 23 Apr 1841)
Pietro Gravina † (Apostolic Nuncio: 20 Sep 1794 to 1 Mar 1803)
Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri † (Apostolic Internuncio: 1794 to 1795)
Jost (Jodok) Knab † (Apostolic Internuncio: Sep 1652 to Apr 1653)
Owen (Audoenus) Lewis (Ludovisi) † (Apostolic Nuncio: 20 Jun 1591 to 14 Oct 1595)
Vincenzo Macchi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 Aug 1818 to 22 Nov 1819)
Alessandro Macioti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 21 Oct 1845 to 11 Apr 1856)
Luigi Maglione † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Sep 1920 to 24 May 1926)
Ambrogio Marchioni † (Apostolic Nuncio: 30 Jun 1967 to Sep 1984)
Bartolomeo Menatti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 12 Feb 1689 to Mar 1692)
Ignazio Nasalli-Ratti † (Apostolic Nuncio: 21 Jan 1820 to 25 Jun 1827)
Niccolò Oddi, S.J. † (Apostolic Nuncio: 21 Dec 1759 to Jan 1764)
Paolo Odescalchi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1553 to 15 Jun 1560)
Pietro Ostini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 30 Jan 1827 to 17 Jul 1829)
Alfredo Pacini † (Apostolic Nuncio: 4 Feb 1960 to 1967)
Ottavio Paravicini † (Apostolic Nuncio: Aug 1587 to 20 Jun 1591)
Domenico Silvio Passionei † (Apostolic Nuncio: 30 Jul 1721 to 28 Oct 1730)
Giulio Piazza † (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Jan 1698 to 4 Jun 1703)
Oriano Quilici † (Apostolic Nuncio: 8 Jul 1997 to 3 Nov 1998)
Karl-Josef Rauber † (Apostolic Nuncio: 16 Mar 1993 to 25 Apr 1997)
Ottaviano della Raverta (Rovere) † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1553 to 1560)
Ciriaco Rocci † (Apostolic Nuncio: 28 Jun 1628 to 18 May 1630)
Alfonso Sacrati † (Apostolic Nuncio: 7 Nov 1646 to 14 Sep 1647)
Giovanni Battista Santorio † (Apostolic Nuncio: 17 Aug 1586 to 15 Aug 1587)
Ludovico Sarego † (Apostolic Nuncio: 15 Sep 1613 to 15 Apr 1621)
Alessandro Scappi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 15 Apr 1621 to 28 Jun 1628)
Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata † (Apostolic Nuncio: 20 Sep 1803 to 1815)
Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti Douglas † (Apostolic Nuncio: 22 May 1630 to 4 May 1639)
Girolamo Spínola † (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Feb 1754 to 24 Aug 1754)
Gustavo Testa † (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Mar 1953 to 1959)
Luigi Valenti Gonzaga † (Apostolic Nuncio: 18 Aug 1764 to Nov 1773)
Fabrizio Verallo † (Apostolic Nuncio: 10 Jun 1606 to 24 Jun 1608)
Giuseppe Vinci † (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Jul 1785 to Jan 1794)
Giovanni Antonio Volpi † (Apostolic Nuncio: 25 Mar 1560 to Jul 1579)
Carlo Zen † (Apostolic Nuncio: 13 Mar 1816 to 27 Aug 1817)

Nunciature to Switzerland

Bishop(s)

General Information

Past and Present Ordinaries

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased