Apostolic Nunciature to Turkey
The Apostolic Nunciature to Turkey is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Turkey. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.
Papal representation in the area that later became Turkey was initiated with the creation of the Apostolic Delegation to Constantinople in 1868, at a time when the Holy See had largely ceded the management of Church affairs in the region to the French Catholic Church. It was renamed the Apostolic Delegation to Turkey in 1930. In anticipation of the establishment of diplomatic relations, Pope John XXIII created the Apostolic Internunciature to Turkey on 29 February 1960. Pope Paul VI raised it to the full status of Apostolic Nunciature on 30 August 1966.Representatives of the Holy See
;Apostolic delegates to Constantinople
- Augusto Bonetti
- Giovanni Tacci Porcelli
- Vincenzo Sardi di Rivisondoli
- Angelo Maria Dolci
- Ernesto Eugenio Filippi
- Angelo Rotta
- Carlo Margotti
;Apostolic delegates to Turkey
- Angelo Roncalli
- Alcide Marina
- Andrea Cassulo
- Paolo Bertoli
- Giacomo Testa
;Apostolic delegate and internuncio to Turkey
- Francesco Lardone
- *He became Internuncio with the erection of the Apostolic Internunciature to Turkey on 29 February 1960.
;Apostolic pro-nuncios to Turkey
- Saverio Zupi
- Salvatore Asta
;Apostolic nuncios to Turkey
- Sergio Sebastiani
- Pier Luigi Celata
- Luigi Conti
- Edmond Farhat
- Antonio Lucibello
- Paul Fitzpatrick Russell
