Apostolic Nunciature to Syria

The Apostolic Nunciature to Syria is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Syria. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.

List of papal representatives to Syria

 * Apostolic Delegates
 * Aloisio Gandolfi (11 August 1815 - 13 January 1818)
 * Jean-Baptiste Auvergne (29 March 1833 - 7 September 1836)
 * Giuseppe Angelo di Fazio (5 December 1837 - 13 December 1838)
 * Francisco Villardel (8 March 1839 - 19 June 1852)
 * Serafino Milani (23 January 1874 - 21 December 1874)
 * Luigi Piavi (14 November 1876 - 28 August 1889)
 * Gaudenzio Bonfigli (19 Aug 1890 - 25 February 1896)
 * Pierre-Gonzalès-Charles Duval (25 February 1896 - 31 July 1904)
 * Frediano Giannini (20 January 1905 - 12 February 1936)
 * Rémy-Louis Leprêtre (18 March 1936 - 7 May 1947)
 * Apostolic Internuncios
 * Paolo Pappalardo (19 March 1953 - 1958)
 * Luigi Punzolo (10 January 1962 - 17 June 1967)
 * became Apostolic Pro-Nuncio on 2 February 1966
 * Apostolic Pro-Nuncios
 * Raffaele Forni (17 June 1967 - 19 September 1969)
 * Achille Glorieux (19 September 1969 - 3 August 1973)
 * Amelio Poggi (26 September 1973 - 23 December 1974)
 * Angelo Pedroni (15 March 1975 - 6 July 1983)
 * Nicola Rotunno (30 August 1983 - 8 December 1987)
 * Apostolic Nuncios
 * Luigi Accogli (17 June 1988 - 11 February 1993)
 * Pier Giacomo De Nicolò (11 February 1993 - 21 January 1999)
 * Diego Causero (31 March 1999 - 10 January 2004)
 * Giovanni Battista Morandini (6 March 2004 - 21 September 2008)
 * Mario Zenari (30 December 2008 – present)