List of ambassadors of Ukraine to the Holy See

Ambassador of Ukraine to the Holy See
since 7 April 2022[2]
NominatorVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Inaugural holderNina Kovalska
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation2000
WebsiteUkraine Embassy – Vatikan

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Holy See and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Ukrainian: Надзвичайний і Повноважний посол України у Ватикані та Суверенному Військовому Мальтійському Ордені) is the ambassador of Ukraine to the Holy See (as well as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta). Since April 2022 the current ambassador is Andrii Yurash[2] who succeeds Tetyana Yizhevska, who assumed the position in 2007; she assumed the position of ambassador to the Order of Malta in 2009.[3][4]

The first Ukrainian ambassador to the Holy See assumed his post in 2000, the same year a Ukrainian embassy opened in the Vatican.

List of representatives

Ukrainian People's Republic

Ukraine

See also

References

  1. ^ "Embassy of Ukraine to the Holy See". www.embassypages.com. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "LISTE DU CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE PRÈS LE SAINT-SIÈGE" [LIST OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS TO THE HOLY SEE]. www.sdsofficium.va. August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Ukrainian Ambassador Tetyana Izhevska discussed latest developments in Donbas with head of the Holy See Foreign Department". risu.ua. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Pope Francis receives Ukraine's new Vatican ambassador". www.christianitynews.net. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Tyshkevych, Mykhailo". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Vol. 5. 1993. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Bonne, Franz Xavier". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Vol. 1. 1984. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  7. ^ "ADDRESS OF JOHN PAUL II TO H.E. MRS NINA KOVALSKA, AMBASSADOR OF UKRAINE*". www.vatican.va. 20 May 1999. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  8. ^ "ADDRESS OF JOHN PAUL II TO H.E. MR GRYGORII FOKOVYCH KHORUZHYI NEW AMBASSADOR OF UKRAINE TO THE HOLY SEE*". www.vatican.va. 7 May 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2022.