Apostolic Nunciature to Belgium
The Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium is the holder of a diplomatic position within the Catholic Church, who acts as Ambassador of the Holy See to the Belgium. Diplomatic relations between the Belgian state (1830) and the Holy See began in 1835. Until then, diplomatic relations for Catholics living on Belgian territories were secured by the vice-superior of the Dutch Mission. Papal representatives to Belgium Apostolic Internuncios Pasquale Gizzi (1835–1837) Apostolic Nuncios Raffaele Fornari (1842–1843) Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (28 Jan 1843 – 1846), later Pope Leo XIII Innocenzo Ferrieri (15 November 1848 – 30 September 1850) Matteo Eustachio Gonella (13 June 1850 – 1 October 1861) Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski (1 October 1861 – 8 January 1866) Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (15 May 1866 – 29 May 1868) Giacomo Cattani (24 July 1868 – 27 April 1875) Serafino Vannutelli (10 September 1875 – 3 December 1880) Domenico Ferrata (14 April 1885 – 20 April 1889) Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè † (4 May 1889) Benedetto Lorenzelli (30 May 1893 – 1 October 1896) Aristide Rinaldini (14 August 1896 – 28 December 1899) Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (10 November 1899) Antonio Vico (4 February 1904 – 21 October 1907) Giovanni