• Source: Embassy of Taiwan, Holy See

The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the Holy See (Chinese: 中華民國駐教廷大使館) is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of China (also known as Taiwan) accredited to the Holy See, one of its few de jure embassies in the world, and the only one remaining in Europe. It also has responsibility for relations with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
Its counterpart in the Republic of China is the Apostolic Nunciature to China in Taipei.
It is separate from the Taipei Representative Office in Italy in Rome, which functions as a de facto embassy in Italy.




History


Following the British Empire's defeat of China in the First Opium War (1839-1841), foreign powers required China to permit foreign missionaries.: 182  The unequal treaties gave European powers jurisdiction over missions and some authority over Chinese Christians.: 182  France sought to frame itself as the protector of Catholics in China, which in turn led to a sustained diplomatic dispute with the Holy See about who had authority over Chinese Catholics.: 182 
In 1917, the ROC and the Holy See agreed in principle to establish a diplomatic relationship.: 182  France, which had framed itself as the protector of Catholics in China since the unequal treaties and had a long-standing dispute with the Holy See as a result, blocked these diplomatic efforts.: 182  As a result, Vatican interests in China were represented by an Apostolic Delegate (which does not have formal diplomatic status) until the 1940s.: 182 
The Republic of China established relations with the Holy See in July 1942. After Xie Shoukang arrived in Rome on 26 January 1943, the legation was based in the Vatican City. After the Second World War, the legation was moved to Rome.
In 1951, the People's Republic of China expelled the Apostolic Internuncio.: 181  In 1953, the Apostolic Internuncio moved to Taipei.: 181, 187 
In June 1959, the Republic of China Legation was upgraded to an Embassy, and the Minister Plenipotentiary became Ambassador. In August, ROC ambassador John Ching Hsiung Wu resigned as the ROC Ambassador to the Holy See.: 186  By that time, the ROC Foreign Ministry had already re-located to Taipei due to Nationalist losses in the Chinese Civil War.: 186  Wu requested that the ROC delay naming his replacement because of what he described as the delicate situation.: 186 
When the United Nations removed the ROC and recognized the PRC as China, the Holy See downgraded its diplomatic status with the ROC.: 188  As the ROC has continued to lose diplomatic recognition over time since then, its embassy to the Holy See has increased in political significance from the ROC's perspective.: 188  It is the ROC's only embassy in Europe.: 188 
In March 2005, the embassy was moved to Via della Conciliazione 4/D.




List of Envoys to the Holy See






List of Ambassadors to the Holy See






See also


Holy See–Taiwan relations
List of diplomatic missions of the Republic of China




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