​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : December, 1963
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From the ROK to Holy See
      • 1987  February Prime Minister Roh Shin-young
      • 2000  March President Kim Dae-jung
      • 2005  April Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan
        (as the Head of the Conolence Delegation to Pope John Paul II's funeral)
      • 2006  April Minister of Foreign Affairs Ban Ki-moon
      • 2007  February President Roh Moo-hyun
      • 2009  July President Lee Myung-bak
      • 2013  March Minister of Culture,Sports and Tourism Yoo Jin-Ryong
        (CelebrationDelegation to Pope Francis's Inauguration mass)
      • 2014  October President Park Geun-hye
      • 2017  May Presidential Special Envoy, Archbishop Kim Hee-joong
      • 2017  October Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan City Park Woon-soon
      • 2018  January Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha
      • 2018  October President Moon Jae-in
      • 2021  July Speaker of the National Assembly Park Byeong-seug
      • 2021  October Speaker of the National Assembly Park Byeong-seug(G20 Speakers' Summit)
      • 2021  October President Moon Jae-in
      • 2023  July Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin
      • 2023  September  Special Envoy of the President Kang Seung-kyoo
    • From Holy See to the ROK
      • 1984  May Pope John Paul II
      • 1989  October Pope John Paul II
      • 2002  July Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cartinal Crescenzio Sepe
      • 2006  October President of the Pontifical Council for the pastoral Care of Health Care Workers Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan
      • 2008  October President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Cardinal Raffaele Martino
      • 2010  May President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran
      • 2013  October Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cartinal Fernando Filoni
      • 2014  August Pope Francesco
      • 2018  July Secretary for Relations with states(Minister of Foreign Affairs) Paul Gallagher
      • 2022  August Prefect for the Dicastery for Communication of the Vatican Dr. Paolo RUFFINI
      • 2023  November Secretary for Relations with states(Minister of Foreign Affairs) Paul Gallagher

• Related documents

  • President Moon meets Pope Francis

• Related links

  • Embassy in Holy See