Holy See (Vatican)
Entities
Our standard dataset contains 160 entities connected with the Vatican City. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.
Data sources
We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in the Vatican City. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.
Sanctions programs/policies targeting the Vatican City
We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in the Vatican City.
Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)
Our database contains 108 entities identified as PEPs connected with the Vatican City.
Intergovernmental positions | Number of known occupants | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| International bodies | Current | Ended | Status unclear |
| Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Organization of American States | - | - | 1 |
Subnational government positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No positions for this category | |||
Other positions | Number of known occupants | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Current | Ended | Status unclear |
| Substitute for General Affairs | - | - | 6 |
| Delegate for Pontifical Representations | - | 1 | 1 |
| President of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State | - | 1 | 1 |
| Apostolic Nuncio to the US | 1 | - | - |
| Cardinal Secretary of State | - | - | 1 |
| Permanent Observer to the UN, New York | 1 | - | - |
| Pope Francis | 1 | - | - |
| Supreme Pontiff, Roman Catholic Church | 1 | - | - |
What do these numbers mean?
We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).
If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.
How can status be unclear?
Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...
