In 1960 he became the first papal representative to visit the Houses of Parliament in more than 400 years.

The Nuncio to Great Britain is also the papal representative to Gibraltar.

Since 1966 the government of Iraq has had full diplomatic relations with the Holy See and as such the papal representative is titled Nuncio.

A legate a latere is a temporary papal representative or a representative for a special purpose.

Later, during the Crusade, he served as the papal representative and travelled with Conrad.

He also served on the staff of the papal representative in Rome.

There were very few bishops representing the West, the papal representatives did not arrive until July.

Bishop Dolan, who is 52, served for five years in Washington as secretary to two successive papal representatives to the United States.

However, negotiations with papal representatives got nowhere, and the king was excommunicated on 8 November 1209.

There was also a papal representative during that occasion in order to act as mediator.