Luigi Bressan (born 9 February 1940) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked from 1971 to 1999 in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and then served as Archbishop of Trento until 2016.

He then worked in Rome at the Secretariat of State until, in December 1978, he was named Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva.

[3] On 3 April 1989, Pope John Paul II appointed him titular archbishop of Severiana and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Pakistan.

[3] He received his episcopal ordination on 18 June[1] in the Cathedral of San Vigilio in Trento[4] from Cardinal Agostino Casaroli.

[8][9] On 25 March 1999, Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Trento,[1] a posting said to require the skills of a diplomat to reconcile factions within the Archdiocese.