Pope Appoints First-ever Resident Apostolic Nuncio in South Sudan
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Pope Francis Appoints First-ever Resident Apostolic Nuncio in South Sudan
By Silas Isenjia
Juba, 14 May, 2024 / 9:22 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Séamus Patrick Horgan as the new
Apostolic Nuncio for South Sudan, and elevated him to the dignity of
Archbishop, assigning him the Titular See of Árd Sratha in Ireland.
The appointment of Mons. Horgan to represent the Holy Father in South
Sudan was made public on Tuesday, May 14 by the Holy See Press Office.
South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in July 2011. The
East-Central African nation has been served by the Kenya-based
Apostolic Nuncio in collaboration with a Charge d’Affaire based at the
country’s Apostolic Nunciature in Juba.
Set to become the first-ever resident Apostolic Nuncio in South Sudan,
Mons. Horgan is a native of Ireland, where he was born in the Catholic
Diocese of Killaloe in August 1969.
He was ordained a Priest in June 1994 after completing his Priestly
studies and formation.
The graduate in Canon Law from the Rome-based Pontifical Gregorian
University, who speaks French, English, Italian, and German entered
the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the Holy See's diplomatic
service, in July 2005.
Since then, the Archbishop-elect has served in various Apostolic
Nunciatures, including Uganda, Switzerland, and the Philippines, and
at the Section for Relations with States and International
Organizations of the Secretariat of State.
He has been serving as Cousellor at the Apostolic Nunciature in the U.S.
Following his appointment as Apostolic Nuncio, the Local Ordinary of
his native Diocese has congratulated him and assured him of “the
prayers of the faithful of Killaloe Diocese”.
“Monsignor Horgan brings a wealth of pastoral and practical experience
with him to his new role. A conscientious, diligent, and prayerful
pastor, his engagement with people is marked with great kindness and
courtesy,” Bishop Fintan Monahan says in his Tuesday, May 14
congratulatory note.
The newly appointed Apostolic Nuncio, Bishop Monahan adds, “served
with distinction in his appointments at the local level in Bodyke and
Roscrea in the diocese and his various appointments since he entered
the diplomatic service.”
Nairobi-based Archbishop Hubertus van Megen, who has been the
representative of the Holy Father in South Sudan since March 2019 is
to facilitate the transition of the Archbishop-elect to the Apostolic
Nunciature in Juba.
https://www.aciafrica.org/news/10933/pope-francis-appoints-first-ever-resident-apostolic-nuncio-in-south-sudan?
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+254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile, WhatsApp and Signal)
PO Box 403 - 00206, Kiserian, Kenya
By Silas Isenjia
Juba, 14 May, 2024 / 9:22 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Séamus Patrick Horgan as the new
Apostolic Nuncio for South Sudan, and elevated him to the dignity of
Archbishop, assigning him the Titular See of Árd Sratha in Ireland.
The appointment of Mons. Horgan to represent the Holy Father in South
Sudan was made public on Tuesday, May 14 by the Holy See Press Office.
South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in July 2011. The
East-Central African nation has been served by the Kenya-based
Apostolic Nuncio in collaboration with a Charge d’Affaire based at the
country’s Apostolic Nunciature in Juba.
Set to become the first-ever resident Apostolic Nuncio in South Sudan,
Mons. Horgan is a native of Ireland, where he was born in the Catholic
Diocese of Killaloe in August 1969.
He was ordained a Priest in June 1994 after completing his Priestly
studies and formation.
The graduate in Canon Law from the Rome-based Pontifical Gregorian
University, who speaks French, English, Italian, and German entered
the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the Holy See's diplomatic
service, in July 2005.
Since then, the Archbishop-elect has served in various Apostolic
Nunciatures, including Uganda, Switzerland, and the Philippines, and
at the Section for Relations with States and International
Organizations of the Secretariat of State.
He has been serving as Cousellor at the Apostolic Nunciature in the U.S.
Following his appointment as Apostolic Nuncio, the Local Ordinary of
his native Diocese has congratulated him and assured him of “the
prayers of the faithful of Killaloe Diocese”.
“Monsignor Horgan brings a wealth of pastoral and practical experience
with him to his new role. A conscientious, diligent, and prayerful
pastor, his engagement with people is marked with great kindness and
courtesy,” Bishop Fintan Monahan says in his Tuesday, May 14
congratulatory note.
The newly appointed Apostolic Nuncio, Bishop Monahan adds, “served
with distinction in his appointments at the local level in Bodyke and
Roscrea in the diocese and his various appointments since he entered
the diplomatic service.”
Nairobi-based Archbishop Hubertus van Megen, who has been the
representative of the Holy Father in South Sudan since March 2019 is
to facilitate the transition of the Archbishop-elect to the Apostolic
Nunciature in Juba.
https://www.aciafrica.org/news/10933/pope-francis-appoints-first-ever-resident-apostolic-nuncio-in-south-sudan?
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ashwor...@gmail.com
+254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile, WhatsApp and Signal)
PO Box 403 - 00206, Kiserian, Kenya
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