Murat named Sweden and Iceland Nuncio

Archbishop Julio Murat was named Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden and Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland.

The posts had been vacant since the retirement of Archbishop James Patrick Green in April 2022.

Archbishop Murat had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun and Apostolic Nuncio to Equatorial Guinea.

Nuncio Retirements

Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico retired as Apostolic Nuncio to Malta and as Apostolic Nuncio to Libya.

Archbishop James Patrick Green retired as Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland, Apostolic Nuncio to Denmark, Apostolic Nuncio to Finland, and Apostolic Nuncio to Norway.

Green named Sweden and Iceland Nuncio

Archbishhop James Patrick Green was named Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden and Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland.

The posts had been vacant since the resignation of Archbishop Henryk Józef Nowacki in February 2017.

Archbishop Green had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Peru.

Bürcher resigned, Tencer named Reykjavik Bishop

Bishop Pierre Bürcher resigned and Bishop-elect David Bartimej Tencer, O.F.M. Cap. was named Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland.

Nowacki named Sweden and Iceland Nuncio

Archbishop Henryk Józef Nowacki was named Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden and Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland.

The posts had been vacant since Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig was named Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina in January 2012.

Archbishop Nowacki had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua.

Tscherrig named Nuncio to Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway

Archbishop Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig was named Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden, to Denmark, to Finland, to Iceland, and to Norway.

The posts had been vacant since Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci was named Prelate of Loreto, Italy in December 2007.

Archbishop Tscherrig had been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Korea and to Mongolia.

Gijsen retired, Bürcher named Reykjavik Bishop

Bishop Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen retired and Bishop Pierre Bürcher was named Bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland. Bishop Bürcher had been serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland.