Harare, 25 January, 2024 / 8:50 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has appointed Mons. Janusz Urbańczyk, a native of Poland, as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe, and assigned him the Titular See of Voli in Tunisia with the dignity of Archbishop.
The latest appointment of Mons. Urbańczyk who has been serving as Permanent Representative of the Holy See to International Organizations in Vienna was made public on Thursday, January 25 by the Holy See Press Office.
The Apostolic Nunciature in Zimbabwe has been vacant since July last year following the transfer to Colombia of Archbishop Paolo Rudelli who had served as the Pope’s representative in the Southern African nation since January 2020.
Born in Poland’s Catholic Diocese of Warszawa-Praga in May 1967, the newly appointed Apostolic Nuncio was ordained a Priest in June 1992 after completing his priestly formation.
The graduate in Canon Law who speaks English, Italian, Slovak, and Spanish entered the Holy See's Diplomatic Service in July 1997 and has served in the Pontifical Representations in Bolivia, Slovakia, New Zealand, Kenya, and the United Nations (UN).
