“I leave with many memories”: Outgoing Apostolic Nuncio in Ghana

President Akufo-Addo assured the outgoing Apostolic Nuncio that the December 7 polls would be free, fair, and credible.

All efforts must be taken to maintain Ghana’s status as the most stable nation-state, to safeguard the sacrifices that many leaders had made in the country’s arduous democratic journey, the Ghanaian President said.

He called for the support and cooperation of the Church, adding that “you have cooperated with us before, and we will need your cooperation this year.”

He also thanked the outgoing Apostolic Nuncio for facilitating his visit to the Holy See to interact with Pope Francis, and for doing the same for the Vice-President, Mahamudu Bawumia.

Born in Poland in January 1969, Archbishop Jagodziński was ordained a Priest of the Catholic Diocese of Kielce in the Central European country in June 1995. 

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He entered the Holy See diplomatic service in 2001 and has since served in the Pontifical Representations in Belarus, Croatia, and India as well as the Vatican’s Section for Relations with States in the Secretariat of State.

Assigned the Titular See Limosano at his Episcopal Consecration in July 2020, the Polish Vatican diplomat had also served as First Counsellor in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

In South Africa and Lesotho, Archbishop Jagodziński succeeds Archbishop Peter Bryan Wells who was transferred to the Vatican Diplomatic Mission in Thailand and Cambodia in February 2023.

Jude Atemanke is a Cameroonian journalist with a passion for Catholic Church communication. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Buea in Cameroon. Currently, Jude serves as a journalist for ACI Africa.