His Excellency, The Most Reverend

James Patrick Green
Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway
Titular Archbishop of Altinum
Appointed6 April 2017 (Sweden, Iceland)
13 June 2017 (Denmark)
12 October 2017 (Finland)
18 October 2017 (Norway)
Retired30 April 2022
PredecessorHenryk Józef Nowacki
SuccessorJulio Murat
Other post(s)Titular Archbishop of Altinum
Orders
Ordination15 May 1976
by John Krol
Consecration6 September 2006
by Angelo Sodano, Ivan Dias and Justin Francis Rigali
Personal details
Born (1950-05-30) 30 May 1950 (age 73)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Previous post(s)
Styles of
James Patrick Green
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Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

James Patrick Green (born 30 May 1950) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who from 2006 to 2022 served as apostolic nuncio to a variety of countries including to several Scandinavian countries from 2017 to 2022.

Early years

Green was born on May 30, 1950, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied for the priesthood and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on May 15, 1976.[1] During his early years in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, he served in Papua New Guinea, South Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, and Denmark. He then spent a year in Taiwan as chargé d'affaires and then worked in Rome beginning in late 2002.

Apostolic nuncio

On August 17, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Green as titular archbishop of Altinum, apostolic nuncio to South Africa and Namibia, and apostolic delegate to Botswana.[1][2]

Green was consecrated bishop on September 6, 2006, by Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano.[3] That same day, Green was as appointed apostolic delegate to Lesotho.,[4] On September 23, 2006, he was appointed as apostolic delegate to Swaziland.[5][6]

On October 15, 2011, Green was appointed as apostolic nuncio to Peru.[7][8] On April 6, 2017, he became apostolic nuncio to Sweden and to Iceland;[9] on June 13 to Denmark;[10] on October 12 to Finland;[11] and on October 18 to Norway.[12]

Pope Francis accepted his resignation from his posts as nuncio on April 30, 2022.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.08.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. ^ Annuario Pontificio (2007), pp. 1346, 1359, 1365; Annuario Pontificio (2011), pp. 1314, 1327, 1333.
  3. ^ "Msgr. James P. Green ... ordained an archbishop". Catholic Press Photo. 6 September 2006. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  4. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.09.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 23.09.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 23 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  6. ^ Annuario Pontificio (2007), pp. 1356, 1366; Annuario Pontificio (2011), pp. 1324, 1334.
  7. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.10.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  8. ^ Annuario Pontificio (2012), p. 1323.
  9. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.04.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.06.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.10.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.10.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 30.04.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
Catholic Church titles Preceded byBlasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa 2006–2011 Succeeded byMario Roberto Cassari Preceded byBruno Musarò Apostolic Nuncio to Peru 2011–2017 Succeeded byNicola Girasoli Preceded byHenryk Józef Nowacki Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden 2017–2022 Succeeded byJulio Murat
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