Ireland welcomes newly appointed papal nuncio

Pope Francis appointed a new papal nuncio to Ireland over the weekend, following the previous nuncio’s posting to Czechia last year. Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor was the papal nuncio to Columbia but will now take the diplomatic reins in Ireland. He succeeds Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo who appointed 12 bishops in his five-year term. Archbishop Montemayor…