Paul Gallagher (Archbishop)

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Archbishop Paul Gallagher

Paul Richard Gallagher (born January 23, 1954 in Liverpool , United Kingdom ) is Curial Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Paul Gallagher attended St. Francis Xavier's College in Woolton . He was then sent to Rome to the Venerable English College . Gallagher received on July 31, 1977 in Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral by the Archbishop of Liverpool Derek Worlock the sacrament of Holy Orders . Paul Gallagher served as an assistant priest in the Holy Name Parish in Fazakerley and as a chaplain in Fazakerley Hospital.

Gallagher was later sent to Rome at the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy . In 1984 he was in the subject canon law doctorate . On May 1, 1984 Paul Gallagher entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See and was Addetto to the Apostolic Nunciature in Tanzania . He then worked in the Apostolic Nunciatures in Uruguay and the Philippines as well as in the Vatican State Secretariat . On July 15, 2000, Pope John Paul II appointed him permanent observer at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg .

On January 22nd, 2004 Pope John Paul II appointed him titular archbishop of Hodelm and appointed him apostolic nuncio in Burundi . He was ordained bishop on March 13, 2004 by Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano in St. Peter's Basilica ; Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Liverpool , Patrick Kelly , and the Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples , Curia Archbishop Robert Sarah . On February 19, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . to the Apostolic Nuncio in Guatemala . Paul Gallagher became Apostolic Nuncio to Australia on December 11, 2012.

On November 8, 2014, Pope Francis appointed him Secretary for State Relations in the Vatican State Secretariat , an office commonly known as the "Vatican Foreign Minister".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Burundi , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of January 22, 2004.
  2. ^ Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Guatemala , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of February 19, 2009.
  3. ^ Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Australia , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin, December 11, 2012.
  4. ^ Nomina del Segretario per i Rapporti con gli Stati. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 8, 2014, accessed November 10, 2014 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Dominique Mamberti Secretary for State Relations
since 2014
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