Thomas Gullickson

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Archbishop Thomas Gullickson (2012)
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Thomas Edward Gullickson (born August 14, 1950 in Sioux Falls , USA ) is an Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church and a diplomat of the Holy See .

Life

After studying philosophy and theology, Thomas Gullickson was ordained a priest on June 27, 1976 in his hometown, also the seat of his home diocese, Sioux Falls , by Bishop Lambert Anthony Hoch . In 1985 he became bishop of the Pontifical Gregorian University after completing a dissertation entitled The diocesan. Moderator and sponsor of the ministry of the word. A comparative study of Tridentine legislation and the 1983 code of canon law zum Dr. iur. can. PhD .

Gullickson entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on May 1, 1985 and has served in Rwanda , Austria , Czechoslovakia , Jerusalem / Israel and Germany . Pope John Paul II awarded him the honorary title of Chaplain of His Holiness ( Monsignor ) on June 30, 1986 and the title of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness on November 21, 1997 .

On October 2, 2004, Pope John Paul II appointed him titular archbishop pro hac vice of Polymartium and apostolic nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago , the Bahamas , Dominica , St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines . The episcopal ordination received his Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo , secretary of the Vatican Secretariat of State , the same year on December 15; Co -consecrators were Bishop Robert James Carlson and Ex-Bishop Paul Vincent Dudley of Sioux Falls. On the same day he was named apostolic nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda , Barbados , Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada , Guyana , Jamaica , St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia , St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname ordered With his inauguration took over the representation in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Suriname and the Grenadines. He was also an Apostolic Delegate of the Antilles Episcopal Conference of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on May 21, 2011 as Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine . Because of decidedly pro-Ukrainian political statements in public, he was dismissed prematurely from this office.

On September 5, 2015, Pope Francis appointed him Apostolic Nuncio in Switzerland and Liechtenstein , based in Bern .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 1996 , Città del Vaticano 1996, p. 2197.
  2. ↑ Diarium Romanae Curiae, AAS 90 (1998), n. 5, p. 357
  3. ↑ Fabienne Riklin: The new Pope ambassador divides Catholic Switzerland , Switzerland on Sunday January 31, 2016 ( online version January 30 )
  4. ^ Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Svizzera e nel Principato di Liechtenstein. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , September 5, 2015, accessed September 5, 2015 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Diego Causero Apostolic Nuncio in Switzerland
since 2015 		---
Diego Causero Apostolic Nuncio in Liechtenstein
since 2015 		---
Ivan Jurkovič Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine
2011–2015 		Claudio Gugerotti
Emil Paul Tscherrig Apostolic Nuncio in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Suriname and the Grenadines
2004–2011 		Nicolas Girasoli
personal data
SURNAME Gullickson, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gullickson, Thomas Edward; Gullickson, Thomas E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Catholic clergyman and diplomat to the Holy See
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Sioux Falls , USA