James Green (bishop)
James Patrick Green | |
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Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway Titular Archbishop of Altinum | |
Appointed | 6 April 2017 (Sweden, Iceland) 13 June 2017 (Denmark) 12 October 2017 (Finland) 18 October 2017 (Norway) |
Retired | 30 April 2022 |
Predecessor | Henryk Józef Nowacki |
Successor | Julio Murat |
Other post(s) | Titular Archbishop of Altinum |
Orders | |
Ordination | 15 May 1976 by John Krol |
Consecration | 6 September 2006 by Angelo Sodano, Ivan Dias and Justin Francis Rigali |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Nationality | American |
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Styles of James Patrick Green | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Archbishop |
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.08.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ Annuario Pontificio (2007), pp. 1346, 1359, 1365; Annuario Pontificio (2011), pp. 1314, 1327, 1333.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.09.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 23.09.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 23 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ Annuario Pontificio (2007), pp. 1356, 1366; Annuario Pontificio (2011), pp. 1324, 1334.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.10.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ Annuario Pontificio (2012), p. 1323.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.04.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.06.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.10.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.10.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 30.04.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.