Pope Francis has appointed a Spanish archbishop who speaks six languages as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain.
Madrid-born Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía replaces Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, an Italian who was named by the Holy Father as prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches on 21 November 2022.
A career diplomat, Archbishop Maury Buendía has previously served as Apostolic Nuncio to Romania, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Among the most pressing business he will face as “Apostolic Nuncio to the Court of St James” will be to find a successor to Cardinal Vincent Nichols because the Archbishop of Westminster is now aged 77 and two years over the mandatory age of retirement.
