Luis Mariano Montemayor
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
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Luis Mariano Montemayor (born 16 March 1956) is an Argentinian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1991. He has been the Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia since September 2018. He was Apostolic Nuncio to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2015 to 2018 and to Senegal, Cape Verde, and Guinea Bissau, as well as Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania from 2008 to 2015.
He was the second Argentine to be named a nuncio, after Leonardo Sandri.[1]
Biography
Born in Buenos Aires on 16 March 1956, Montemayor was ordained as a priest on 15 November 1985. After earning a degree in canon law he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1991 and worked in Ethiopia, Brazil, and Thailand.
On 19 June 2008 he was appointed the titular archbishop of Illici and Apostolic Nuncio to Senegal and Cape Verde, as well as Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania.[2] On 17 September of that year he was also appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau.[3]
He received his episcopal consecration on 6 August 2008 in Buenos Aires from Archbishop Dominique Mamberti.[1]
On 22 June 2015, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[4]
On 27 September 2018, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia.[5]
References
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| Preceded by | Apostolic Nuncio to Senegal 2008–2015 |
Succeeded by Michael Banach |
| Preceded by
Giuseppe Pinto
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Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde 2008–2015 |
Succeeded by Michael Banach |
| Preceded by
Giuseppe Pinto
|
Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau 2008–2015 |
Succeeded by Michael Banach |
| Preceded by
Giuseppe Pinto
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Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania 2008–2015 |
Succeeded by Michael Banach |
| Preceded by | Apostolic Nuncio to DR Congo 2015–2018 |
Succeeded by Ettore Balestrero |
| Preceded by | Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia 2018–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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