Luis Mariano Montemayor

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.

Styles of
Luis Mariano Montemayor
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor
Posthumous stylenot applicable

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

  1. "Será ordenado obispo Mons. Montemayor, Nuncio en Senegal" (in Spanish). Agencia Informativa Católica Argentina. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. "Rinunce e Nomine, 19.06.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 19 June 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  3. "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.09.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  4. "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.06.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  5. "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.09.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Giuseppe Pinto
Apostolic Nuncio to Senegal
2008–2015
Succeeded by
Michael Banach
Preceded by
Giuseppe Pinto
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
Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania
2008–2015
Succeeded by
Michael Banach
Preceded by
Adolfo Tito Yllana
Apostolic Nuncio to DR Congo
2015–2018
Succeeded by
Ettore Balestrero
Preceded by
Ettore Balestrero
Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
2018–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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