Santiago de Wit Guzmán

Santiago de Wit Gúzman (born 5 September 1964) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Apostolic Nuncio to the Central African Republic and to Chad and since 2017.

Biography

He was born in the city of Valencia on 5 September 1964. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Valencia on 27 May 1989.[1]

After his ordination he obtained a bachelor's degree in theology from the Faculty of Theology San Vicente Ferrer of Valencia. He also earned a doctorate in Canon Law at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.[2] He also studied at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy from 1994 to 1998.[3]

He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 13 June 1998. His worked in the Central African Republic and Chad until 2001, then in the Netherlands until 2004, and then in Paraguay until 2007. From 2007 to 2010 he was a counselor in the Apostolic Nunciature in Egypt, then in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 2012, and then in his native Spain.[3][1]

In 21 March 2017, Pope Francis appointed him titular archbishop of Gabala and apostolic nuncio to the Central African Republic.[1] On 25 March he was named nuncio to Chad as well.[4] He received his episcopal consecration on 10 June from Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher.[5]

References
  1. "Rinunce e nomine, 21.03.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 March 2017.
  2. "El Papa designa al valenciano Santiago de Wit Gúzman nuevo nuncio de la República Centroafricana". Las Provincias (in Spanish). Europa Press. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  3. "El Papa designa a Santiago de Wit nuncio apostólico en la R. Centroafricana". Levante (in Spanish). 21 March 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  4. "Rinunce e nomine, 25.03.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 March 2017.
  5. "En su consagración, Obispo agradece a su madre: "La mejor creyente que conozco"". ACI Prensa (in Spanish). 11 June 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2019.


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