Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1960)
His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Fortunatus Nwachukwu
Secretary of the Section of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva
Appointed
17 December 2021
Predecessor
Ivan Jurkovič
Other post(s)
Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva
Orders
Ordination
17 June 1984 by Anthony Gogo Nwedo
Consecration
6 January 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI, Tarcisio Bertone and Zenon Grocholewski
Personal details
Born
(1960-05-10) 10 May 1960 (age 64)
Umuogele Ntigha, Eastern Region, Federation of Nigeria
Nationality
Nigerian
Previous post(s)
Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Grenada, the Bahamas, Suriname, Belize and Apostolic Delegate to the Antilles (2017-2021)
Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua (2012-2017)
Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva (2017–2023)
Alma mater
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Motto
SOLVERE CALCEAMENTA
Coat of arms
Styles of Fortunatus Nwachukwu
Reference style
The Most Reverend
Spoken style
Your Excellency
Religious style
Archbishop
Fortunatus Nwachukwu//ⓘ (born 10 May 1960) is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the Roman Curia as secretary of the Section of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1994 and held the rank of apostolic nuncio from 2012, when he also became an archbishop.
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