Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, a native of Poland who has been serving as Apostolic Nuncio in Ghana and Titular Archbishop of Limosano, as his representative in South Africa and Lesotho.
The Pretoria-based Apostolic Nunciature has been under the administration of the Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Msgr. Dario Paviša since February 2023 when the Holy Father transferred Archbishop Peter Brian Wells to Thailand and Cambodia after serving in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini for seven years.
Born in Małogoszcz, Poland on 11 January 1969, the newly appointed Apostolic Nuncio was ordained a Priest in the Diocese of Kielce on 3 June 1995.
The graduate in Canon Law who speaks English, Polish, Croatian, French, Italian, Russian, and Spanish entered the Holy See’s Diplomatic Service in July 2001.
He subsequently served in the Pontifical Representations in Belorussia, in Croatia, at the Section for Relations with the States of the Secretariate of State, at the Apostolic Nunciature in India, and in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The latest appointment of Msgr. Jagodziński who has been serving as the Apostolic Nuncio in Ghana was made public on Tuesday, April 16 by the Holy See Press Office.