The Holy Father has re-appointed Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński and Archbishop Mitja Leskovar as Apostolic Nuncios for three countries in Africa.
Archbishop Jagodziński, who until his appointment served as the Apostolic Nuncio in Ghana, has been appointed Nuncio for South Africa and Lesotho.
His last major assignment in Ghana happened on March 21 in the Konongo-Mampong Diocese of Ghana when he announced the appointment of now Bishop-Elect John Opoku-Agyemang as the Bishop of the Diocese of Konongo-Mampong.
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, 16, April by the Holy See Press Office.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Leskovar, who served as the Apostolic Nuncio in Iraq, will now take on the responsibilities of Apostolic Nuncio in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Msgr. Leskovar was born on 3 January 1970 in Kranj, Slovenia. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1995, and incardinated in the Archdiocese of Ljubljana.
He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 2001, and worked in the Pontifical Representation in Bangladesh, in the Section for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, and in the Pontifical Representations in Germany and India.
He holds a degree in canon law, and speaks Italian, English, German, Croatian, French, and Spanish.
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