Pope John Paul II has appointed Monsignor Paul Richard Gallagher as a new apostolic nuncio in Burundi, Monsignor Pierre Christophe, the ad interim nuncio in Burundi, announced on Thursday.
Christophe, who is nuncio in Uganda, was sent to Burundi on 30 December 2003, a day after the assassination of Monsignor Michael Courtney. Christophe is to return to Uganda on 30 January.
"In waiting for the arrival of the new representative of the Holy See in Burundi. It is Monsignor Luigi Travaglino who will occupy the ad interim post, and he is expected in Bujumbura on 28 January," Christophe said.
Monsignor Richard appointed Nuncio in Burundi, was born January 23, 1954 in Liverpool, Britain. From 1984 to 2000, he worked as a close collaborator of Vatican Representatives in Tanzania, Uruguay and Philippines. Since 2000, had been a permanent observer and special envoy of the Holy See at European Council in Strasbourg.
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