Spanish Archbishop Maury Buendía is appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain.
By Vatican News
Pope Francis has appointed Spanish Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain.
He succeeds Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti who was appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches last November.
Archbishop Maury Buendía, who has spent most of his working life in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, was made titular Archbishop of Italica in 2008 and has been Apostolic Nuncio to several countries, most recently to Romania and Moldova.
His previous post as Nuncio was to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
He was born on 19 November 1955.
