National Novena Afternoon Two: Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, Papal Nuncio to Ireland

3pm   His Excellency Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, Papal Nuncio to Ireland.

‘Mary, Our Mother’

Archbishop Montemayor was born on 16 March 1956 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was ordained a priest on 15 November 1985. Between 1991-2008 he earned a PhD in Canon Law, and served at the Apostolic Nunciature in Ethiopia, Brazil, Thailand, and the Secretariat of State. In 2008 he served as Apostolic Nuncio in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Capo Verde and Apostolic Delegate in Mauritania. In 2015 he became Apostolic Nuncio in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2018 he was Apostolic Nuncio in Colombia.