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| appointed = February 22, 2013
| appointed = May 3rd, 2022
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| predecessor = Santo Rocco Gangemi
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* May 13, 2017, title changed in Mauretania from [[apostolic delegate]] to apostolic nuncio.<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = July 20, 2019 | date= May 13, 2017 | language = it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2017/05/13/0325/00732.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 13.05.2017}}</ref>
* May 13, 2017, title changed in Mauretania from [[apostolic delegate]] to apostolic nuncio.<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = July 20, 2019 | date= May 13, 2017 | language = it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2017/05/13/0325/00732.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 13.05.2017}}</ref>


He was transferred on May 3rd, 2022 to the Apostolic See of Hungary.
As of April 2022, Banach is still assigned as apostolic nuncio to Mauretania.

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Revision as of 14:34, 3 May 2022

{{Infobox Christian leader | honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Michael Wallace Banach | honorific-suffix =

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Styles of
Michael Wallace Banach
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor

Michael Wallace Banach (born November 19, 1962) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has served as an observer at a United Nations agency and as apostolic nuncio to several nations in Asia and Africa.

Biography

Early years

Michael Wallace Banach was born on November 19, 1962, in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was ordained on July 2, 1988, by Bishop Timothy Harrington as a priest for the Diocese of Worcester. In 1992, Banach completed his preparation for a diplomatic career for the Holy See at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome.[1]

Diplomatic service

On January 22, 2007 Banach was appointed as permanent observer of the Holy See at the United Nations Office at Vienna and United Nations Industrial Development Organization and as permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Vienna.[2]

On February 22, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI named Banach as titular archbishop of Memphis and gave him the title apostolic nuncio.[3][4] On April 16, 2013, Pope Francis appointed him as apostolic nuncio to Papua New Guinea.[5][6] Banach received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone on April 27, 2013, in Rome. His co-consecrators were Cardinals Marc Ouellet and Fernando Filoni. Over the next few years, the pope gave Banach new assignments

He was transferred on May 3rd, 2022 to the Apostolic See of Hungary.

References

  1. ^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1950 – 1999" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.01.2007" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. January 22, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.02.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. February 22, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "Pope names Worcester's Msgr. Banach, longtime US Vatican diplomat, to be apostolic nuncio". catholicfreepress.org. February 22, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
  5. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.04.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. April 16, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  6. ^ Kush, Bronislaus B. (April 16, 2013). "Archbishop Michael Banach, Worcester native, gets new post". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  7. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.05.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. May 18, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  8. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 19.03.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. March 19, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  9. ^ "Other Pontifical Acts, 22.08.2016" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. July 9, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  10. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 22.08.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. August 22, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  11. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.05.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. May 13, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
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