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Arnaldo Catalan

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Arnaldo S. Catalán
Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda
Titular Archbishop of Apollonia
Appointed 31 January 2022
Predecessor Andrzej Józwowicz
Other post Titular Archbishop of Apollonia
Previous post Chargé d’affaires to China (2019–2022)
Orders
Ordination 25 March 1994
by Cardinal Jaime Sin
Consecration 11 February 2022
by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle
Personal details
Born Arnaldo Sánchez Catalán
18 September 1966
Manila, Philippines
Denomination Roman Catholic
Motto Iuxta Misericordiam non Deficumus
('Through mercy, we are not discouraged', 2 Corinthians 4:1)

Arnaldo Sánchez Catalán (born 18 September 1966) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church who has been an apostolic nuncio since 2022, currently Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda and titular Archbishop of Apollonia.

Biography

Arnaldo Sánchez Catalán was born on 18 September 1966 in Manila, Philippines. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Manila on 25 March 1994.

Diplomatic career

He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 2001 and served in the pontifical representations in Zambia, Kuwait, Mexico, Honduras, Turkey, India, Argentina, Canada, Philippines and Taiwan.

On 31 January 2022, Pope Francis appointed him Titular Archbishop of Apollonia and Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda.[1][2] He was ordained to the episcopacy at the Manila Cathedral on 11 February 2022, with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples as the Principal Consecrator, and Cardinal Jose Advincula, Archbishop of Manila and Archbishop Charles John Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, as Co-Consecrators.[3]

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