Until his appointment as Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, His Excellency Most Rev. Tomasz Grysa has been Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar. Seychelles and the Republic of Mauritius, and Apostolic Delegate to Comoros and La Reunion. Born on l6th October 1970 in Poznań (Poland), he was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Poznań on 25th May 1995.
His Excellency Most Rev. Tomasz Grysa
The new Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda has a doctorate in Canon Law. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 11th July 2001. Having served in different Pontifical Representations – Russian Federation, India, Belgium, Mexico, Brazil, UN Permanent Mission (New York), Israel – and Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem and Palestine, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar and Apostolic Delegate to Comoros and La Reunion on 27th September 2022. Subsequently he was also appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Seychelles on 9th February 2023 and then to the Republic of Mauritius on 21st March 2023. The new Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda apart from Polish knows ltalian, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
The Apostolic Nunciature in Uganda
The Apostolic Nunciature to Uganda is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Uganda. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. The Apostolic Nuncio serves as the Pope’s personal representative both to the Ugandan government and to the local Catholic Church. Diplomatic relations between Uganda and the Holy See were formally established in 1966, shortly after Uganda attained independence. Before the establishment of a resident mission in Kampala, Uganda fell under the Apostolic Delegation for Eastern Africa based in Nairobi. The first papal representative resident in Uganda was Archbishop Amelio Poggi, who served as Apostolic Pro-Nuncio from 1967 to 1969. Other early papal envoys included Archbishop Luigi Bellotti of Italy (1969-1975) and Belgian Archbishop Henri Lemaître (1975-981), followed by notable diplomats such as Archbishop Karl-Josef Rauber and Archbishop Luis Robles Díaz. Since the mission was elevated to full nunciature status, Uganda has hosted several distinguished Vatican representatives, including French Archbishop Christophe Pierre (1999-2007), who later became a cardinal and Apostolic Nuncio to the United States; Korean Archbishop Paul Tschang In-Nam (2007-2012); and American Archbishop Michael August Blume, SVD (2013-2018).
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