Francisco Escalante Molina (born 29 January 1965) is a

Venezuelan Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

and diplomat of the Holy See. He has been the

Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti The Apostolic Nunciature to Haiti the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Haiti. It is located in Port-au-Prince. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop Francisco Escalante Molina, who was named to the position by Pope Francis on 4 June 202 ...

since June 2021.

Biography

Born in La Grita, Venezuela, on 29 January 1965, Molina was ordained a priest on 26 August 1989. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 13 June 1998. His early assignments included stints in Sudan, Ghana, Malta, Nicaragua, Japan and Slovenia. On 19 March 2016, he was appointed an archbishop and named apostolic nuncio to the Republic of the Republic of the Congo. He was given additional responsibilities as apostolic nuncio to Gabon on 21 May. On 4 June 2021, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti.

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