Gábor Pintér (born 9 March 1964) is a Hungarian prelate of the
Catholic Church
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who was Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus from 2016 to 2019 and has been Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras since 2019.
Career
Gábor Pintér was born on 9 March 1964 in
Kunszentmárton
Kunszentmárton is a small town of the county of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, central Hungary.
Geography
Körös River crosses the town from the north-east to the south.
Twin towns – sister cities
Kunszentmárton is twinned with:
* Teterow
Tet ...
, Hungary. He was ordained a priest on 11 June 1987.
He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1996 and served in Haiti, Bolivia, Sweden, France, the Philippines and Austria.
[
On 13 May 2016, ]Pope Francis
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named him titular archbishop
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of Velebusdus
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and Apostolic Nuncio
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to Belarus.[ He received his episcopal consecration on 15 July 2016 in the Cathedral of Vac from Cardinal ]Pietro Parolin
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, Secretary of State. On 12 November 2019, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras.
See also
* List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See
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References
External links
Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Gábor Pintér
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Living people
1964 births
People from Kunszentmárton
Apostolic Nuncios to Belarus
Apostolic Nuncios to Honduras