Luis Mariano Montemayor (born 16 March 1956) is an Argentinianprelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1991. He began to serve in his present position as
Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
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in February of 2023.
Prior to this, He has served as the
Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia
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Guinea Bissau
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, as well as Apostolic Delegate to
Mauritania
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from 2008 to 2015.
He was the second Argentine to be named a nuncio, after Leonardo Sandri.
Biography
Born in Buenos Aires on 16 March 1956, Montemayor was ordained as a priest on 15 November 1985. After earning a degree in canon law he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1991 and worked in Ethiopia, Brazil, and Thailand.
On 19 June 2008 he was appointed the titular archbishop of
Illici
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On 22 June 2015, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On 27 September 2018, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia.
On 25 February 2023, he was named Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland.