Miguel Maury Buendía (born 19 November 1955) is a Spanish prelate of the
Catholic Church who has spent his career in the diplomatic service of the
Holy See. An archbishop since 2008, he has been
Apostolic Nuncio to several countries. On 13 April 2023, he was appointed nuncio to Great Britain.
Biography
Miguel Maury Buendía was born in Madrid on 19 November 1955
[ to a family with Andalusian roots. He completed primary studies at the Jesuits' San Estanislao Kotska School in ]Málaga
Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...
, his baccalaureate at the Ramiro de Maeztu Institute in Madrid, some music courses at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid and obtained a degree in Geography and History, specialty of History of Art, from the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Autonomous University of Madrid.
After studying philosophy and theology in the Conciliar Seminary of Madrid, he was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Madrid on 26 June 1980[ by Vicente Enrique y Tarancón. On July 1 he was appointed vicar of the parish of the Holy Trinity of Collado Villalba, where he remained until October 1984. During military service, he served as chaplain of the Military Hospital of Barcelona and the Army High School.
He obtained a degree in dogmatic theology at the Pontifical University of Salamanca in 1985 and a doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical University of Santo Tomás in Urbe (Angelicum) in 1987.]Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy ( la, Pontificia Ecclesiastica Academia, it, Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica) is one of the Roman Colleges of the Catholic Church. The academy is dedicated to training priests to serve in the diplomatic c ...
of Rome, he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 13 July 1987 and served as secretary in the apostolic nunciatures of Rwanda, Uganda, Morocco and Nicaragua (1987-1996) and as Counselor to those of Egypt, Slovenia and Ireland (1996-2004).[
In addition to his work in the diplomatic service, he was a professor at the National Seminary of Nicaragua and the Italian Lyceum of Cairo. He has also been auxiliary chaplain of the Carabinieri and of the residence of the ]Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly The Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly (Spanish: ''Hermanitas de los Ancianos Desamparados''; Latin: ''Congregatio Parvarum Sororum Senium Derelictorum''; abbreviation: ''H.A.D.'') is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members pro ...
in Rome.
Since 1 September 2004, he has had responsibility for Southeast Europe in the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See. He has also represented the Holy See at various international conferences and congresses. He knows Italian, English, French, Slovene and Russian.
On 19 May 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him titular archbishop of Italica and apostolic nuncio to Kazakhstan.
See also
* List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See
* Catholic Church in Moldova
* Catholic Church in Romania
References
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External links
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1955 births
Living people
Pontifical University of Salamanca alumni
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy alumni
Apostolic Nuncios to Kazakhstan
Apostolic Nuncios to Kyrgyzstan
Apostolic Nuncios to Tajikistan
Apostolic Nuncios to Romania
Apostolic Nuncios to Moldova
Apostolic Nuncios to Great Britain