Successor Incumbent Consecration April 27, 2013 Denomination Roman Catholic Appointed February 22, 2013 | Name Michael Banach Ordination July 2, 1988 Predecessor Santo Gangemi | |
Born November 19, 1962 (age 61)
Worcester, Massachusetts ( 1962-11-19 ) | ||
Michael Wallace Banach (born 19 November 1962 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a Diplomat of the Holy See.
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Life
Michael Wallace Banach was ordained on July 2, 1988, as a priest for the Diocese of Worcester. In 1992, he began preparing for the diplomatic corps at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.
On 22 January 2007 he was appointed as Permanent Observer of the Holy See at the United Nations Office at Vienna and United Nations Industrial Development Organization and Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Vienna.
On 22 February 2013, he was named by Benedict XVI the Titular Archbishop of Memphis. Pope Francis appointed him on 17 April of the same year, before his episcopal consecration, the Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea.
Episcopal consecration
He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone on 27 April 2013 in Rome. Co-consecrators were the cardinals of the Curia Marc Ouellet and Fernando Filoni.
On May 18, 2013 Pope Francis appointed Banach to the additional post of Apostolic Nuncio to the Solomon Islands.
On May 13, 2017 Pope Francis appointed Banach to the additional post of Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritania.