Paul Gallagher (bishop)
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The Most Reverend Paul Gallagher |
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| Secretary for Relations with States | |
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| Appointed | 8 November 2014 |
| Predecessor | Dominique Mamberti |
| Other posts | Titular Archbishop of (2004–present) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 31 July 1977 by Derek Worlock |
| Consecration | 13 March 2004 by Angelo Sodano |
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| Birth name | Paul Richard Gallagher |
| Born |
23 January 1954 Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Previous post |
Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi (2004–2009) Apostolic Nuncio to Guatemala (2009–2012) Apostolic Nuncio to Australia (2012–2014) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy |
| Motto |
In omnibus caritas In all things love |
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Styles of Paul Gallagher |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Grace |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Paul Richard Gallagher (born 23 January 1954) is the current Secretary for Relations with States within the Holy See's Secretariat of State, a position to which he was appointed on 8 November 2014.
He was born in Liverpool, England, and was educated at St Francis Xavier’s College in Woolton. Ordained by Archbishop Derek Worlock on 31 July 1977 for the Archdiocese of Liverpool, he served in Fazakerley, before taking courses at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. He later earned a doctorate in canon law, becoming a member of the Holy See's diplomatic service on 1 May 1984.
He held posts in Tanzania, Uruguay, the Philippines, the Vatican Secretariat of State and at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. He was appointed Counselor, First Class, on 1 May 1997, when working at the Nunciature in Burundi. He worked in its Second Section, from 1995 to 2000 at the same time as the present Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin.
The Vatican announced his appointment as the Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi in January 2004.[2] His residence in that country was bombed in 2008.
He was appointed nuncio to Guatemala in 2009.Ruth Gledhill, the religious affairs correspondent of the London Times, mentioned him as a possible candidate for the position of Archbishop of Westminster in succession to Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor,. However, the successor, announced on 3 April 2009, was Archbishop Vincent Nichols.
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