The latest appointment of Archbishop Udaigwe, a Nigerian national who\u00a0previously served<\/a>\u00a0as the representative of the Holy Father in Benin and Togo was made public on Saturday, April 12, by the\u00a0Holy See Press Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n Born in Brian in July 1964 in Cameroon\u2019s\u00a0Catholic Diocese of Buea<\/a>, Archbishop Udaigwe was ordained a Priest in May 1992 for the\u00a0Catholic Diocese of Orlu<\/a>\u00a0in Nigeria.<\/p>\n He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1994. The holder of a Doctorate in Canon Law served in the Apostolic Nunciatures in Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Haiti, Bulgaria, Thailand, as well as in the United Kingdom before he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n While Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Benin in February 2013, assigning him the\u00a0Titular See of Suelli<\/a>, his Episcopal Consecration on 27 April 2013 took place at the start of Pope Francis\u2019 Papacy.<\/p>\n Archbishop Udaigwe, who officially presented his credentials in Benin in June 2013 was the following month appointed the representative of the Holy Father in Togo.<\/p>\n