Pope Leo XIV has appointed Most Rev. Tomasz Grysa, the Titular Archbishop of Rubicon, as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda.
Archbishop Grysa, a seasoned Vatican diplomat from Poland, has until now been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Seychelles, and Mauritius.
In a statement on Thursday, the Vatican said Rev. Grysa will fill the void left behind when Luigi Bianco was reassigned to South-East Europe mission by Pope Leo XIV last year as Nuncio to Slovenia and Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo.
Since Bianco’s departure, the nunciature in Uganda has been run by Rev. Fr. Georges Kwami Kouwonou in acting capacity.
Rev Grysa was born on October 16, 1970 in Poznán (Poland) before he was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Poznán on 25th May 1995.
He has a doctorate in Canon Law. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 2001. Having served in different Pontifical Representations – Russian Federation, India, Belgium, Mexico, Brazil, UN Permanent Mission (New York), Israel and Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem and Palestine, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar and Apostolic Delegate to Comoros and La Réunion on 27 September 2022.
