Michael Banach

The Most Reverend
Michael Wallace Banach
Appointed February 22, 2013
Predecessor Santo Rocco Gangemi
Successor Incumbent
Orders
Ordination July 2, 1988
by Timothy Joseph Harrington
Consecration April 27, 2013
by Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone
Personal details
Born (1962-11-19) November 19, 1962
Worcester, Massachusetts
Denomination Roman Catholic
Styles of
Michael Wallace Banach
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor

Michael Wallace Banach

Michael Wallace Banach (born 19 November 1962 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a Diplomat of the Holy See.

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.[1]

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Pope Names Worchester Msgr Banach Longtime US Vatican Diplomat to be Apostolic Nuncio". catholicfreepress.org. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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