James Green (bishop)

Styles of
**James Patrick Green**
Styles of; James Patrick Green
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

James Patrick Green
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; James Patrick Green
Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway; Titular Archbishop of Altinum
Appointed	6 April 2017 (Sweden, Iceland); 13 June 2017 (Denmark); 12 October 2017 (Finland); 18 October 2017 (Norway)
Retired	30 April 2022
Predecessor	Henryk Józef Nowacki
Successor	Julio Murat
Other post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Altinum
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru (2011–2017); Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana (2003–2011); Chargé d’affaires to China (2002-2003);
Orders
Ordination	15 May 1976; by John Krol
Consecration	6 September 2006; by Angelo Sodano, Ivan Dias and Justin Francis Rigali
Personal details
Born	3 May 1950 (age 74); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

James Patrick Green (born 03 May 1950) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who from 2006 to 2022 served as apostolic nuncio to a variety of countries including to several Scandinavian countries from 2017 to 2022.

Early years

Green was born on May 03, 1950, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied for the priesthood and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on May 15, 1976.^[1]

Diplomatic career

During his early years in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, he served in Papua New Guinea, South Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, and Denmark. He then spent a year in Taiwan as chargé d'affaires and then worked in Rome beginning in late 2002.

On August 17, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Green as titular archbishop of Altinum, apostolic nuncio to South Africa and Namibia, and apostolic delegate to Botswana.^[1]^[2]

Green was consecrated bishop on September 6, 2006, by Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano.^[3] That same day, Green was as appointed apostolic delegate to Lesotho.,^[4] On September 23, 2006, he was appointed as apostolic delegate to Swaziland.^[5]^[6]

On October 15, 2011, Green was appointed as apostolic nuncio to Peru.^[7]^[8] On April 6, 2017, he became apostolic nuncio to Sweden and to Iceland;^[9] on June 13 to Denmark;^[10] on October 12 to Finland;^[11] and on October 18 to Norway.^[12]

Pope Francis accepted his resignation from his posts as nuncio on April 30, 2022.^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.08.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ Annuario Pontificio (2007), pp. 1346, 1359, 1365; Annuario Pontificio (2011), pp. 1314, 1327, 1333.
^ "Msgr. James P. Green ... ordained an archbishop". Catholic Press Photo. 6 September 2006. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.09.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 23.09.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 23 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ Annuario Pontificio (2007), pp. 1356, 1366; Annuario Pontificio (2011), pp. 1324, 1334.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.10.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ Annuario Pontificio (2012), p. 1323.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.04.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.06.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.10.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.10.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 30.04.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa 2006–2011	Succeeded by Mario Roberto Cassari
Preceded by Bruno Musarò	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru 2011–2017	Succeeded by Nicola Girasoli
Preceded by Henryk Józef Nowacki	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden 2017–2022	Succeeded by Julio Murat

[bio-1] "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.08.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 August 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[2] Annuario Pontificio (2007), pp. 1346, 1359, 1365; Annuario Pontificio (2011), pp. 1314, 1327, 1333.

[3] "Msgr. James P. Green ... ordained an archbishop". Catholic Press Photo. 6 September 2006. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.

[4] "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.09.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[5] "Rinunce e Nomine, 23.09.2006" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 23 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[6] Annuario Pontificio (2007), pp. 1356, 1366; Annuario Pontificio (2011), pp. 1324, 1334.

[7] "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.10.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[8] Annuario Pontificio (2012), p. 1323.

[9] "Rinunce e Nomine, 06.04.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[10] "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.06.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[11] "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.10.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[12] "Rinunce e Nomine, 18.10.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[13] "Rinunce e Nomine, 30.04.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

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