U.S.-born Prelate Appointed Nuncio in Lesotho

VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 6, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI has appointed Archbishop James P. Green as apostolic nuncio in Lesotho.

Since Aug. 17, Archbishop Green, a 56-year-old native of Philadelphia, has been apostolic nuncio of South Africa and Namibia and apostolic delegate in Botswana. The Vatican press office announced his additional post today.

Until August, the then Monsignor Green was nunciature adviser in the General Affairs Section of the Vatican Secretariat of State.

He was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in May 1976. After obtaining a licentiate in canon law, he entered the Vatican diplomatic service in March 1987.

He rendered services successively in the papal representations of Papua New Guinea, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, the Scandinavian countries, China and the Vatican Secretariat of State.