The Holy Father Pope Francis, has appointed Msgr. Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen as Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan, and at the same time elevating him to the dignity of Archbishop.
Until his appointment, Monsignor Hubertus was the Charge’ D’Affairs at Apostolic Nunciature of Malawi.
Monsignor Van Megen entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1994, and has served in the pontifical representations of Sudan, Uruguay, Brazil, Jerusalem, Slovakia, and at the office of the United Nations in Geneva.
The Archbishop-elect was born in Eygelshoven, Netherlands in 1961, and was ordained a priest in 1987.
Meanwhile, the former Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan, South Sudan and Eritrea,His Excellency Archbishop Leo Boccardi, has been appointed to be the Apostolic Nuncio to Iran. His Appointment to Iran was announced by the Vatican’s Secretariat of state on July 11th 2013.
On December 21st 2013, the current Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo was appointed by the Holy Father as Papal representative to South Sudan.
