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Most Reverend Msgr. Augustine Kasujja, a Ugandan, has assumed his position as Apostolic Nuncio in Belgium.

The Pronuncio in Belgium is automatically the Dean of all Ambassadors in Belgium.

Msgr. Kasujja is a career diplomat who has served as papal envoy in different parts of the world since he entered the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See in 1979 and served in various diplomatic missions of the Holy See, namely Argentina, Haiti, Bangladesh, Portugal, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago and Algeria.

Born in Uganda in 1946, Msgr. Kasujja has been a Catholic priest for 44 years and a bishop for 18 years.

He was ordained priest in 1973 for the Archdiocese of Kampala.

Speaking from the Uganda Embasssy in Brussels, the Head of Mission Ambassador Mirjam Blaak said they are proud to have a Ugandan and the first African national in history as the Representative of the Vatican.

Archbishop Kasujja arrived in Belgium in the course of November 2016 and presented his credentials to H.M. King Philippe on 2nd February 2017.


Wednesday 24th May 2017 06:34:36 AM