Archbishop Jang In-nam Paolo Appointed as Papal Nuncio to the Netherlands

[Asia Economy Reporter Seomideum] According to the official Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Jang In-nam Paolo (photo, aged 72) as the Apostolic Nuncio to the Netherlands. Archbishop Jang has served as the Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar, as well as the Apostolic Delegate to Laos.

Archbishop Jang In-nam was born in 1949 in Cheongju, Chungbuk. He was ordained in 1976 in the Cheongju Diocese. After serving as assistant priest at Gyo-hyeon-dong Church in Cheongju Diocese and deputy secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea, he went to Rome to study, earning a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Lateran University and a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.

His diplomatic career at the Vatican began in 1985 as second secretary (Monsignor rank) at the Apostolic Nunciature in El Salvador. He subsequently served as first secretary at the Apostolic Nunciatures in Ethiopia and Syria, second counselor at the Apostolic Nunciature in France, first counselor at the Apostolic Nunciatures in Greece and Belgium, respectively.

In 2002, by the order of Pope John Paul II, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh and titular archbishop of Amanzia. He served as Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh from 2002 to 2007, Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda from 2007 to 2012, and in August 2012 was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand and Cambodia, as well as Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar and Laos. Since the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Myanmar in 2017, he has concurrently served as Apostolic Nuncio to Myanmar.

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