Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Tomasz Grysa as the new Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda.
The appointment was officially announced this afternoon by Rev. Fr. Georges Kwami Kouwonou, Chargé d’Affaires of the Apostolic Nunciature, in a brief statement released to the media at exactly 1:00 p.m.
Archbishop Grysa, a seasoned Vatican diplomat from Poland, has been serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Seychelles, and Mauritius, while also acting as Apostolic Delegate to Comoros and La Réunion.
Born in Poznań, Poland, on October 16, 1970, Archbishop Grysa was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Poznań in 1995. He holds a doctorate in Canon Law and joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in July 2001.
Over the years, he has built extensive diplomatic experience through assignments in the Russian Federation, India, Belgium, Mexico, Brazil, and Israel, as well as the Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem and Palestine and the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York.
Archbishop Grysa is multilingual, speaking Polish, Italian, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.
He succeeds Archbishop Luigi Bianco, who served as Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda from February 2019 until mid-2025 before Pope Leo XIV transferred him to Slovenia.
By Newsroom
14th May 2026
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