Spaniard named nuncio for Canada
CANADIAN CATHOLIC NEWS
OTTAWA - Canada has a new apostolic nuncio.
On Dec. 10, Pope Benedict appointed Archbishop Pedro López Quintana as the Holy See's ambassador to Canada.
López Quintana, 56, has been apostolic nuncio to India and Nepal since 2003. He will succeed Archbishop Luigi Ventura, who served in Ottawa from 2001 until his appointment as nuncio to France in September.
The Spaniard has served in the nunciatures of Magagascar, the Philippines and India, as well as in the Holy See's Secretariat of State, where he served as assessor for general affairs.
The archbishop holds a doctorate in canon law and speaks French, English, Italian and Portuguese as well as Spanish.
"Once again the Holy Father has shown his great care and love for Canada in assigning a first class nuncio to this country in the person of Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana," said Salt + Light TV CEO Father Tom Rosica who first met the new nuncio at the Secretariat of State when Rosica was preparing for World Youth Day 2002.
"I was always impressed with his intelligence, great affability, kindness and buoyant hope."
"He also loves young people!" Rosica said.
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