Holy Father Pope Francis has transferred the Right Reverend Monsignor Henryk Jagodzinski, Counsellor of Nunciature, to the Apostolic Nunciature in Bosnia, Herzegovina and Montenegro. Msgr. Jagodzinski has been requested to prepare a new permanent Pontifical Representation in Podgoriza, Montenegro. With this special and delicate commitment, Msgr. Jagodzinski will leave New Delhi on Wednesday, 25 th July, 2018, after having offered a generous, dedicated and very competent service to the Apostolic Nunciature, in favour of the Church in India.
To cooperate with the activities of the Apostolic Nunciature in India, the Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed the Right Reverend Monsignor Mitja Leskovar, who from the Apostolic Nunciature in Germany, will reach Delhi after the first week of September. Msgr. Leskovar, at the beginning of his service, had offered his Ministry in the Apostolic Nunciature in Bangladesh.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India expressed gratitude to Msgr. Jagodzinski for all the services he has rendered to the Church in India and especially for all of CBCI, whenever they sought any assistance and guidance from him. While thanking Msgr. Jagodzinski for his love and concern for our beloved Country, India, CBCI wished him all the best for his new assignment in Montenegro. At the same time, CBCI accorded a hearty welcome to Msgr. Leskovar to the Church in India and wished him all success for his services at the Apostolic Nunciature in India.
