President Maduro receives Credentials from the Apostolic Nuncio, Monsignor Alberto Ortega Martín
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Published at: 13/08/2024 05:42 PM
This Tuesday, August 13, the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, received the Credentials of the new Apostolic Nuncio for Venezuela, Monsignor Alberto Ortega Martín, appointed by the Holy See.
The protocol ceremony, broadcast by Venezolana de Televisión, took place in the Salón Sol del Perú of the Miraflores Palace, where the head of state expressed to Monsignor Alberto Ortega Martín his most cordial welcome to Venezuela.
This reception highlights the strengthening of relations between the Venezuelan State and the Catholic Church, in accordance with the principles of the Diplomacy of Peace of the Bolivarian Government, in the context of the development of diplomatic relations.
Monsignor Alberto Ortega Martín, born in Madrid, Spain, on November 14, 1962, is a diplomat, canonist, theologian and philosopher.
He entered the Conciliar Seminary in Madrid, where he carried out his ecclesiastical studies. He obtained his doctorate in Canon Law. In 1993, he attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, where he studied church diplomacy. In addition to his mother tongue, he knows English, French and Italian.
On August 1, 2015, Pope Francis appointed him Titular Archbishop of Midila and Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan and Iraq. It was consecrated on October 10 of the same year, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the hands of Cardinal Pietro Parolin. On October 7, 2019, he was appointed apostolic nuncio to Chile.