Fortunatus Nwachukwu

Styles of
**Fortunatus Nwachukwu**
Styles of; Fortunatus Nwachukwu
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Fortunatus Nwachukwu
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Fortunatus Nwachukwu
Secretary of the Section of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization; Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva
Appointed	17 December 2021
Predecessor	Ivan Jurkovič
Other post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Nuncio to Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Grenada, the Bahamas, Suriname, Belize and Apostolic Delegate to the Antilles (2017-2021); Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua (2012-2017); Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva (2017–2023);
Orders
Ordination	17 June 1984; by Anthony Gogo Nwedo
Consecration	6 January 2012; by Pope Benedict XVI, Tarcisio Bertone and Zenon Grocholewski
Personal details
Born	10 May 1960 (age 64); Umuogele Ntigha, Eastern Region, Federation of Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Alma mater	Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Motto	SOLVERE CALCEAMENTA
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Fortunatus Nwachukwu // ^ⓘ (born 10 May 1960) is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the Roman Curia as secretary of the Section of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for Evangelization. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1994 and held the rank of apostolic nuncio from 2012, when he also became an archbishop.