Edgar Peña Parra
Edgar Robinson Peña Parra (born 6 March 1960) is a Venezuelan Roman Catholic archbishop. Pope Francis named him Substitute for the Secretariat of State on 15 August 2018, effective 15 October, making him the highest ranking Venezuelan in the Roman Curia. He joined the diplomatic corps of the Holy See in 1993, serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan from 2011 to 2015 and to Mozambique from 2015 to 2018. He is the first Venezuelan to serve as an Apostolic Nuncio.
The Most Reverend Edgar Peña Parra | |
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| Substitute of the Secretariat of State | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 15 August 2018 |
| Installed | 15 October 2018 |
| Predecessor | Giovanni Angelo Becciu |
| Other post(s) | Titular Archbishop of Thélepte (2011–) |
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| Ordination | 23 August 1985 by Domingo Roa Pérez |
| Consecration | 5 February 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI |
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| Born | Edgar Peña Parra 6 March 1960 Maracaibo, Venezuela |
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| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University, Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy |
| Motto | Fiat voluntas tua |
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He is fluent in Spanish, Italian, English, French, Portuguese and Serbo-Croatian.
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