(May 8, 2010) The Holy Father has appointed on Saturday, May 8, 2010 new Apostolic
Nuncio to India in place of Archbishop Lopez Quintana who was appointed Nuncio to
Canada on December 10, 2009. His Excellency Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Titular
Archbishop of Montemarano, now Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, Singapore and Cambodia
and Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar, Laos, Malaysia and Brunei is appointed as the Nuncio
to India. Archbishop Pennacchio was born on the 7th of September 1952
at Marano, Italy. He was ordained priest on the 18th of September 1976.
On the 28th of November he was appointed Archbishop of Montemarano and
made Nuncio to Rwanda. On 20th of September 2003 he was appointed Apostolic
Nuncio to Thailand, Singapore and Cambodia and Apostolic Delegate to Myanmar, Laos,
Malaysia and Brunei.