1. Eugene Martin Nugent was born on 21 October 1958 and is an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who has served as Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar since January 2021.
10 Facts About Eugene Nugent
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Eugene Nugent attended primary school at Clonusker National School and secondary school at Scariff Community College.
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Eugene Nugent was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Killaloe on 9 July 1983.
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Eugene Nugent returned to Rome in 1988, where he worked in the Section for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, before entering the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1991, in preparation for a diplomatic career for the Holy See.
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Eugene Nugent was awarded a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1992.
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Eugene Nugent was appointed to the Apostolic Nunciature to the Philippines in 2000, but while he was officially assigned to the apostolic nunciature in Manila, he resided in Hong Kong, from where he led the Holy See Study Mission.
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Eugene Nugent was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Apostolic Delegate to Comoros and Reunion and titular archbishop of Domnach Sechnaill by Pope Benedict XVI on 13 February 2010.
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Eugene Nugent was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti by Pope Francis on 10 January 2015.
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Eugene Nugent championed many causes during his mission, including the reconstruction of churches following the 2010 earthquake to facilitating political dialogue in order to end the political crisis in the country.
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Eugene Nugent was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait and Qatar by Pope Francis on 7 January 2021.