Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag

Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag (born 6 February 1968) is a Polish clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See.

The Most Reverend

Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag
Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed15 February 2018
PredecessorFortunatus Nwachukwu
Other postsTitular Archbishop of Traiectum ad Mosam (2018-)
Orders
Ordination30 May 1993
by Jan Bernard Szlaga
Consecration19 March 2018
by Pope Francis
Personal details
Birth nameWaldemar Stanisław Sommertag
Born (1968-02-06) 6 February 1968
Więcbork, Poland
Alma materPontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
MottoSecundum Cor Tuum
("According to Your Heart")
Coat of arms

Biography

Sommertag was born on 6 February 1968 in Więcbork. On 30 May 1993, he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Pelplin.[1]

He earned a degree in canon law and entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 19 June 2000. He worked in the Nunciatures in Tanzania, Nicaragua, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, Palestine and Cyprus, as well as in Rome in the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State.[1]

On 15 February 2018, Pope Francis appointed him Titular Archbishop of Traiectum ad Mosam and Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua.[1] He received his episcopal consecration from Pope Francis on 19 March.[2] On 18 February 2019, Sommertag announced that Pope Francis had ended the suspension from priestly duties imposed on Ernesto Cardenal in 1984 for refusing to leave political office as ordered by Pope John Paul II.[3]

References
  1. "Resignations and Appointments, 15.02.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. Wooden, Cindy (20 March 2018). "Pope Francis ordains three new Vatican ambassadors as archbishops". Crux. Catholic News Service. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. Wooden, Cindy (February 18, 2019). "Pope lifts suspension imposed on Nicaraguan priest 34 years ago". Crux. Catholic News Service. Retrieved 8 June 2019. ...granted with benevolence the absolution of all canonical censures"


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