Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, Titular Archbishop of Sulci, and current Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana. Archbishop Speich was appointed to his present diplomatic post by Pope Francis, on 17 August 2013, to succeed Archbishop León Badikebele Kalenga, who was given another assignment as Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Belize. He is the eighth Nuncio and the ninth Papal Representative to Ghana. He was born on 15 June 1955 in Strasbourg, France, of the couple Xavier Speich and Marie Thérèse Goetz – residents of Willgottheim (Bas-Rhin). Andrée Speich, his sister, is a cloistered nun at the Benedictine Monastery Saint-Louis-du-Temple in Limon, Vauhallan.Monsignor Speich received ordination to the priesthood on 9 October 1982 by bishop Léon Arthur Elchinger. From 1982 to 1984, he served as Assistant Pastor at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in the Archdiocese of Strasbourg. Later, he was sent to study in Rome and enter the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, where he was among the members of Class 1984, After finishing his training at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1986, he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See, having been assigned to Apostolic Nunciatures of the Holy See in Haiti, Nigeria, Bolivia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, Egypt, Spain and Cuba.In May 2008, he was given responsibility at the Secretariat of State in Rome, as Head Officer of the Section for French-speaking Countries.Archbishop Speich speaks Italian, English, German, and Spanish, aside from his native Alsatian and French languages. He can also read Portuguese, Flemish, Latin and Greek. His academic credentials include, among others, a doctorate degree in Canon Law, and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (with specialization in Dogma), both from the Pontifical Gregorian University.. }
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- Jean-Marie_Speich abstract "Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, Titular Archbishop of Sulci, and current Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana. Archbishop Speich was appointed to his present diplomatic post by Pope Francis, on 17 August 2013, to succeed Archbishop León Badikebele Kalenga, who was given another assignment as Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Belize. He is the eighth Nuncio and the ninth Papal Representative to Ghana. He was born on 15 June 1955 in Strasbourg, France, of the couple Xavier Speich and Marie Thérèse Goetz – residents of Willgottheim (Bas-Rhin). Andrée Speich, his sister, is a cloistered nun at the Benedictine Monastery Saint-Louis-du-Temple in Limon, Vauhallan.Monsignor Speich received ordination to the priesthood on 9 October 1982 by bishop Léon Arthur Elchinger. From 1982 to 1984, he served as Assistant Pastor at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in the Archdiocese of Strasbourg. Later, he was sent to study in Rome and enter the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, where he was among the members of Class 1984, After finishing his training at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1986, he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See, having been assigned to Apostolic Nunciatures of the Holy See in Haiti, Nigeria, Bolivia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, Egypt, Spain and Cuba.In May 2008, he was given responsibility at the Secretariat of State in Rome, as Head Officer of the Section for French-speaking Countries.Archbishop Speich speaks Italian, English, German, and Spanish, aside from his native Alsatian and French languages. He can also read Portuguese, Flemish, Latin and Greek. His academic credentials include, among others, a doctorate degree in Canon Law, and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (with specialization in Dogma), both from the Pontifical Gregorian University.".