Juliusz Janusz

{{short description|Polish prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1944)}}

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| Apostolic Nuncio emeritus of Slovenia

| Apostolic Delegate emeritus to Kosovo

| Titular Archbishop of Caprulae

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| appointed = 10 February 2011

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| retired = 21 September 2018

| predecessor = Santos Abril y Castelló

| successor = Jean-Marie Speich

| other_post = Titular Archbishop of Caprulae

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| Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary (2003-2011)

| Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique (1998-2003)

| Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda (1995-1998)

| Chargé d’affaires to China (1992-1995)

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| ordination = 19 March 1967

| ordained_by = Karol Józef Wojtyła

| consecration = 8 May 1995

| consecrated_by = Angelo Sodano, Franciszek Macharski, and Francis Arinze

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| birth_place = Łyczana, Poland

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Juliusz Janusz (born 17 March 1944) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who has spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has been an archbishop and held the position of Apostolic Nuncio from 1995 until he retired in 2018.

Biography

Juliusz Janusz was born on 17 March 1944 in Łyczana, Poland.{{cite news | access-date = 2 May 2019 | language = Slovenian | url = http://radio.ognjisce.si/sl/206/aktualno/27959/ | title = Apostolski nuncij Juliusz Janusz se bo upokojil | trans-title= The apostolic nuncio Juliusz Janusz will retire | publisher =Radio Ognjisce | date= 5 September 2018 }}

He was ordained a priest on 19 March 1967 by Karol Wojtyła, Archbishop of Krakow, later Pope John Paul II.{{cite web | access-date = 2 May 2019 | website = Sovereign Order of Malta Embassy to Slovenia | url = https://www.smomembassytoslovenia.org/farawell-reception-for-the-apostolic-nuncio-his-excellency-archbishop-juliusz-janusz/ | title = Speech of H.S.H. the Ambassador Prince Windisch-Graetz }}

Diplomatic career

He went to Rome with the intention of earning a degree in canon law but, at Wojtyła's urging, entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy to prepare for a career as a diplomat. Pope Paul VI gave him his first assignment in the diplomatic service of the Holy See in the Nunciature to Thailand, and he then filled positions in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Greenland, West and East Germany, Brazil, the Netherlands, Hungary and Taiwan, where he was chargé d’affaires for three years.

On 25 March 1995, Pope John Paul II appointed him titular archbishop of Caprulae and Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda. He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Angelo Sodano on 8 May. John Paul named him Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique on 26 September 1998{{Cite web|title=Archbishop Juliusz Janusz [Catholic-Hierarchy]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bjanusz.html|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2020-05-14}} and then to Hungary on 9 April 2003.{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 2 May 2019 | date= 9 April 2003 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 09.04.2003 | language = it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2003/04/09/0182/00537.html}}

On 10 February 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia and Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo.{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 2 May 2019 | date= 10 February 2011| title = Rinunce e Nomine, 10.02.2011| language = it | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/02/10/0087/00205.html}} Because the independent status of Kosovo was still a matter of dispute, his appointment—the first time the Holy See had assigned a diplomat there—was accompanied by an explanatory note: "The mission of an Apostolic Delegate is not of a diplomatic nature but responds to the requirement to meet in an adequate way the pastoral needs of the Catholic faithful."

He retired on 21 September 2018.