Dagoberto Campos Salas

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Dagoberto Campos Salas
Apostolic Nuncio to Panama
Titular Archbishop of Forontoniana
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed14 May 2022
Predecessor Luciano Russo
Other post(s) Titular Archbishop of Forontoniana
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination22 May 1994
Consecration29 September 2018
by  Pietro Parolin
Personal details
Born
Dagoberto Campos Salas

(1966-03-14) March 14, 1966 (age 58)
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Denomination Roman Catholic
Alma mater Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
Motto'Amor fortior est'
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Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop

Dagoberto Campos Salas is a Costa Rican prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has served as the Apostolic Nuncio to Panama since 2022. He is the first native of Costa Rica to hold the title of apostolic nuncio. [1]

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Biography

Salas was born on 14 March 1966 [2] to Dimas Campos and Benilda Salas in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, and after the age of ten lived in Abangares and Poás as well. [1] He was ordained a priest on 22 May 1994 for the Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia [2] and spent the next year as chaplain in the presidential palace during the administration of President José María Figueres. [1]

He earned a degree in canon law and studied at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy from 1995 to 1999. [1]

Diplomatic career

He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1999, filling assignments in the nunciatures in Sudan (1999-2003), Chile (2003-2006), Switzerland, Turkey and Mexico. [1] [2]

On 28 July 2018, Pope Francis appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia and Titular Archbishop of Forontoniana. [2] Salas was ordained a bishop by Cardinal Pietro Parolin at St. Peter's Basilica on 29 September 2018. [3] He was given additional responsibilities as Nuncio to the Gambia on 17 August 2018 [4] and to Sierra Leone on 17 November 2018. [5]

In Liberia, he received a complaint of abuse on the part of two bishops from a former priest; with the head of the Liberian Bishops Conference, he visited the Vatican in June 2019 to discuss the accusations and the bishops' denials. [6]

On 14 May 2022, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Nuncio to the Panama. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Oviedo, Esteban (28 July 2018). "Él es el primer costarricense en convertirse en embajador del Vaticano". La Nación (in Spanish).
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Rinunce e nomine, 28.07.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Sierra Leone: Mgr Campos Salas nommé nonce apostolique". Zenit (in French). 17 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 17.08.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 17.11.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Harris, Elise (4 June 2019). "Liberian bishops summoned to Rome over alleged sex scandal". Crux. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments" . Retrieved May 14, 2022.


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