Pope’s Ambassador welcomed to Barbados

His Excellency The Most Rev. Santiago de Wit Guzmán, Apostolic Nuncio and Delegate of the Holy See to Barbados and the Antilles was welcomed to Barbados this week, he arrived on Monday, 2nd October 2023 and presented his credentials to the President of Barbados along with other officials.

As the Pope’s Ambassador to the region, he will present his credentials in each member-country of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

Apostolic Nuncio and Delegate of the Holy See meeting with Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, Minister of Labour Colin Jordan, with RC Bishop of Barbados, Neil Scantlebury and other officials.

While in Barbados His Excellency visited each parish and met with the Clergy and other groups in the diocese.

His Excellency The Most Rev. Santiago de Wit Guzmán

Born in Valencia, Spain on September 5, 1964, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Valencia on May 27, 1989. He served in the Netherlands until 2004 and then Paraguay in 2007. From 2007 to 2010 he was a counselor in the Apostolic Nunciature in Egypt, then in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 2012, and then in his native Spain. 

On March 21, 2017, Pope Francis appointed him titular archbishop of Gabala and Apostolic Nuncio to the Central African Republic—and later named him Nuncio to Chad as well. In 2022, the Pope appointed him as his Delegate to the Antilles. He is resident in Trinidad and Tobago.