New Nuncio to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan

Pope Francis on Saturday appointed Indian Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt,  Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.  

Archbishop Francis Chullikatt was born  in Bolghatty, Kochi, India, on 20th March 1953.  He was ordained a priest for Verapoly diocese on June 3, 1978.  Was appointed Titular Archbishop of Ostra and the Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan and Iraq on 29 April 2006.  On July 17, 2010 he was appointed the Permanent Observer to United Nation, the office he held till July 1, 2014.

A priest for 37 years and a bishop for 9 years Archbishop Chullikatt a native of Kerala, India, as an archbishop chose his  motto as  Fidei in Virtute", "By the power of faith".