DUBLIN, Ireland, March 22, 2019 — His Excellency Ellison Greenslade, Bahamas High Commissioner to Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas to Ireland, today paid a courtesy call on Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland on Friday, March 22, 2019.
High Commissioner Greenslade was accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Kimberly Greenslade, and Mr. Marché A. Mackey, Third Secretary/Vice Consul with The Bahamas High Commission in London.
Mrs. Greenslade, who is Sr. Manager at Bahamas Ministry of Tourism Office in London, posted a photo of the occasion on her Facebook page with this caption: “Privileged today to accompany my husband, HE Ellison Greenslade, for a courtesy call on Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, Apostolic Nuncio in Ireland.”
The High Commission was in Dublin to present his Letters of Credence as Non-Resident Ambassador of The Bahamas to Ireland to His Excellency Michael Higgins, President of Ireland, on March 21, 2019, at Áras an Uachtaráin.
Pope Francis named Archbishop Okolo, a native of Nigeria, as the new Papal Nuncio to Ireland in May of 2017, marking the “first time a priest from the continent has been appointed to the role,” according to an article in The Irish News on May 15, 2017.
Archbishop Okolo was “ordained to the priesthood in 1983 and has previously served as the diplomatic representative of the papacy in the Central African Republic, Chad and the Dominican Republic,” according to The Irish News article.
The Irish News article added: “Prior to becoming an Apostolic Nuncio, he worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, where he was stationed in Sri Lanka, before going on to be a pontifical representative in Haiti, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Australia and the Antillean Islands.
“Archbishop Okolo will take up his new post in Ireland during the summer, and replaces outgoing Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Charles Brown, who finished his term in March and will now move to Albania to take up a new diplomatic post.”
The Irish News article noted that Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All-Ireland, Eamon Martin, wished the new Papal Nuncio “many blessings in his new role.”
“Archbishop Okolo’s rich experience in the diplomatic service of the Holy See means that he brings many gifts to bear on his new mission in Ireland,” The Irish News said.
