Gábor Pintér | |
Appointed: | 27 July 2024 |
Predecessor: | Novatus Rugambwa |
Ordination: | 11 June 1988 |
Consecration: | 15 July 2016 |
Consecrated By: | Pietro Parolin, Péter Erdő, and Miklós Beer |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1964 |
Nationality: | Hungarian |
Motto: | Gaudium Et Spes |
Gábor Pintér | |
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Gábor Pintér (born 9 March 1964) is a Hungarian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus from 2016 to 2019 and was Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras from 2019 to 2024 before being appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic Delegate to the Pacific Ocean in 2024.[1]
Gábor Pintér was born on 9 March 1964 in Kunszentmárton, Hungary. He was ordained a priest on 11 June 1987.[2]
He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 1996 and served in Haiti, Bolivia, Sweden, France, the Philippines and Austria.[2]
On 13 May 2016, Pope Francis named him titular archbishop of Velebusdus and Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on 15 July 2016 in the Cathedral of Vac from Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State.[3]
On 12 November 2019, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras.[4]
On 27 July 2024, he was appointed as nuncio to New Zealand and Apostolic delegate to the Pacific Ocean.[5] [6]