Andrés Carrascosa Coso

Andrés Carrascosa Coso (born 16 December 1955) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

Biography Born in Cuenca, Spain on 16 December 1955, Andrés Carrascosa Coso was raised in the municipality of Alcázar del Rey. He studied at the Major Seminary of Saint Julian, and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Cuenca on 2 July 1980.

Diplomatic career After completing his primary education, he studied philosophy and theology at the Major Seminary of Cuenca, and later took a one-year course on priestly spirituality in Frascati.

He was ordained a deacon on March 17, 1979, and received priestly ordination on July 2, 1980, both from Bishop José Guerra Campos, being incardinated in the Diocese of Cuenca.

He holds a licentiate in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, as well as diplomatic training from the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and a licentiate in Canon Law and a doctorate in International Law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.

He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See on May 1, 1985, and subsequently worked at the Pontifical Representations in Liberia and Denmark, the Council for Public Affairs of the Church, the Mission to the United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva, and the Apostolic Nunciatures in Brazil and Canada.

On 12 January 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Carrascosa Coso Apostolic Nuncio to Panama.

He is fluent in Spanish, Italian, French, English, German, and Portuguese.