Michael August Blume
American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
About Michael August Blume
Born 1946. Michael August Blume is an American catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Michael August Blume (born May 30, 1946) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the Roman Curia from 1995 to 2005 and then in the diplomatic service of the Holy See as an Apostolic Nuncio until retiring at the end of 2021.
Biography Michael August Blume was born on August 30, 1946, in South Bend, Indiana. A member of the Society of the Divine Word, he was ordained a priest on December 23, 1972, having founded its press service in April 1995. He was consecrated a bishop on September 30, 2005, by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state. Pope Benedict appointed him apostolic nuncio to Uganda on February 2, 2013.
Pope Francis named him apostolic nuncio to Hungary on July 4, 2018, and accepted his resignation on 31 December 2021.
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American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
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