Séamus Horgan

Ordination denomination = Catholic ordained priest by = Michael Harty date of priestly ordination = 11 June 1994 place of priestly ordination = Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland consecrated by = Pietro Parolin co-consecrators = Luis Antonio TagleFintan Monahan date of consecration = 27 July 2024 place of consecration = Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland sources =

Early life and education Horgan was born in Ennis, County Clare on 31 August 1969, one of four children to Denis and Pauline Horgan.

He attended primary school at Ennis National School and secondary school at St Flannan's College, before studying for the priesthood at St Patrick's College, Maynooth, completing a Bachelor of Arts at NUI Maynooth in 1990 and a Bachelor of Theology at the Pontifical University in 1993.

Horgan was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Killaloe on 11 June 1994, making him a classmate of fellow nuncio Michael Francis Crotty and the current Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Alphonsus Cullinan.

Presbyteral ministry Horgan's first pastoral assignment was as curate in Bodyke, before spending a number of years as curate in Roscrea.

He moved to Rome in 2000, where he completed a Licentiate of Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in 2001, before joining the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in preparation for a diplomatic career for the Holy See.

Horgan subsequently completed a Doctorate of Canon Law while studying at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, in preparation for the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 2005.

Diplomatic service Horgan's first diplomatic assignment was as attaché and subsequently secretary of the apostolic nunciature to Uganda, between 2005 and 2008, when he was appointed secretary of the apostolic nunciature to Switzerland.

Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan Horgan was appointed apostolic nuncio to South Sudan and titular archbishop-elect of Árd Sratha by Pope Francis on 14 May 2024. He is the first nuncio to reside in South Sudan.

He received episcopal ordination at the hands of Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, on 27 July in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Ennis.