Pope Francis I has appointed Visvaldas Kulbokas as apostolic nuncio to Ukraine.
According to the Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine, Pope thus advanced Kulbokas to the rank of archbishop.
Visvaldas Kulbokas was born in Klaipeda (Lithuania) on May 14, 1974. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 2004 and has served in the Pontifical Missions in Lebanon, the Netherlands, Russia and in the State Relations Section of the State Secretariat. Since 2020 he has been working at the Apostolic Nunciature in Kenya.
He has a command of English, Spanish, Italian, Russian and French. From 2015 to June 2020, Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti was the Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine. On July 4, Pope Francis appointed him as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain.
