James Green (bishop)

James Patrick Green (born 03 May 1950) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who from 2006 to 2022 served as apostolic nuncio to a variety of countries including to several Scandinavian countries from 2017 to 2022.

Early years
Green was born on May 03, 1950, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied for the priesthood and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on May 15, 1976.

Diplomatic career
During his early years in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, he served in Papua New Guinea, South Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, and Denmark. He then spent a year in Taiwan as chargé d'affaires and then worked in Rome beginning in late 2002.

On August 17, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Green as titular archbishop of Altinum, apostolic nuncio to South Africa and Namibia, and apostolic delegate to Botswana.

Green was consecrated bishop on September 6, 2006, by Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano. That same day, Green was as appointed apostolic delegate to Lesotho., On September 23, 2006, he was appointed as apostolic delegate to Swaziland.

On October 15, 2011, Green was appointed as apostolic nuncio to Peru. On April 6, 2017, he became apostolic nuncio to Sweden and to Iceland; on June 13 to Denmark; on October 12 to Finland; and on October 18 to Norway.

Pope Francis accepted his resignation from his posts as nuncio on April 30, 2022.