His Excellency Most Rev. Tomasz Grysa

The new Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda arrived in the country on 2nd September 2026. He was received by His Lordship Rt. Rev. Joseph Antony Zziwa, Chairperson of the Uganda Episcopal Conference; Most Rev. Paul Ssemogerere, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kampala; and Georges Kwami Kouwonou, the Chargé d’Affaires a.i. It should be noted that the Apostolic Nuncio’s arrival coincided with the 60th Anniversary of the formal establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Holy See and the Republic of Uganda (2nd September 1966).

Until his appointment as Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, His Excellency Most Rev. Tomasz Grysa has been Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar, Seychelles and the Republic of Mauritius, and Apostolic Delegate to Comoros and La Réunion. Born on 16th October 1970 in Poznań (Poland), he was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Poznań on 25th May 1995. The new Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda has a doctorate in Canon Law.

He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1st July 2001. Having served in different Pontifical Representations — Russian Federation, India, Belgium, Mexico, Brazil, UN Permanent Mission (New York), Israel and Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem and Palestine — he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Madagascar and Apostolic Delegate to Comoros and La Réunion on 27th September 2022. Subsequently he was also appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Seychelles on 9th February 2023 and then to the Republic of Mauritius on 21st March 2023. The new Nuncio, apart from Polish, knows Italian, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.