Archbishop Charles Brown, the American prelate who was appointed by
Pope Francis as apostolic nuncio to Ireland in 2012, has received a new
assignment as nuncio to Albania.Archbishop Brown, who had worked with then-Cardinal Ratzinger in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, represented the Holy See in Ireland during a period of turmoil within the Church there.
He helped to guide a transformation of the Irish hierarchy, being involved in the appointment of 11 new bishops, and saw the reopening of Ireland’s embassy to the Holy See in 2014 after a breakdown in diplomatic ties.
But he drew also angry criticism from radical priests, who objected to the archbishop’s strong defense of traditional Church teaching.
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