Life and Ministry
Born in Ennis (Ireland) in 1969, Monsignor Séamus Horgan attended the local primary school, before completing his secondary schooling at Saint Flannan’s College, Ennis. He entered Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth in 1987. After completing a BA (National University of Ireland) in 1990 and a Baccalaureate in Theology (Pontifical University, Maynooth) in 1993, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Killaloe on 11 June 1994. Following six years of pastoral ministry in his Diocese, he was sent to Rome in the year 2000 for further studies. After completing a Licence in Canon Law (Pontifical Gregorian University), he joined the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome to prepare for the service of the Holy See. Upon completion of his doctoral studies in Canon Law in 2005, he entered the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See and has served in the following capacities: • Attaché and then Secretary of the Apostolic Nunciature in Kampala (2005-2008); • Secretary of the Apostolic Nunciature in Berne (2008-2012); • Secretary and then Counsellor of the Apostolic Nunciature in Manila (2012-2015); • Minutante (Desk Officer) in the II Section of the Secretariat of State in Rome (2015-2020); • First Counsellor at the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington (2020-present). In 2008, he was appointed a Chaplain of His Holiness and in 2019 a Prelate of Honour. Monsignor Horgan speaks English, Italian & French; he has a working knowledge of German.
