Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo as apostolic nuncio — the Vatican's “ambassador” — to Haiti. The Holy See Press Office made the announcement on February 11, 2026. The Nigerian archbishop, who was previously nuncio to the Czech Republic, is thus being transferred to the Caribbean, to a post that had been vacant for two years. Jude Thaddeus Okolo, 69, was ordained a priest in 1983.