Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski (born 8 May 1970) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Since September 2025, he serves as Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq.
Biography Wachowski was born in Pisz, Poland, on 8 May 1970. He was ordained a priest on 15 June 1996, and incardinated in the Diocese of Ełk. He became vicar of the Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Augustów and earned a degree in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University.
Diplomatic career He studied at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 July 2004. He served in the nunciature in Senegal; at the Permanent Mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency (I.A.E.A.), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O.S.C.E.) and in the United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Vienna; at the nunciature in Poland; and in Rome as nunciature counselor in the Section for Relations with States of the Holy See's Secretariat of State. On 13 July 2007, he received the title of Chaplain of His Holiness.
Pope Francis appointed him Under-Secretary for Relations with States on 24 October 2019.
On 18 September 2025, he was appointed apostolic nuncio to Iraq and titular archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari. He received his consecration on 26 October 2025 in St. Peter's Basilica from Pope Leo XIV. He chose as his episcopal motto Gloria Deo Pax Hominibus.
See also List of heads of the diplomatic missions of the Holy See
References
External links Archbishop Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski on Catholic Hierarchy