Francisco Escalante Molina
Francisco Escalante Molina is a Venezuelan archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See. He has been the Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of the Congo and Gabon since 2016.Biography
Born in La Grita, Venezuela, on 29 January 1965, Molina was ordained a priest on 26 August 1989. He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 13 June 1998. His early assignments included stints in Sudan, Ghana, Malta, Nicaragua, Japan and Slovenia.
On 19 March 2016, he was appointed an archbishop and named apostolic nuncio to the Republic of the Republic of the Congo. He was given additional responsibilities as apostolic nuncio to Gabon on 21 May.
