Michael Courtney

Michael Courtney (5 February 1945 – 29 December 2003) was an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1980 and was given the rank of archbishop and named Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi in 2000.He died of gunshot wounds suffered in a violent attack thought to be unrelated to Burundis civil war. According to his brother, Courtney was the first papal nuncio to die as the result of violence in 500 years.

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