Joseph Salvador Marino born 23 January 1953 in Birmingham Alabama is a Diplomat of the Holy See Ordination He was ordained a priest on 25 August 1979 for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama Cheney David M Catholic Hierarchy org Retrieved 2015 1 19 He is currently Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia East Timor and Apostolic delegate to BruneiPope appoints American as first Nuncio to Malaysia O Connell Gerard Retrieved 01 19 2015 Episcopal ordination and diplomatic career Marino began his diplomatic career with an assignment to the Vatican embassy in the Philippines in 1988 He was transferred to Montevideo Uruguay in 1991 and then to Lagos Nigeria in 1994 In 1997 he began working throughout the Balkans Marino was a member of the Vatican delegation sent by Pope John Paul II to Belgrade on April 1 1999 at the height of the Kosovo conflict He was also part of a delegation sent to the White House before the 2003 start of the war in Iraq as the pope sent a plea for peace Marino sat in on a meeting between President George W Bush and Cardinal Pio Laghi Archbishop Marino was appointed an archbishop by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008 He received his episcopal ordination from Jean Louis Cardinal Tauran on March 29 2008 in Rome Co consecrators were Archbishop Celestino Migliore Titular Archbishop of Canosa and Bishop William Russell Houck Bishop Emeritus of Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson Cheney David M Catholic Hierarchy org Retrieved 2015 1 19 Archbishop Marino was the Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh from 2008 until 2013 Marino previously served as a diplomat based at the Vatican embassy in London and served with the secretariat of state for the Vatican in Rome from 1997 to 2004 On January 16 2013 Archbishop Marino was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia Apostolic Nuncio to Timor Leste and appointed Apostolic Delegate to Brunei Darussalam by Pope Francis References External links Entry for Joseph Salvdor Marino on catholic hierarchy org See also Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama Bishops Roman Catholic Category Roman Catholic bishops by century Category American Roman Catholic bishops Category 1953 births Category Roman Catholic titular bishops Category Living people