Alberto Ortega Martín

Alberto Ortega Martín is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

Biography

Alberto Ortega Martín was born in Madrid, Spain, on 14 November 1962. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Madrid on 28 April 1990 by Cardinal Ángel Suquía Goicoechea.

Diplomatic career

On 1 July 1997, he joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See and worked in Nicaragua, South Africa, and Lebanon. Beginning in 2004 he worked in Rome at the Secretariat of State, where in 2007 he was given responsibility for the Holy See's representation in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. This including working on negotiations to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
On 1 August 2015, Pope Francis appointed him titular archbishop of Midila and Apostolic Nuncio to Jordan and Iraq. He received his episcopal consecration on 10 October 2015 from Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
On 7 October 2019, he was named Apostolic Nuncio to Chile. He arrived in Chile at the height of the clerical abuse crisis in that country which triggered the mass resignation of the entire local episcopate.
On 14 May 2024, he was named nuncio to Venezuela. On 14 August he presented his Letters of Credence to Nicolás Maduro.