Michael Courtney
Michael Courtney | |
|---|---|
| Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| In office | 2000–2003 |
| Predecessor | Emil Paul Tscherrig |
| Successor | Paul Gallagher |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 9 March 1968 |
| Consecration | 12 November 2000 by Francis Arinze |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 February 1945 Summerhill, Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Died | 29 December 2003 (aged 58) Bujumbura, Burundi |
| Education | Clongowes Wood |
| Alma mater | Irish College, Rome |
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 was named Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi in 2000.
He died from gunshot wounds sustained during a violent attack, believed to be unrelated to Burundi's civil war. According to his brother, Courtney was the first papal nuncio to die as a result of violence in 500 years.