Alum Sworn in as Vatican Ambassador

Notre Dame alumnus Miguel H. Diaz ’92 M.A., ’00 Ph.D., was sworn in Aug. 21 as the United States ambassador to the Holy See in a ceremony at the U.S. State Department.

Unable to attend the ceremony because of a previous commitment, Notre Dame President, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., asked two fellow Holy Cross priests, both friends of Diaz, to represent him there. Rev. James K. Foster, C.S.C., assistant dean of Notre Dame’s College of Science, and Rev. Edwin H. Obermiller, C.S.C., director of the office of vocations for the Indiana Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross, attended both the State Department swearing-in ceremony and a subsequent luncheon hosted by St. John’s College (Minn.), where Diaz teaches theology.

Diaz is one of three alumni of the Notre Dame Graduate School now serving in the ambassadorial corps.

Notre Dame alumna Martha Larzelere Campbell ’73 M.A., also was sworn in Aug. 21 as the U.S. ambassador to the Marshall Islands. Campbell has worked in the State Department’s foreign service for 29 years. Former U.S. Rep. Timothy Roemer ’81 M.A., ’85 Ph.D., was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to India in July.