Notre Dame representatives to attend Diaz’ swearing-in as Vatican ambassador | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame representatives to attend Diaz’ swearing-in as Vatican ambassador Notre Dame representatives to attend Diaz’ swearing-in as Vatican ambassador Published: August 20, 2009 Author: Michael O. Garvey University of Notre Dame alumnus Miguel H. Diaz will be sworn in Friday (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’s president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., has 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, will attend both the State Department swearing-in ceremony and a subsequent luncheon hosted by St. John’s College (Minn.), where Diaz teaches theology. Diaz, who earned master’s and doctoral degrees from Notre Dame in 1992 and 2000, respectively, is one of three alumni of the Notre Dame Graduate School now serving in the ambassadorial corps. Notre Dame alumna Martha Larzelere Campbell also will be sworn in Friday as the U.S. ambassador to the Marshall Islands. Campbell, who has worked in the State Department’s foreign service for 29 years, earned a master’s degree in political science from Notre Dame in 1973. Former U.S. Rep. Timothy Roemer, who earned master’s and doctoral degrees in political science from Notre Dame in 1981 and 1985, respectively, was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to India last month. Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn