Eugene Martin Nugent (born 21 October 1958) is an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who has served as Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar since January 2021.

Nugent studied for the priesthood at St Patrick's College, Maynooth, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Celtic studies from the National University of Ireland, and the Pontifical Irish College, Rome, where he was awarded a baccalaureate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University.

[3] Following ordination, Nugent completed a licentiate in canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University, before returning to the Diocese of Killaloe in 1984, where he received his first pastoral assignment as curate in the cathedral parish in Ennis until 1987.

[4] Nugent returned to Rome in 1988, where he worked in the Section for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State, before entering the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1991, in preparation for a diplomatic career for the Holy See.

[14] Nugent was consecrated by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone, on 18 March in St Peter's Basilica, Rome.