Michael August Blume (born May 30, 1946) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the Roman Curia from 1995 to 2005 and then in the diplomatic service of the Holy See as an Apostolic Nuncio until retiring at the end of 2021.
A member of the Society of the Divine Word, he was ordained a priest on December 23, 1972,[1] by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Crowley in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana.
[1] On August 24, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him titular archbishop of Alexanum and apostolic nuncio to both Benin and Togo.
[1] He was consecrated a bishop on September 30, 2005, by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state.
[4] Pope Francis named him apostolic nuncio to Hungary on July 4, 2018,[5] and accepted his resignation on 31 December 2021.