Superiors

Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung Sik, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy, was born on November 17, 1951, and ordained a priest for the Diocese of Daejeon. He became a coadjutor in the same diocese in 2003 and assumed his leadership two years later. He headed the Peace Committee of the Korean Episcopal Conference and visited North Korea four times, keeping in his heart the prayer and hope for peace and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula.

In August 2014, Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik welcomed Pope Francis to the Diocese of Daejeon on the occasion of the 6th Asian Youth Day. In October 2018 -upon the call of the Pope - he participated in the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Young People.

Appointed on June 11, 2021, by Pope Francis as Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, he was simultaneously granted the title of Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Created a Cardinal in the Consistory of August 27, 2022, he holds the Diaconate of Jesus the Good Shepherd in Montagnola.

He is a Member of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, for Bishops, for the Evangelization, Section for the fundamental issues of evangelization in the world, for Culture and Education, and the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses.

H. E. Most Rev. Archbishop Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira was born in Santiago, Chile, on June 10, 1969, the sixth of seven children in a practicing Catholic family with a father who was an Agronomist Engineer. He attended the Faculty of Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile for three years.

In 1991, he entered the Pontifical Major Seminary of Santiago, to become a student at the Faculty of Theology of the same Pontifical University. At the end of the course, he obtained the academic degree of Bachelor. On October 24, 1998, he turn into a deacon, and the following year, on July 3, Archbishop Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa ordained him a priest in the Cathedral of Santiago, Chile.

As a new priest, he was appointed Parochial Vicar at the Parish of Christ Evangelizer and Solidarity in Cerro Navia. In 2000, after being a Guest Professor at the Permanent Diaconate School, he went to Rome to the Pontifical Biblical Institute, where two years later, he obtained a License in Biblical Sciences.

From 2002 to 2003, he moved to Munich to deepen his studies, prior to becoming Vicar of the local Parish of St. John of Capestrano. Back in Rome as a student at the Pontifical Gregorian University in 2006, he became a Doctor of Theology with a specialization in Biblical Theology. In 2005, he was invited as a professor at the Pontifical Major Seminary of Santiago.

In 2018, he was called to serve at the Holy See as an Official of the Congregation for the Clergy. Simultaneously, he volunteered as a Chaplain at the Gift of Mary House in the Vatican (Missionaries of Charity).

On September 8, 2021, Pope Francis promoted him Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia and appointed him Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy, starting from October 1. On October 17 of the same year, the Holy Father offered the episcopate to him in St. Peter's Basilica, with Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung Sik, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon and Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, and Cardinal Beniamino Stella, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy, as co-consecrators.

Msgr. Simone Renna was born in Lecce on July 10, 1974, and was ordained a priest for the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lecce on June 29, 2004. He obtained a degree in Law from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan and a Doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Lateran University.

He held various positions in the diocese, including Parish Priest, Director of the Office of Youth Pastoral and University Pastoral, Judge of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal, and Chancellor. Since October 1, 2019, he has been an Official of the Dicastery for the Clergy. He was appointed Undersecretary on February 9, 2022, and from 2023, he is a Consultant of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life.

Don Massignani was born on 7 February 1976 in Valdagno, Italy, and was ordained a priest on 7 June 2003 for the diocese of Vicenza. He obtained a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He held various offices in the diocese, including chancellor, judge of the Triveneto Regional Ecclesiastical Tribunal, and administrator of the parish of San Cristoforo in Tonezza del Cimone.

Msgr. McLaughlin was born on 21 June 1977 in County Donegal, Ireland, and was ordained a priest on 30 June 2002 for the diocese of Raphoe. He was awarded a doctorate in theology from the former John Paul II Institute in Rome. He held various offices in his diocese, including member of the Presbyteral Council and director of the Marriage Tribunal. Since 2017 he has served as an official of the Dicastery for the Clergy.