Appointments of Members and Consultants

28 August 2025

Appointment of Members of the Dicastery for the Clergy

The Holy Father has appointed as Members of the Dicastery for the Clergy: Their Eminences Cardinals Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for the First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches; Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille (France); Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B., Archbishop of Díli (Timor-Leste); Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Johannesburg (South Africa); Frank Leo, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada); José Tolentino de Mendonça, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education; Mario Grech, Secretary General of the General Secretariat of the Synod; Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; Their Excellencies: Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for Fundamental Questions of Evangelization in the World; Mons. Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, Dean of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota; Mons. Alfonso Vincenzo Amarante, C.SS.R., Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical Lateran University; Mons. César Daniel Fernández, Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina); Mons. Hilario González García, Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico); Mons. Andrea Migliavacca, Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro (Italy); Mons. Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors; Mons. James Francis Checchio, Bishop of Metuchen (USA); Mons. Egidio Miragoli, Bishop of Mondovì (Italy); Mons. Jesús Vidal Chamorro, Bishop of Segovia (Spain); Mons. Erik Varden, O.C.S.O., Prelate Bishop of Trondheim (Norway); Mons. Siprianus Hormat, Bishop of Ruteng (Indonesia); Mons. Edward M. Lohse, Bishop of Kalamazoo (USA); Mons. José Otacio Oliveira Guedes, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte (Brazil).

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Appointment of Consultants of the Dicastery for the Clergy

The Holy Father has appointed as Consultants of the Dicastery for the Clergy: The Reverend Monsignors: Marco Frisina, Rector of the Basilica of Saint Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome (Italy); Gianpaolo Montini, Full Professor at the Faculty of Canon Law of the Collegium Maximum of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; Giuliano Zatti, Vicar General of the Diocese of Padua (Italy); The Reverend Priests: Cristino Bohnert Bauer, Rector Magnificus of the Catholic University “Nuestra Señora de la Asunción” in Asunción (Paraguay); Michele Gianola, Under-Secretary and Director of the National Office for Vocations of the Italian Episcopal Conference; Stefano Giacomo Guarinelli, psychologist and psychotherapist; Gianluca Marchetti, Under-Secretary and Director of the National Office for Legal Affairs of the Italian Episcopal Conference; The Reverend Fathers: Damián Guillermo Astigueta, S.J., Full Professor at the Faculty of Canon Law of the Collegium Maximum of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; Noach Heckel, O.S.B., Associate Professor at the Faculty of Theology of the Universität Trier (Germany); Stanisław Morgalla, S.J., Director of the Institute of Psychology at the Collegium Maximum of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; Reverend Mother Martha Elizabeth Driscoll, of the Order of Cistercians of Strict Observance, Superior of the Community “Santa Maria alle Acque Salvie” at the Monastery of the Three Fountains in Rome; Reverend Sister Iuliana Sarosi, C.M.D., Lecturer at the Institute of Psychology and the “San Pietro Favre” Center for the Formation of Priests and Religious Life at the Collegium Maximum of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

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