The bulletin Today's Holy See's daily newspaper included the appointment of the hitherto Bishop of Albano, Marcello Semeraro, as the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
A native of Monteroni di Lecce, in Puglia, Msgr. Semeraro was, since 2013 Secretary of the Council of Cardinals. He is also a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and of the Dicastery for Communication and Consultor to the Congregation for Oriental Churches.
He succeeds Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, who resigned on September 24.
Monsignor Mellino will be the new secretary of the Council of Cardinals, replacing Monsignor Marcello Semeraro.
Brief biography
Marcello Semeraro, who will be 73 years old next December, was ordained a priest in 1971.
He received his initial formation at the Pius XI Pius XI Pontifical Regional Pullés Seminary in Molfetta and subsequently perfected his theological studies at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, where he obtained his Licentiate and Doctorate in Sacred Theology. He then began the ministry of teaching dogmatic theology at the Pullés Theological Institute and then also ecclesiology at the Faculty of Theology of the P.U.L.L.
In 1998 he was appointed by St. John Paul II Bishop of Oria and in October 2004 he was assigned to the Suburbicarian Church of Albano.
He was Special Secretary of the 10th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on The Bishop: Servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the Hope of the World.
Participated as a member by pontifical designation in the XIV Ordinary General Assembly on The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the contemporary world; in the XV Ordinary General Assembly on Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernmentl and in the Special Assembly for the Panamazon Region in 2019
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