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The Pope has chosen a new Secretary for the Congregation for Bishops: Monsignor Ilson De Jesus Montanari who up until now has been the Congregation’s minute taker

ANDREA TORNIELLI
VATICAN CITY

Francis’ game of musical chairs continues: the face of the Roman Curia is slowly changing under the new pontificate. A week or so ago the Pope transferred the Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops, Lorenzo Baldisseri, to the General Secretariat of the Synod and is replacing him with Mgr. Ilson De Jesus Montanari from the Diocese of Riberaõ Preto. Until today Montanari had played a secondary role in the dicastery that oversees Episcopal nominations. The prelate, whom Pope Francis has known personally for about a year now, will now become Titular Archbishop of Capocilla and elevated to the dignity of archbishop.

With today’s nomination – a choice which has Francis written all over…