Pope Leo XIV names first head of major Vatican department
Pope Leo greeting the faithful at Castel Gandolfo. Credit: Vatican Media. Archbishop Filippo Iannone at a press conference on June 1, 2021. Credit: Daniel Ibanez | EWTN Vatican.
CNA, 2025-09-26
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Filippo Iannone as prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, a department the pope himself once led.
The appointment, announced Sept. 26, marks Leo’s first selection of a head of a major Vatican office since his election in May.
Iannone, 67, an Italian canon lawyer, has headed the Dicastery for Legislative Texts as prefect since 2022.
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Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency. A graduate of Harvard University, she has reported from news bureaus on three continents and was awarded the Gardner Fellowship for her work with North Korean refugees.
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