VATICAN (SE): Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla as a member of the Dicastery for Bishops, according to Vatican News. The Holy See Press Office announced the appointment on 14 February.
The Italian-born religious sister from the Consolata Missionaries, who will turn 61 on March 27, has served as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life since January 2025.
Sister Brambilla now joins two other women: Sister Raffaella Petrini, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and of the Governorate, and María Lía Zervino, former president of the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations.
They were appointed by Pope Francis as members of the Dicastery for Bishops in July 2022 and confirmed on February 14 by Pope Leo XIV.
They are called to offer their contribution to the work of the Dicastery that deals with all matters concerning the appointment of diocesan and titular bishops, apostolic administrators and, in general, the provision of the particular Churches, Vatican News reported.
