Ilson de Jesus Montanari (born 18 July 1959) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been secretary of the Congregation for Bishops since 12 October 2013 and

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since 1 May 2020.

Biography

Montanari was born in

Sertãozinho Sertãozinho is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo. The population in 2020 was about 127,142. Its area is 403 km2. The municipality consists of Sertãozinho city and two districts: Cruz das Posses and Vila Garcia. Sertãozi ...

, São Paulo state inside the territory of the archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto. He attended elementary school from 1965–1969 in Sertãozinho. He went on to study law and economics at the University of Ribeirão Preto. Montanari obtained a BA in Philosophy from the Centre for Studies of the archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto. He studied at the diocesan seminary from 1982–85. He was sent to Rome where he obtained a bachelor's degree in theology from the

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from 1985–88. While in Rome, he lived at the He was

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a priest for the

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on 18 August 1989. After his ordination he was appointed pastor and a year later was professor of theology in

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and at the same time the seminary of

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until 1994. From 1990 until 2001 he was a member of the priests council and the diocesan college of consultors. He held the posts of chancellor and pastoral co-ordinator from 1993 until 2002. He returned to Rome in 2002 to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he obtained his license in

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in 2004. From 2008 to 2013 he served as an official at the Congregation for Bishops. He was appointed

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of Capocilla and secretary of the Congregation for Bishops. He was consecrated on 7 November 2013 in Brazil by Archbishop

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. On 28 January 2014 he replaced

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as secretary of the

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. On 1 May 2020, Pope Francis named him Vice Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church.

References

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