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Via #ANSA, 11:36am ET, Jan 6
#PopeFrancis has appointed Sister #SimonaBrambilla as Prefect of the Dicastery 4 Institutes of Consecrated Life & Societies of Apostolic Life, the #Vatican Press Office said Mon
She is the first ever female prefect of the #CatholicChurch
Monza-born Brambilla, 59, led the women's branch of the #ConsolataMissionaries from 2011 to 2023 when she became the dicastery's secretary
She→now the highest-ranking #woman in the #RomanCuria
Pope names first-ever woman prefect - Vatican - Ansa.it
Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla, until now Secretary of the same institution, as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the Vatican Press Office said Monday. (ANSA)