Tiziana Merletti
Tiziana Merletti | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2025 | |
| Appointed by | Pope Leo XIV |
| Preceded by | Simona Brambilla |
| Superior General of the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor | |
| In office 2004–2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1959 Pineto, Italy |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Lateran University |
| Occupation | Canon lawyer |
Tiziana Merletti SFP (born 30 September 1959) is an Italian religious sister who serves as Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life since her appointment on 22 May 2025 by Pope Leo XIV.[1][2] She is the second woman to serve in this position, after her predecessor Simona Brambilla,[3][4] who in 2025 became the first woman prefect in the Roman Curia.[5]
Biography
Merletti was born 30 September 1959 in Pineto. She received a degree in jurisprudence from D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara in 1984 and took first vows with the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor in 1986. She then received a doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University in 1992. From 2004 to 2013, she served as Superior General of her religious order, and from 2013 to 2025 as a lecturer in canon law at the Pontifical University Antonianum.[2] Merletti is also a canon lawyer for the International Union of Superiors General.[6]
References
- ^ Tulloch, Joseph (22 May 2025). "Pope appoints Sr. Tiziana Merletti as Secretary of Dicastery for Consecrated Life - Vatican News". Vatican News. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va.
- ^ Wooden, Cindy (9 October 2023). "Pope names sister as first woman secretary of dicastery for religious". Global Sisters Report. Catholic News Service. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "Dicastery for Consecrated Life will have religious sister as secretary". Aleteia. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "Pope appoints Sr. Simona Brambilla as Vatican's first female prefect". Vatican News. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "Sister Tiziana Merletti Appointed Secretary of the Dicastery for Consecrated Life". Ordo Fratrum Minorum. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.