Diego Ravelli

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Diego Giovanni Ravelli
Titular Archbishop of Recanati
Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations
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Ravelli in 2015
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed11 October 2021
Predecessor Guido Marini
Orders
Ordination15 June 1991
by  Alessandro Maggiolini
Consecration3 June 2023
by  Pietro Parolin, Guido Marini and Konrad Krajewski
Personal details
Born
Diego Giovanni Ravelli

(1965-11-01) 1 November 1965 (age 59)
Lazzate, Italy
Denomination Roman Catholic
Alma mater
MottoEvangelii Gaudium
(The joy of the gospel)
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Diego Giovanni Ravelli.svg
Styles of
Diego Giovanni Ravelli
Coat of arms of Diego Giovanni Ravelli.svg
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop

Diego Giovanni Ravelli (born 1 November 1965) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked for the papal household since 1998 and has served as Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations and head of the Pontifical Sistine Chapel Choir since October 2021. He was appointed a titular archbishop in 2023.

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Biography

Diego Giovanni Ravelli was born on 1 November 1965 in Lazzate. He was ordained a priest for the Public Clerical Association Priests of Jesus Crucified in 1991 and then incardinated in the diocese of Velletri-Segni. [1]

In 2000 he obtained a diploma in pedagogical methodology from the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome. He earned a doctorate in sacred liturgy at the Liturgical Institute of the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm in 2010. [1]

He joined the Office of Papal Charities in 1998 and was named head of that office on 12 October 2003 [2] [3] and served in that post until October 2021. [1] He directed the new annual lottery that raised funds for papal charities by raffling off gifts received by the pope. [4] He was also chaplain at a spiritual center and assisted at a local parish in Rome. [5]

He worked at the same time for the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, where he was an Assistant Master of Ceremonies. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him a Papal Master of Ceremonies on 25 February 2006, [6] renewing that appointment in 2011. [2] On 11 October 2021, Pope Francis named him Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations and head of the Pontifical Sistine Chapel Choir. [1]

In 2012 he published his academic research, a historical study of the celebration of the feast of the Chair of Saint Peter in the Vatican basilica. [5]

In December 2017, his home town of Lazzate awarded him its highest honor, the Pila d'Oro. [5]

Archbishop

On 21 April 2023, Pope Francis named him titular bishop of Recanati with the personal title of archbishop. [7] His episcopal consecration by Cardinal Pietro Parolin with co-consecrators Bishop Guido Marini and Cardinal Konrad Krajewski was held on 3 June in Saint Peter's Basilica. [8]

Speaking on the revised the liturgical book regulating the funeral rite of popes, Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis, simplifying some of the rituals at Pope Francis’ request with is the elimination of the use of three coffins of cyprus, lead, and oak, and the possibility for a deceased pope to be buried outside of the Vatican basilica. Archbishop Ravelli stated “has stated on several occasions the need to simplify and adapt certain rites so that the celebration of the funeral of the bishop of Rome may better express the faith of the Church in the risen Christ,”. [9]

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  9. Vatican simplifies funeral rite for popes
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations
2021 – present
Incumbent