Private Secretary to the Pope

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Private Secretary to the Pope is an official of the Roman Curia that serves the Pope. The current Private Secretary is Edgard Ivan Rimaycuna Inga, appointed by Pope Leo XIV. [1] Since September 2025, he has been supported by Father Marco Billeri as second private secretary. [2]

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List of private secretaries to the Pope

NumberSecretaryPopeYears
1 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Bressani
C o a Pius X.svg
Pius X 		1903-1914
2 Flag of Italy.svg Attilio Bianchi
C o a Benedictus XV.svg
Benedict XV 		1914-1917
3 Flag of Italy.svg Carlo Confalonieri
C o a Pius XI.svg
Píus XI 		1922-1939
4 Flag of Germany.svg Robert Leiber, SJ
C o a Pius XII.svg
Píus XII 		1939-1958
5 Flag of Italy.svg Loris Francesco Capovilla
C o a John XXIII.svg
John XXIII 		1958-1963
6 Flag of Italy.svg Pasquale Macchi
C o a Paulus VI.svg
Paul VI 		1963-1978
7 Flag of Italy.svg Diego Lorenzi, F.D.P.
C o a John Paul I.svg
John Paul I 		1978
8 Flag of Poland.svg Stanisław Dziwisz
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John Paul II 		1978-2005
9 Flag of Germany.svg Georg Gänswein [3]
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Benedict XVI 		2005-2013
10 Flag of Malta.svg Alfred Xuereb [4]
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Francis 		2013-2014
11 Flag of Argentina.svg Fabián Pedacchio [4] 2014-2019
12 Flag of Uruguay.svg Gonzalo Aemilius, S.J. [5] 2020-2023
13 Flag of Argentina.svg Daniel Pellizzon [6] 2023-2025
14 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Cruz Villalón [7] [8] 2020-2025
14 Flag of Peru.svg Edgard Ivan Rimaycuna Inga [1]
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Leo XIV 		2025 - present

List of second private secretaries to the Pope

N.ºSecretaryPopeYears
1 Flag of Ireland.svg John Magee, S.P.S.
C o a Paulus VI.svg
Paul VI 		1970-1982
C o a John Paul I.svg
John Paul I

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John Paul II
2 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Emery Kabongo Kanundowi 1982-1987
3 Flag of Vietnam.svg Vincent Tran Ngoc Thu 1988-1996
4 Flag of Poland.svg Mieczysław Mokrzycki 1996-2007
Coat of arms of Benedictus XVI.svg
Benedict XVI
5 Flag of Malta.svg Alfred Xuereb 2007-2013
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Fabián Pedacchio Leaniz [4]
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Francis 		2013-2014
7 Flag of Egypt.svg Yoannis Lahzi Gaid [4] 2014-2020
8 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Salerno [9] 2020-2025
9 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Billeri [2]
Coat of arms of Leone XIV.svg
Leo XIV 		2025-present

References

  1. 1 2 Provincias, Las. "Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga, chi è l'uomo-ombra di Prevost dal Perù a Roma: sarà segretario particolare di Papa Leone XIV". www.open.online (in Italian). Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 Mancini, Marco (2025-09-27). "Pope Leo XIV appoints new personal secretary". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2025-12-14.
  3. ↑ Provincias, Las. "Gänswein, el fiel secretario que le seguirá en su retiro". www.lasprovincias.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "AICA: Un argentino al frente de la secretaría personal del Papa". www.aica.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Padre Gonzalo Aemilius es el nuevo secretario particular del Papa - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Spanish). 26 January 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "El sacerdote argentino Daniel Pellizzon, nuevo secretario del papa Francisco". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 July 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Quién estuvo al lado del Papa Francisco hasta el final: los tres sacerdotes secretarios, las monjas y el enfermero que le había "salvado la vida"". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2025-04-22. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  8. ↑ "La «familia» que cuidó del Papa en sus últimos días". La Razón (in Spanish). 2025-04-23. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  9. ↑ "Don Fabio Salerno nuevo secretario del Papa tras concluir su servicio p. Gaid - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Spanish). 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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