Resignation of the metropolitan archbishop of Siena-Colle Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy, and appointment of the new metropolitan archbishop

The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Siena-Colle Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy, presented by H.E. Msgr. Antonio Buoncristiani.

The Pope has appointed as metropolitan archbishop of the archdiocese of Siena-Colle Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy, H.E. Msgr. Augusto Paolo Lojudice, currently titular bishop of Alba Marittima and auxiliary of Rome.

The bishop-elect was born in Rome in 1964, and was ordained a priest in 1989. He holds a licentiate in theology, with a specialization in fundamental theology. He has served in a number of pastoral roles, including parish vicar and parish priest, spiritual father of the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary, secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Migrations of the Italian Episcopal Conference. He was appointed as titular bishop of Alba Marittima in 2015.