Resignation of the dean and approval of the election of the new dean of the College of Cardinals
Resignation and appointment of bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy, and union in persona Episcopi of the sees of Foggia-Bovino and Lucera-Troia
Resignation of the dean and approval of the election of the new dean of the College of Cardinals
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of the dean of the College of Cardinals presented by His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who will assume the title of dean emeritus of the same College and conserve the Title of the Suburbicarian Church of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto.
In addition, on 8 October 2026, the Roman Pontiff approved the election by Their Eminences the Cardinals of the Order of Bishops, of the dean of the College of Cardinals, in the person of His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches, who will assume the Title of the Suburbicarian Church of Ostia, conserving the Title of the Suburbicarian Church of Albano.
Resignation and appointment of bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy, and union in persona Episcopi of the sees of Foggia-Bovino and Lucera-Troia
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Lucera-Troia, Italy, presented by Bishop Giuseppe Giuliano.
The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Giorgio Ferretti, metropolitan of Foggia-Bovino, as bishop of Lucera-Troia, uniting the two sees in persona Episcopi.
Curriculum vitae
Archbishop Giorgio Ferretti was born on 27 November 1967 in Genoa, in the province and archdiocese of the same name. He graduated in philosophy from the University of Genoa and taught religion in various high schools in Genoa. He was awarded a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University of Rome in 2004.
He was ordained a priest on 6 November 2004 for the diocese of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, as a member of the Missionary Fraternity of Sant’Egidio.
He has held the following offices: pastoral collaborator in the parish of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome (2004-2008), representative for relations with South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland (present-day eSwatini) and Botswana for the Sant’Egidio Community (since 2005), special secretary to the bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino (2008-2016), director of the office of “Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue” of the same diocese and member of the diocesan Pastoral Council (2009-2016), assistant of the Association of Scouts of Europe (2012-2016), member of the Ethics Committee of the Frosinone Local Health Authority (2013-2015), parish priest in solidum of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, of the parish of Ss. Annunziata and the parish of San Benedetto in Frosinone (2013-2016), and head of the diocesan soup kitchen for the poor (2014-2016).
From 2017 he served as fidei donum priest in the archdiocese of Maputo, in the Republic of Mozambique, parish priest of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, and member of the Pastoral Council.
He was elected to the metropolitan see of Foggia-Bovino on 18 November 2023, and received episcopal consecration the following 9 December.
Within the Italian Episcopal Conference, he is a member of the Episcopal Commission for the Evangelization of Peoples and Cooperation among Churches. Within the Regional Episcopal Conference, he is bishop delegate for charity.
