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Pope Moves St. Peter’s Archpriest to Italian Diocese without Naming Successor

Gambetti leaves three Vatican posts to lead the archdiocese after Archbishop Bruno Forte resigned at the age limit, Vatican News said.

  • On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV appointed Cardinal Mauro Gambetti as the new Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, transferring him from his positions as Vicar General of His Holiness and Archpriest of St. Peter's Papal Basilica.
  • Previously, Gambetti served as President of the Fabric of Saint Peter and was created a Cardinal by Pope Francis in 2020 after leading the Sacred Convent of St. Francis in Assisi.
  • As President of the Fabric of Saint Peter, Gambetti oversaw restoration of the nearly 100-foot-tall baldachin by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, with the office "deals with everything that concerns the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter" per "Praedicate Evangelium".
  • Gambetti succeeds Archbishop Bruno Forte, whose resignation from the pastoral governance of the archdiocese was accepted by the pope, with the Vatican announcing the transition on October 3.
  • Although the archpriest position is vacant, Leo XIV has not yet named a successor, leaving Italian Bishop Calogero La Piana to continue overseeing the basilica complex as the current vicar.
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A transfer, that to the archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto, that for the different weight and visibility of the two assignments, can hardly be read as a promotion and that above all signals the will of the American Pope to give a new direction to the management of the main temple of Christendom

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After days of indiscretions, comes the official: takes the place of Msgr. Bruno Forte

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Bergoglio brought the Franciscan convent to the Vatican, the management of the Vatican basilica increased revenue but aroused some perplexity. Now his key position in the Roman Curia is vacant

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Pope Leo XIV appointed Cardinal Mauro Gambetti as archbishop of Chieti-Vasto. The monastery, already guardian of the Sacred Convent of Assisi and promoted cardinal by Pope Francis on 28 November 2020, thus leaves the Basilica of St. Peter, of which he was archpriest from 20 February 2021, the presidency of the Fabbrica of St. Peter and... Read more "Pope Leo sends away the cardinal who ruled St. Peter: the case The article Pope Leo sends away t…

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infovaticana.com broke the news on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
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