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Peña Parra appointed Italian nuncio

Archbishop Paolo Rudelli will become papal chief of staff

Edgar Beltrán
Mar 30, 2026
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In the most senior Vatican curial appointment of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV on Monday named Archbishop Paolo Rudelli, apostolic nuncio to Colombia, to replace Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra as papal chief of staff.

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra. Credit: Kudmot/CC BY-SA 4.0

The pope also appointed Peña Parra, who was embroiled in several financial and transp…

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