Pope names first female prefect of Vatican dicastery
Sr. Simona Brambilla, I.S.M.C. is the first woman, and the first non-cardinal, to lead the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Pope Francis appointed Monday Sr. Simona Brambilla, I.S.M.C., as prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, and Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., as pro-prefect of the same dicastery.

