Pope Leo XIV has appointed Monsignor Roberto Campisi as the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to UNESCO in Paris.
On 27 September it was announced that the Sicilian-born prelate, who had spent the past three years as Assessor for General Affairs in the Secretariat of State and deputy to Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, was leaving his post. His departure marks the first time in living memory that an assessor has left office without being raised to the episcopate.
Monsignor Campisi’s promotion to assessor in October 2022 made him one of the rising figures of the Francis pontificate. Ordained in 2002, he entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 2010 and was swiftly advanced under Pope Francis, who entrusted him with sensitive posts at the centre of Roman governance.
