Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Manuel Nin Güell as apostolic exarch of the Territorial Abbacy of Saint Mary of Grottaferrata, bringing to an end a vacancy that has lasted more than a decade.
The appointment places Bishop Nin at the head of the Territorial Abbacy of Grottaferrata, a jurisdiction of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. The see has been vacant since 2013, when Abbot Emiliano Fabbricatore retired on reaching the age of 75. On the same day, Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Marcello Semeraro as apostolic administrator, a post he has held since then.
