Sor Merletti, 66, was Superior General of the Franciscan Sisters of the poor And now it will be part of the Directorate of the Dicastery of the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Apostolic Life Societies, the Holy See.
Currently, this dicastery is directed by the Prefect Simona BrambillA, accompanied by a prophefted, the Spanish Salesian Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime.
Sor Brambilla was, in fact, the First woman to take office of Prefect of a Dicasterio or “Ministry”, chosen in January by Pope Francis.
He New Pontiff Thus still the steps of your predecessor When choosing women for high positions of the Roman curia. The first secretary of a Dicastery was Alessandra Smerilli, appointed in August 2021 in the Integral Human Service and Development.
Sor Brambilla was also a secretary of the Dicastery of Consecrated Institutes of Life and will now be succeeded by Merletti.
After your choice on May 8, Leo XIV decided to maintain all the positions of the curia provisionally.
In addition, Francisco appointed the First woman president of the Government of the State of the city of the Vaticanalso nun Raffaella Petrini.
Sor Merletti was born on September 30, 1959 in the town of Pineto and, after entering the convent, in 1984 He graduated in law at the University of Teramo, then doctorate in Canon Law at the Latarenense University of Rome.
Between 2004 and 2013 he was a general superior of the Franciscan sisters of the poor and currently exercises teaching In the Canonum University Faculty of the Antonianum University of Rome