Fabio Salerno

Italian Roman Catholic priest (born 1979)

The Most Reverend Fabio Salerno
Second Personal Papal Secretary
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	1 August 2020
Predecessor	Yoannis Lahzi Gaid
Orders
Ordination	19 March 2011 by Antonio Ciliberti
Personal details
Born	Fabio Salerno (1979-04-25) 25 April 1979 (age 44) Catanzaro, Italy
Residence	Domus Sanctae Marthae
Previous post(s)	Secretary of the Apostolic Nunciature to Indonesia (2015-18)
Alma mater	Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy Pontifical Lateran University

Fabio Salerno (born 25 April 1979) is an Italian Roman Catholic priest who has served since 2020 as the second private secretary to Pope Francis. Prior to this, Salerno had been attached to the apostolic nunciature in Indonesia from 2015 to 2018 while serving in Strasbourg from 2018 until his appointment.^[1]

Life

Fabio Salerno was born on 25 April 1979 in Catanzaro. He completed his education in Rome first in the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy and then in the Pontifical Lateran University where he earned his doctorate in utroque iure.^[1] Archbishop Antonio Ciliberti ordained him to the priesthood on 19 March 2011.

Salerno served as the secretary in the apostolic nunciature in Indonesia from 2015 to 2018 until he served in the Holy See delegation to the Council of Europe from 2018 to 2020. It was following this that he began working in the Section for Relations with States in the Secretariat of State.^[1]^[2] Pope Francis appointed him on 1 August 2020 to be his second personal secretary to replace Yoannis Lahzi Gaid.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Msgr Gaid ends service as Pope Francis's secretary, as Fr Fabio Salerno takes up post". Vatican News. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Pope rotates in new personal secretary". Crux Now. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Yoannis Lahzi Gaid	Second Personal Papal Secretary 1 August 2020 –	Incumbent

Pope Francis

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 1936
Archbishop of Buenos Aires (1998–2013)
Cardinal Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino (2001–2013)
Pope (2013–present)

Events

Visits (selected)

Bibliography
(selected)

Constitutions (selected)	Vultum Dei quaerere Veritatis gaudium Episcopalis communio Pascite gregem Dei Praedicate evangelium
Exhortations	Evangelii gaudium Amoris laetitia Gaudete et exsultate Christus vivit Querida Amazonia Laudate Deum
Encyclicals	Lumen fidei Laudato si' Fratelli tutti
Letters (selected)	Misericordiae vultus Misericordia et misera Maiorem hac dilectionem Magnum principium Vos estis lux mundi Spiritus Domini Traditionis custodes

Related people

Papal household	Alfred Xuereb, Fabián Pedacchio, Yoannis Lahzi Gaid and Gonzalo Aemilius (former personal secretaries) Fabio Salerno and Daniel Pellizzon (current personal secretaries) Guido Marini (former Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations) Diego Giovanni Ravelli (current Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations) Georg Gänswein (Prefect of the Papal Household)
Cardinal Advisers	Current: Fridolin Ambongo Besungu Sérgio da Rocha Oswald Gracias Jean-Claude Hollerich Gérald Lacroix Seán Patrick O'Malley Juan José Omella Pietro Parolin Fernando Vérgez Alzaga Former: Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, George Pell, Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga (coordinator), Giuseppe Bertello, and Reinhard Marx
Episcopate	Benedict XVI (preceding pope) Mauro Gambetti (Vicar General for Vatican City) Angelo De Donatis (Vicar General for Rome) Antonio Quarracino (preceding Archbishop of Buenos Aires) Mario Aurelio Poli (succeeding Archbishop of Buenos Aires) Sergio Rubin (biographer)