Overview

• Iannone, a 68-year-old Italian Carmelite and canon lawyer, moves from heading the Dicastery for Legislative Texts to the bishops post.
• He will assume the role on October 15 and also serve as president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, as is customary for the prefect.
• The Holy See simultaneously confirmed Archbishop Ilson de Jesus Montanari as secretary and Bishop Ivan Kovač as subsecretary for five-year terms.
• The appointment fills the vacancy left when León XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, was elected pope after leading the same dicastery from 2023 to 2025.
• Vatican reporting notes many insiders were surprised by the selection, even as analysts view it as consistent with recent curial practice.