Vittorio Francesco Viola


Vittorio Francesco Viola

Secretary for the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed27 May 2021
PredecessorArthur Roche
Other post(s)Apostolic Administrator of Tortona (2021-)
Orders
Ordination3 July 1993
by Luca Brandolini
Consecration7 December 2014
by Domenico Sorrentino
Personal details
Born
Vittorio Francesco Viola

(1965-10-04) 4 October 1965 (age 58)
Previous post(s)Custos for the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli (1999-2005)
Custos for the Basilica di Santa Chiara (2005-14)
Bishop of Tortona (2014-21)
Alma materPontifical Institute of Sacred Liturgy
MottoIn tuis te invenio sacramentis
("I discover You in Your sacraments")
Coat of armsVittorio Francesco Viola's coat of arms

Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. (born 4 October 1965) is an Italian Catholic prelate who joined the Roman Curia in May 2021 as secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments with the rank of archbishop. A member of the Order of Friars Minor, he was Bishop of Tortona from 2014 to 2021.

Viola's education specialized in liturgy; he has taught sacred liturgy at several institutions, managed the liturgy office of the Ecclesiastical Region of Umbria for almost two decades, and served as a member of the Italian Bishops Conference's commission for liturgy.


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