Pope appoints religious sister as Secretary of Consecrated Life Dicastery

By Vatican News

On Saturday, the Holy Father appointed Sister Simona Brambilla, M.C., former Superior General of the Institute of Consolata Missionaries (Italy), as the Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

Brief biography

Sister Simona Brambilla was born in Monza, Italy, on 27 March 1965. She graduated as a professional nurse in 1986 and entered the Institute of Consolata Missionaries in 1988, making her first religious profession in 1991.

In 1998, she earned a Licentiate in Psychology from the Institute of Psychology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.

After her perpetual profession in 1999, she went to Mozambique, where she was engaged in pastoral work with young people at the Macua Xirima Study Center in Maua.

From 2002 to 2006, she served as a lecturer at the Institute of Psychology of the Pontifical Gregorian University. From 2005 to 2011, she was a general councilor of the Institute of Consolata Missionaries.

In 2008, she received her Doctorate in Psychology from the Pontifical Gregorian University.

In 2011, she was elected Superior General of the Institute of Consolata Missionaries and was re-elected in 2017, serving until May 2023.

Since 2019, she has been a member of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.