Overview
- Bishop Anthony Randazzo was appointed prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts on Wednesday and received the personal title of archbishop, the Holy See said.
- Randazzo said he will remain in Australia for about three months before moving to Rome to start the role.
- The Dicastery for Legislative Texts writes and interprets canon law for the Catholic Church and advises on legal questions that include matters for the Vatican City State.
- The 59-year-old studied canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University and spent five years at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith during Australia’s abuse reckoning after the Royal Commission.
- The appointment makes him the most senior Australian in the Roman Curia since the late Cardinal George Pell.