Jan. 29,2014: Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed 54-year-old Brazilian Archbishop
Ilson de Jesus Montanari as Secretary for the College of Cardinals in the Vatican.
Archbishop Montanari who is currently the secretary of Vatican’s Congregation for
Bishops, was born in Sertãozinho, São Paulo state in Brazil 18 July 1959. He was
ordained priest of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, 18 Aug. 1989. Blessed Pope John
Paul II appointed him Secretary of the Congregation for bishops 12 October 2013,
while raising him to the rank of archbishop. A month later 7 Nov. 2013 he was ordained
bishop . Source: Sedoc