Diego Ravelli
{{Short description|Italian Catholic archbishop (born 1965)}}
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Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations
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| ordination = 15 June 1991
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Diego Giovanni Ravelli (born 1 November 1965) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked for the papal household since 1998 and has served as Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations and head of the Pontifical Sistine Chapel Choir since October 2021. He was appointed a titular archbishop in 2023.
Biography
Diego Giovanni Ravelli was born on 1 November 1965 in Lazzate, Italy. He was ordained a priest for the Public Clerical Association Priests of Jesus Crucified in 1991 and then incardinated in the diocese of Velletri-Segni.
In 2000 he obtained a diploma in pedagogical methodology from the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome. He earned a doctorate in sacred liturgy at the Liturgical Institute of the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm in 2010.
He joined the Office of Papal Charities in 1998 and was named head of that office on 12 October 2003{{cite news | access-date = 12 October 2021 | url = https://www.ilnotiziario.net/wp/2013/11/08/la-carita-del-papa-nelle-mani-di-un-sacerdote-di-lazzate/ | language = it | date = 8 November 2013 | title =La carità del Papa nelle mani di un sacerdote di Lazzate | work = Il Notiziario }}{{cite press release | date= 12 October 2003 | language = it| url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2013/10/12/0655/01472.html | access-date = 12 October 2021 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 12.10.2003 }} and served in that post until October 2021. He directed the new annual lottery that raised funds for papal charities by raffling off gifts received by the pope. He was also chaplain at a spiritual center and assisted at a local parish in Rome.
He worked at the same time for the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, where he was an Assistant Master of Ceremonies. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him a Papal Master of Ceremonies on 25 February 2006,{{cite press release | date= 25 February 2006 | language = it| url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2006/02/25/0099/00293.html | access-date = 11 October 2021 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 25.02.2006 }} renewing that appointment in 2011. On 11 October 2021, Pope Francis named him Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations and head of the Pontifical Sistine Chapel Choir.{{cite press release | date= 11 October 2021| url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2021/10/11/211011b.html | access-date = 11 October 2021 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Resignations and Appointments, 11.10.2021 }}
In 2012 he published his academic research, a historical study of the celebration of the feast of the Chair of Saint Peter in the Vatican basilica.
In December 2017, his home town of Lazzate awarded him its highest honor, the Pila d'Oro.{{cite news | access-date = 12 October 2021 | url = https://ilsaronno.it/2018/01/01/lazzate-la-pila-doro-a-monsignor-diego-giovanni-ravelli/ | language = it | work = Il Saronno | title = Lazzate, la Pila d’oro a monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli | first = Sara | last = Giudice | date = 1 January 2018 }}
Following the funeral of Benedict XVI in 2023, Francis requested that Ravelli simplify the Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis, the liturgical book for papal funerals. This second edition of the text was approved by Francis in April 2024, with Ravelli announcing its publication in November that year.{{cite web|url=https://www.cultodivino.va/en/attivita/2024/ordo-exsequiarum-romani-pontificis.html|title=Vatican publishes new edition of funeral rites for Roman Pontiff|date=29 November 2024|access-date=21 April 2025|publisher=Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments|website=cultodivino.va}} Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, these changes were put into effect, which he oversaw, such as the Pope's body being placed inside an open coffin for public viewing, the elimination of the triple coffin, and the rite of the ascertainment of the Pope's death taking place at the chapel of Domus Sanctae Marthae on April 21. 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-04/pope-francis-death-ascertainment-cardinal-camerlengo-farrell.html|title=Cardinal Farrell officially ascertains death of Pope Francis}}
Archbishop
On 21 April 2023, Pope Francis named him titular bishop of Recanati with the personal title of archbishop.{{cite press release |publisher=Holy See Press Office |date=21 August 2021 |access-date=21 April 2023 |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/04/21/230421c.html |title=Resignations and Appointments, 21.04.2023}} His episcopal consecration by Cardinal Pietro Parolin with co-consecrators Bishop Guido Marini and Cardinal Konrad Krajewski was held on 3 June in Saint Peter's Basilica.{{cite news |last=Mancini |first=Marco |date=10 May 2023 |title=Il 3 giugno l'ordinazione episcopale di Monsignor Ravelli |language=it |publisher=ACI Stampa |url=https://www.acistampa.com/story/il-3-giugno-lordinazione-episcopale-di-monsignor-ravelli |access-date=11 May 2023}}
As Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, he assisted in the 2025 papal conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, giving the command Extra Omnes and closing the doors of the Sistine Chapel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2025-05/the-conclave-begins-2025-election-267th-pope-may-7.html|title=The Conclave begins}} In accordance with the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, Ravelli served as notary upon the acceptance of the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, assuming the name of Pope Leo XIV. He drafted the document certifying the acceptance of the election with the papal name indicated. The document of which was shared for the first time in the official social media pages of the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff and Vatican News.{{cite web|url=https://x.com/UCEPO/status/1920755136890126517/photo/1|title=Verbale circa l’accettazione del Romano Pontefice e il nome da lui assunto, redatto dal Maestro delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche Pontificie con funzione di notaio}}
Writings
- {{cite book | title = La solennità della cattedra di San Pietro nella Basilica Vaticana: Storia e formulario della Messa |publisher = Libreria Studio Bosazzi |date= 2012 | location = Florence | language = it | isbn =978-8873671640 }} "a manual with a detailed historical component"{{cite news | access-date = 12 October 2021 | url = https://www.vidanuevadigital.com/2021/10/11/el-papa-estrena-ceremoniero-diego-giovanni-ravelli-el-liturgista-de-los-pobres/ | first = José | last = Beltrán | language = es | title = El Papa estrena ceremoniero: Diego Giovanni Ravelli, el liturgista de los pobres | work = Vida Nueva Digital | date = 11 October 2021 }}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bravellid.html Bio on Catholic Hierarchy]
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Category:People from the Province of Monza e Brianza
Category:Salesian Pontifical University alumni
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Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Francis
Category:21st-century Italian Roman Catholic titular archbishops