Luzia Premoli
{{Short description|Brazilian Roman Catholic nun (born 1955)}}
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| institute = Comboni Missionary Sisters
| nationality = Brazilian
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| birth_place = Linhares, Brazil
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Luzia Premoli S.M.C (born 23 March 1955), is a Brazilian Roman Catholic sister and missionary, Superior General of the Comboni Missionary Sisters between 2010 and 2016 and the second female appointed in an office of the Roman Curia after Enrica Rosanna.{{cite news|last1=Gagliarducci|first1=Andrea|title=First woman appointed to a Vatican congregation joyful|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/30602/first-woman-appointed-to-a-vatican-congregation-joyful|agency=Catholic News Agency|date=30 September 2014|archive-date=11 December 2024|access-date=7 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211215608/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/30602/first-woman-appointed-to-a-vatican-congregation-joyful|url-status=live}}
Biography
Born in Linhares, Brazil, Luzia Premoli joined the Congregation of the Comboni Missionary Sisters and in 1983 took the temporal vows. After studying psychology she worked from 1989 to 1997 in Mozambique for an educational program for women. She was also involved in academic education at the inter-diocesan seminary and in teaching. In 1997, Luzia Premoli worked for the novice training of her order in Brazil and completed a degree in psycho-pedagogy. In 2005, she was elected Provincial Superior of the Comboni Missionary Sisters in the Province of Brazil.{{citeweb|url=http://www.masdecerca.com/2010/09/sor-luzia-premoli-nueva-superiora-general-de-las-combonianas/|title=SOR LUZIA PREMOLI, NUEVA SUPERIORA GENERAL DE LAS COMBONIANAS|language=es|website=Mas des Cerca}}
On 20 September 2010, the General Chapter of the order chose Luzia Premoli as its new Superior General, becoming the first non-Italian in this role.{{citeweb|url=http://www.fides.org/en/news/27456-EUROPE_ITALY_Sr_Luzia_Premoli_new_Superior_General_of_the_Comboni_Missionaries_first_non_Italian|title= Sr. Luzia Premoli, new Superior General of the Comboni Missionaries, first non-Italian|publisher=Agenzia Fides|date=21 September 2010}}
On 13 September 2014, Pope Francis appointed her member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and thus she became the second woman ever to occupy an office of the Roman Curia but first to be appointed a member of a Vatican congregation (which is one of the higher ranking departments of the Roman Curia).{{cite web|title=First woman appointed to a Vatican congregation joyful|url=http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/Vatican.php?id=10843|publisher=EWTN|first=Andrea |last=Gagliarducci|access-date=12 January 2021|archive-date=11 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311192331/http://ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/vatican.php?id=10843|url-status=dead}}{{cite press release | access-date = 18 July 2019 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = 13 September 2014 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/09/13/0632/01406.html | title = Rinunce e nomine, 13.09.2014 | language = Italian | archive-date = 7 September 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190907053448/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/09/13/0632/01406.html | url-status = live }}{{citeweb|url=http://thecatholiccatalogue.com/tag/sr-luzia-premoli/|title=First woman appointed to Vatican Congregation|date=October 2, 2019|access-date=2019-07-18|archive-date=2019-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002101128/http://thecatholiccatalogue.com/tag/sr-luzia-premoli/|url-status=dead|first=Anna |last=Keating|website=Catholic Catalogue}} She was quoted as saying "The appointment took me by surprise; I did not expect it … but I was also joyful, because the appointment is a concretization of Pope Francis’ wish for more women in high-ranking positions in the Catholic Church"{{cite web |title=‘Motherhood Is the Contribution Women Can Give to the Life of the Church’ |url=http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/motherhood-is-the-contribution-women-can-give-to-the-life-of-the-church |website=National Catholic Register|first=Andrea |last=Gagliarducci |access-date=5 April 2025 |date=30 September 2014 |archive-date=18 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718220157/http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/motherhood-is-the-contribution-women-can-give-to-the-life-of-the-church |url-status=live }}
On 21 September 2016, she was succeeded by Luigia Coccia as head of the Combonian Sisters.{{citeweb|url=http://www.comboniane.org/new-superior-general.html|title=New Superior General|access-date=2019-07-18|archive-date=2019-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715151829/http://www.comboniane.org/new-superior-general.html|url-status=dead|website=Comboniane.org}}
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Category:20th-century Brazilian Roman Catholic nuns
Category:21st-century Brazilian Roman Catholic nuns
Category:Comboni Missionary Sisters
Category:Female Roman Catholic missionaries
Category:Members of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples