This week, Pope Francis once again transferred one of the Roman auxiliary bishops to a post in the Italian province.
As announced on Tuesday, he appointed Auxiliary Bishop Paolo Ricciardi, previously responsible for the east of the diocese, as the new bishop in the Adriatic city of Jesi.
Previously, he was also responsible in Rome for the area of "Church reaching out to people" (chiesa in uscita).
The Pope did not initially appoint a successor.
The Pope had previously transferred the Roman auxiliary bishop Riccardo Lamba to Udine in February 2024.
This was followed on 6 April by a change at the top of the administration of the diocese of Rome: the Pope's Cardinal Vicar for Rome, Angelo De Donatis, was transferred to the Vatican to the politically insignificant post of "Grand Penitentiary".
Other auxiliary bishops were transferred
At the same time, the active Roman auxiliary bishop Daniele Libanori found himself in a newly created post with an unclear remit as "Assessor of the Holy Father for Consecrated Life".
At the same time, the "Rome Centre Area", which Libanori had headed until then, was dissolved.
This was followed in December by the transfer of Auxiliary Bishop Daniele Salera from Rome to Ivrea in Piedmont.
The strong men in the Pope's diocese are now the new Cardinal Vicar Baldassare Reina - also Archpriest of the Roman Episcopal Church in Lateran - and the so-called "Vicegerente" of the diocese, Renato Tarantelli Baccari.
He was consecrated bishop in the presence of the Pope on 4 January.
Following the new personnel appointments, further structural changes are also expected in the diocese in the near future.