The priest Daniel Pellizzon was summoned to replace Father Gonzalo Aemilius in office. He will start acting for him in August.
The father Daniel Pellisonuntil now priest of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aireswas summoned by the Pope Francisco to be his new personal assistant, replacing Father Gonzalo Aemilius. The news was shared by the recent Archbishop of Buenos Airesmonsignor Jorge Ignacio Garcia Cuervawhich issued a statement on Tuesday.
The priest will travel to Rome in the next few days, and it is expected that he will start his work in the first days of August. Until now, he had carried out his pastoral duties at the San Cayetano Sanctuary, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Liniers, and since the beginning of the year he held the position of vicar at the Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia parish.
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According to Argentine Catholic Information Agency (AICA) -the organ of diffusion of the Argentine Catholic episcopate– the presbyter met the then archbishop Jorge bergoglio in 2011, when he collaborated with the organization of his personal file. “This priest’s affection for the Holy Father, whom he closely treated as a seminarian and as a priest, will allow him to support Francis at this stage of his pontificate. We accompany him with our prayers,” they said from the clergy.
Elder Pellizzon, who was ordained a priest on November 3, 2018, will serve in a role that is extreme confidence for the Popesince they must take care of their private affairs, accompany them in all their activities and coordinate everything related to protocol tasks.
“We pray for him before this new mission entrusted to the service of the Church,” said García Cuerva, who celebrated his first sunday mass in the Immaculate Conception parish of Belgrano, where he exhorted the faithful: “Let’s bet, even if there are stones and thorns, because we are good people, good land.”
Source: Ambito
