Mauro Rivella
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- Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (2015–20)
- Delegate of the Ordinary Section of APSA (2013–15)
by Anastasio Ballestrero
Mauro Rivella | |
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| Episcopal Vicar for Economic Affairs, Archdiocese of Turin | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
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| Ordination | 22 May 1988 by Anastasio Ballestrero |
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| Born | 23 June 1963 |
Mauro Rivella is an Italian Roman Catholic cleric who served as the secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) from 2015 to 2020 and since 2022 has been the episcopal vicar for economic affairs in the Archdiocese of Turin.
Rivella was born in Moncalieri and grew up in the Mirafiori Sud neighborhood of Turin.[1] Rivella was ordained a priest of the diocese of Turin in 1998.[2] He held the role of avvocato generale in the diocesan curia[3] and taught canon law in the seminary and theological faculty. Rivella, along with others such as Roberto Repole, has been identified by some commentators as a "boariniano," that is, the member of a group of theologically and politically liberal clerics influenced by Sergio Boarino, who served as the rector of the Turin seminary during the 1980s and 1990s.[4][5][6]
Rivella served as director of the juridical office of the Episcopal Conference of Italy (CEI) and then as its subsecretary. During Rivella's term as subsecretary of the CEI, the anti-abuse activist Roberto Mirabile accused Rivella and three other CEI leaders of mishandling a report of priestly pedophilia that Mirabile had submitted to the CEI.[7]
When Rivella's 5-year term as CEI subsecretary was not renewed, he returned to the diocese of Turin to serve as a parish priest in Chieri, but was called back to Rome to serve in APSA after less than a year, a nomination that some saw as a rebuke to CEI leadership.[8] He also served as a consultant for the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.[9][1]
