Private Secretary to the Pope

Private Secretary to the Pope is an official of the Roman Curia that serves the Pope. The current Private Secretary is Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga, appointed by Pope Leo XIV.^[1] Since September 2025, he has been supported by Father Marco Billeri as second private secretary.^[2]

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Number	Secretary	Pope	Years
1	Giovanni Bressani	Pius X	1903–1914
2	Attilio Bianchi	Benedict XV	1914–1917
3	Carlo Confalonieri	Pius XI	1922–1939
4	Robert Leiber, SJ	Pius XII	1939–1958
5	Loris Francesco Capovilla	John XXIII	1958–1963
6	Pasquale Macchi	Paul VI	1963–1978
7	Diego Lorenzi, F.D.P.	John Paul I	1978
8	Stanisław Dziwisz	John Paul II	1978–2005
9	Georg Gänswein^[3]	Benedict XVI	2005–2013
10	Alfred Xuereb^[4]	Francis	2013–2014
11	Fabián Pedacchio^[4]		2014–2019
12	Gonzalo Aemilius, S.J.^[5]		2020–2023
13	Daniel Pellizzon^[6]		2023–2025
14	Juan Cruz Villalón ^[7]^[8]		2020–2025
14	Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga^[1]	Leo XIV	2025–present

N.º	Secretary	Pope	Years
1	John Magee, S.P.S.	Paul VI	1970–1982
		John Paul I
		John Paul II
2	Emery Kabongo Kanundowi		1982–1987
3	Vincent Trần Ngọc Thụ		1988–1996
4	Mieczysław Mokrzycki		1996–2007
4	Mieczysław Mokrzycki	Benedict XVI
5	Alfred Xuereb	Benedict XVI	2007–2013
6	Fabián Pedacchio Leaniz^[4]	Francis	2013–2014
7	Yoannis Lahzi Gaid^[4]		2014–2020
8	Fabio Salerno^[9]		2020–2025
9	Marco Billeri^[2]	Leo XIV	2025–present

Private Secretary to the Pope

List of second private secretaries to the Pope

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