Bishop Gianrico Ruzza

Gianrico Ruzza was born on February 14, 1963, in Lugnano in Teverina (in the province and Diocese of Rome). After completing his studies at the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary, he was ordained for the Diocese of Rome on May 16, 1987. Following his ordination, he obtained a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He served as Assistant and Vice-Rector of the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary; Rector of the churches of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere and San Lorenzo de’ Speziali in Miranda; Parish Administrator of San Pio X; and Parish Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino. He also served as Director of the Clergy Office of the Vicariate, Ecclesiastical Assistant to the Salvatorian Academic Apostolate, Secretary of the Diocesan Pastoral Council, Prefect of Prefecture VI, President of the Interdiocesan Institute for the Support of the Clergy of the Dioceses of Rome and Ostia, and a member of the College of Consultors. Appointed Titular Bishop of Subaugusta on April 8, 2016, he received episcopal ordination on June 11 of that year. He exercised his episcopal ministry in Rome as Auxiliary Bishop for the central sector (2016–2019) and held the office of Prelate Secretary of the Vicariate of Rome (2017–2019). From 2019 to 2021, he served as Auxiliary Bishop of Rome for the southern sector. On June 18, 2020, he was appointed Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, and on May 5, 2021, Apostolic Administrator of Porto-Santa Rufina. Within the Italian Episcopal Conference, he is a member of the Episcopal Commission for Social Problems and Labor, Justice and Peace, and serves on the scientific and organizing committee for the Social Weeks of Italian Catholics. H.E. Msgr. Gianrico Ruzza, Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia and Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina; born in Rome on February 14, 1963. Ordained a priest on 16 May 1987; elected to the titular see of Subaugusta and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Rome on 8 April 2016; ordained a bishop on 11 June 2016; transferred to Civitavecchia-Tarquinia on 18 June 2020; appointed to the episcopal see of Porto-Santa Rufina—united *in persona Episcopi* with that of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia—on 12 February 2022.