Archbishop of Genova
The Holy Father has appointed Father Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv.—formerly Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual—as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Genoa. Father Tasca was born in Sant’Angelo di Piove di Sacco (Padua) on June 9, 1957. At the age of 11, on September 29, 1968, he entered the Order of Friars Minor Conventual at the Seraphic Seminary in Camposampiero (Padua). After completing his secondary education, he was admitted to the novitiate year (1976–1977). On November 28, 1981, he made his solemn profession in the Seraphic Order at the Basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua. Upon completing his philosophical and theological studies and obtaining a Baccalaureate in Theology, he was ordained a priest on March 19, 1983. From 1983 to 1988, he pursued further studies, earning a Licentiate in Psychology and Pastoral Care from the Pontifical Salesian University. Father Marco Tasca has held the following positions: assistant at the parish of San Giuseppe da Copertino in Rome (EUR) from 1983 to 1988; Rector of the Minor Seminary of the Italian Province of Saint Anthony of Padua from 1988 to 1994; and, since 1994, Rector of the Major Seminary of the Italian Province of Saint Anthony of Padua and lecturer in Psychology and Pastoral Theology at the *Sant’Antonio Dottore* Theological Institute and the Major Seminary of Padua. He served as Guardian of the Friary of the Antonian Shrines in Camposampiero from 2001 to 2005; Provincial Minister of the Province of Saint Anthony of Padua from 2005 to 2007; and Minister General of the Order for two six-year terms from 2007 to 2019. Furthermore, within the Union of Superiors General, he was elected President of the Legal Commission, serving from 2013 to 2019. Fr. Tasca has served multiple times as President of the Conference of Franciscan Ministers General and of the Franciscan Family. As a representative of religious orders, he participated three times in the assembly of the Synod of Bishops as a *sodalis*: in 2012 at the Synod on the New Evangelization, in 2015 at the Synod on the Family, and in 2018 at the Synod on Youth.