Bishop of Jesi
Bishop Paolo Ricciardi was born in Rome on 14 March 1968. He entered the Pontfiical Roman Major Seminary, and was ordained a priest on 2 May 1993 for the diocese of Rome. He was awarded a licentiate in biblical theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome. He has held the following offices: assistant at the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary (1993-1998), deputy parish priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe at Monte Mario (1998-2003), officer of the Catechetical Office and the Service for the Catechumenate of the Vicariate of Rome (2001-2003); representative of the Western Sector (2001-2007) and secretary (2011-2015) of the diocesan Presbyteral Council; parish priest of Santa Silvia (2003- 2015); member of the College of Consultors (2012-2017); and parish priest of San Carlo da Sezze (2015-2018). He was elected titular bishop of Gabi and auxiliary of Rome on 23 November 2017, and received episcopal consecration the following 13 January. In Rome, he was pro tempore diocesan delegate of the Ordo Virginum (2019-2024) and director of the Office for the Clergy (2023-2024). He is currently auxiliary bishop for the Eastern Sector and responsible for the Hospitable and “Outgoing” Church. Within the Italian Episcopal Conference, he is member of the Commission for the service of charity and health, while in the Regional Episcopal Conference he is bishop delegate for the pastoral care of health.