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Pope Francis confers the Episcopal Ordination of Vatican's new Governorate Secretary General, Fernando Vergez Alzaga (R) of Spain

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I.Media - published on 07/31/22
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Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga has served in the Roman Curia for five decades; he embodies a figure of continuity, having served five pontiffs, from Paul VI to Francis.

Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, 77, is a discreet archbishop given little media attention, but those who know him know his experience, loyalty, and incorruptibility. Appointed on October 1, 2021, as President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, even though he had already passed the theoretical age limit of 75, this Spaniard, a member of the Legionaries of Christ, has been working in the Roman Curia for exactly 50 years: it was on August 1, 1972, during the pontificate of Paul VI, that he began his service as an assistant in the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. 

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