Archbishop Flavio Pace
Secretary

Born in Monza on 29 July 1977, after completing secondary school, he entered the Archiepiscopal Seminary of Milan. He was ordained a priest by Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, Archbishop of Milan, on 8 June 2002. He was assigned to Abbiategrasso as a parish vicar, where he remained until September 2011, engaging in youth ministry, teaching Catholic religion in secondary schools, and serving as chaplain at the Hospice.

Within the Congregation (later Dicastery) for the Eastern Churches, he served as Secretariat Attaché from 2011 to 2020, and on 3 February 2020, he was appointed Under-Secretary.

On 23 February 2024, the Holy Father appointed him Titular Archbishop of Dolia and Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. He received episcopal ordination from Archbishop Mario Delpini on 4 May 2024 in Milan Cathedral.

He obtained a certification in Islamic Studies from PISAI in Rome in the academic year 2009/2010. From 2011 to 2014, he attended the licentiate cycle courses at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Liturgical Section of the Faculty of Eastern Ecclesiastical Sciences.