Simona Brambilla | |
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![]() Brambilla in 2019 | |
Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | |
Assumed office 6 January 2025 | |
Appointed by | Pope Francis |
Preceded by | João Braz de Aviz |
Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | |
In office October 2023 – January 2025 | |
Appointed by | Pope Francis |
Personal details | |
Born | Monza, Italy | 27 March 1965
Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University |
Occupation | Nun, missionary |
Simona Brambilla MC (born 27 March 1965) is an Italian Catholic nun who has served as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life since 2025. She is a member of the Consolata Missionaries and is the first woman to head a department of the Roman Curia.
Brambilla led the women's branch of the Consolata Missionaries from 2011 to 2023 and became the first female secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life in October 2023.