Simona Brambilla

Simona Brambilla
portrait photo of Brambilla
Brambilla in 2019
Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Assumed office
6 January 2025
Appointed byPope Francis
Preceded byJoão Braz de Aviz
Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
In office
October 2023 – January 2025
Appointed byPope Francis
Personal details
Born (1965-03-27) 27 March 1965 (age 59)
Monza, Italy
Alma materPontifical Gregorian University
OccupationNun, 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.


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