Complex sentence: On 30 December 2013, Pope Francis named him interim General Secretary of the CEI, writing to the people of Galantino's diocese to "ask permission" to borrow their bishop.
Split into simpler sentences: On 30 December 2013, Pope Francis named him interim General Secretary of the CEI. As he did so, Francis wrote to the people of Galantino's diocese to "ask permission" to borrow their bishop.