Ilson de Jesus Montanari

Ilson de Jesus Montanari (born July 18, 1959) is a Brazilian catholic archbishop and theologian.

Biography
Early years and education
Born in the Brazilian city of Sertãozinho, São Paulo State, in 1959, he studied Law and Economics at the University of Ribeirão Preto and then moved to Rome, where he earned a degree in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University and also completed his ecclesiastical training.

Priesthood
He was ordained a priest on August 18, 1989, by Archbishop Arnaldo Ribeiro of Ribeirão Preto. After being ordained a priest, he began working in various parishes in the archdiocese and was an educator in several seminaries. In 1993, he was appointed Rector and Coordinator of the Archdiocese's pastoral ministry. 

Years later, he returned to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he earned a degree in Dogmatic Theology in 2004. In 2008, he became a member of the Congregation for Bishops, and on May 13, 2011, he was appointed Chaplain to His Holiness.
Episcopate
On October 12, 2013, Pope Francis appointed him Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops and at the same time appointed him Bishop of the titular Diocese of Capocilla, with the dignity of archbishop. He received episcopal consecration on November 7 of the same year from Archbishop Moacir Silva, with Cardinal Odilo Scherer and Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo as co-consecrators.

On January 28, 2014, Pope Francis appointed him Secretary of the College of Cardinals, and on May 1, 2020, Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church.

On October 11, 2018, he was confirmed as Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops, donec aliter provideatur.  On April 14, 2020, he was appointed Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church ad quinquennium.

On May 3, 2022, he was appointed a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments ad quinquennium.
References

Category:Living people
Category:1959 births
Category:Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishops