Pope Leo XIV retains priest from Peru as his secretary

Pope Leo XIV retains priest from Peru as his secretary

Fr. Rimaycuna Inga had met then-Father Robert Prevost in the Diocese of Chiclayo, and was his secretary while Prevost was a cardinal.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Peruvian priest Edgard Iván Rimaycuna Inga as his private secretary. This was announced on Friday by InfoVaticana, a well-informed source of the Vatican. Rimaycuna and then Bishop Robert Prevost are known from their time in the Peruvian diocese of Chiclayo.

Although the Vatican has not officially announced this nomination, the Latin priest who accompanied Leo XIV from the very beginning could not escape the attention of the media. It concerns the 36-year-old Fr. Edgardo Iván Rimaycuna, who worked alongside the current Pope in Peru and then followed him to the Vatican. His great discretion is emphasized and that he always keeps to himself. The article Always keeps in the shadows. Who is the secretar…