Pope attends episcopal ordination of Rome’s new auxiliary bishop
January 06, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Francis went to the Lateran Basilica on January 4 to attend the two-hour episcopal ordination Mass of a new Roman auxiliary bishop, Bishop Renato Tarantelli Baccari.
The Pontiff sat in the sanctuary and did not wear vestments.
Baccari’s rise to the rank of bishop has been meteoric. He was ordained to the priesthood only in 2018 and appointed viceregent of the Diocese of Rome last November. Typically, at least 20 years pass between ordination to the priesthood and ordination to the episcopate, though the Code of Canon Law requires the passage of only five years (Canon 378).
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