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Monsignor Viola succeeds Cardinal Mauro Gambetti after his appointment as bishop of Chieti-Vasto.
The Pope has appointed Vicar General for the Vatican City, archpriest of the papal basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican and president of the Fabbrica di San Pietro Monsignor Vittorio Francesco Viola, until now secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. This was reported by the Bulletin of the Vatican press office.
Monsignor Viola is also a Franciscan as was Cardinal Mauro Gambetti who left the basilica after his appointment as bishop of Chieti-Vasto. Viola is of the order of Friars Minor, Gambetti of the Conventuals.

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