Paolo Borgia
Paolo Borgia (born 18 March 1966) is an Italian priest of the Catholic Church and Assessor for General Affairs since his appointment by Pope Francis on 4 March 2016.
Borgia was born in Manfredonia (Foggia) and was ordained a priest on 10 April 1999. He studied canon law and was taught diplomacy at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See on 1 December 2001 and was posted to the Nunciature to the Central African Republic with the rank of Attaché. He was promoted to secretary (second class) on 1 December 2002. In 2004 he was transferred to Mexico, where he served until 2004.[1]
He was again promoted in 2006, becoming first secretary. He was posted to Israel in 2007 and was promoted to counsellor three years later. After his posting in Israel he served in Lebanon from 2010, where he worked with Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia. He returned to Rome to work in the Second Section in 2013 and was transferred to the Section for General Affairs on 29 October 2014. The decision was taken to promote him to counsellor, first class, on 1 December 2014.[1]
Pope Francis appointed him to serve as Assessor for General Affairs on 4 March 2016.[2] In this post he serves as an effective deputy chief of staff to Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu.