Claudio Maniago

Claudio Maniago (born 8 February 1959) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was named archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace in 2021, after serving as the bishop of Castellaneta since 2014.

Claudio Maniago was born in Florence on 8 February 1959,[1] the son of a cook and a housewife from the Friuli region.

[1] On 8 September he received his episcopal ordination from Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli, with co-consecrators Archbishop Ennio Antonelli and Bishop Gualtiero Bassetti.

[8] On 28 October 2016, Pope Francis named him a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

[9] In March 2021, Pope Francis charged Maniago with undertaking a review of the Congregation of Divine Worship in anticipation of the appointment of a new prefect following the retirement of Cardinal Robert Sarah in February.