[2] On 24 April 2002, he was named office chief of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, where he was already working.
[3] On 31 January 2005, Pope John Paul II named him the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
[1] Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche on 3 September 2007.
[2] He was consecrated a bishop on 29 September by Pope Benedict with Cardinals Tarcisio Bertone and Marian Jaworski as co-consecrators.
[citation needed] Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 27 July 2018.