He was appointed coadjutor-bishop of Vigevano, which is part of the Province of Milan, by Pope Benedict XVI on Monday, 22 November 2010, and given the "ad personam" (personal) title of archbishop.

He was appointed as secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See and as the titular bishop of Arpi in 2007.

He was ordained a bishop by Pope Benedict XVI (principal consecrator) and Cardinals Tarcisio Bertone and Marian Jaworski on 29 September 2007.

He went to Rome on 1 November 1994 to work with the Pontifical Council for the Laity, which oversees movements and associations, and where he was appointed head of office (capo d'ufficio) on 29 April 1995.

After parish work in Milan, he was appointed as delegate to the Ordinary Section to the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See on 2 January 2004.