Diego Giovanni Ravelli

Diego Giovanni Ravelli (born 1 November 1965) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked for the papal household since 1998 and has served as Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations and head of the Pontifical Sistine Chapel Choir since October 2021. He was appointed a titular archbishop in 2023.

Biography Diego Ravelli was born on 1 November 1965 in Lazzate, Italy. He was ordained a priest for the Public Clerical Association Priests of Jesus Crucified in 1991 and then incardinated in the Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri–Segni. and served in that post until October 2021. renewing that appointment in 2011.

In 2012 he published his academic research, a historical study of the celebration of the feast of the Chair of Saint Peter in the Vatican basilica.

Following the funeral of Benedict XVI in 2023, Francis requested that Ravelli simplify the Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis, the liturgical book for papal funerals. This second edition of the text was approved by Francis in April 2024, with Ravelli announcing its publication in November that year. Following the death of Pope Francis on 21 April 2025, these changes were put into effect, which he oversaw, such as the Pope's body being placed inside an open coffin for public viewing, the elimination of the triple coffin, and the rite of the ascertainment of the Pope's death taking place at the chapel of Domus Sanctae Marthae on 21 April 2025.

Archbishop

On 21 April 2023, Pope Francis named him titular bishop of Recanati with the personal title of archbishop. His episcopal consecration by Cardinal Pietro Parolin with co-consecrators Bishop Guido Marini and Cardinal Konrad Krajewski was held on 3 June 2023 in Saint Peter's Basilica.

As Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, he assisted in the 2025 papal conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. He was the cleric to give the emblematic command Extra omnes before he closed the doors of the Sistine Chapel, the moment that marked the commencement of the conclave proper. In accordance with the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, Ravelli served as notary upon the acceptance of the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, assuming the name of Pope Leo XIV. He drafted the document certifying the acceptance of the election with the papal name indicated. This document was shared for the first time on the official social media pages of the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff and Vatican News.

Writings "a manual with a detailed historical component"