Fabio Baggio

Fabio Baggio (born 15 January 1965) is an Italian Catholic cardinal. Since 2017, he has served as one of the Holy See's officials in charge of migrants and refugees. He has spent his career as a missionary, including eight years in Latin America and eight years in the Philippines. He supports improved legal entrance for migrants and refugees.

Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 7 December 2024.

Biography Fabio Baggio was born on 15 January 1965 in Bassano del Grappa in the Italian province of Vicenza. He joined the Scalabrian Missionaries in 1976, studied at their seminary in his native city, and took his perpetual vows in 1991. He was ordained a priest in 1992.

He earned a bachelor's degree in theology and then a licentiate and a doctorate in church history from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1998. From 1995 to 1997, while a pastor in Santiago de Chile, he was a councillor to the Migrations Commission of the Episcopal Conference of Chile. From 1997 to 2002, he was director of the Migrations Department of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, taking on in 1999 additional responsibilities for evangelization on behalf of the Pontifical Missions of Argentina. On 26 August 2021, he was named one of three members of the Vatican's COVID-19 commission. On 23 April 2022, Pope Francis named him the sole undersecretary of his section and enlarged his responsibilities to include special projects.

In 2019 he described his section's message:

On 31 October 2024, Pope Francis appointed Baggio as titular bishop of Urusi and gave him the personal title of archbishop. His episcopal consecration took place in Bassano del Grappa on 11 January 2025.

On 7 December 2024, Pope Francis made Baggio a cardinal, assigning him as Cardinal-Deacon of San Filippo Neri in Eurosia.

Baggio was an elector in the 2025 papal conclave which elected Pope Leo XIV.

In 2026, Baggio was appointed Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.