Fabio Dal Cin

Fabio Dal Cin (born 23 January 1965) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the archbishop prelate of Loreto and papal delegate for the Basilica of Loreto and for the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua since May 2017. He spent the previous ten years as personal secretary to Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

Biography Fabio Dal Cin was born in Sarmede in Italy's Veneto region on 23 January 1965. He attended the diocesan seminaries and was ordained a priest for the diocese of Vittorio Veneto on 7 December 1990. While working there, he obtained a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm in 2011. He also engaged in pastoral work at Rome's church of Santa Maria della Quercia.

On 20 May 2017, Pope Francis named him archbishop prelate of Loreto and papal delegate for the shrine of Loreto and for the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua. He later said he was surprised and had already asked for an assignment in his home diocese. and was installed in Loreto on 2 September and visited Padua as papal delegate for the first time on 22 October.