Marco Tasca

Marco Tasca (born 9 June 1957) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the 119th Minister General of the Conventual Franciscans from 2007 to 2019. He was appointed the Metropolitan Archbishop of Genoa on 8 May 2020.

Early life Marco Tasca was born on 9 June 1957 in Sant’Angelo di Piove in the province of Padua, Italy, to Antonio and Santa Tasca. He entered the Order at Camposampiero on 29 September 1968 and attended lower primary school and the Seraphic Seminary of Pedavena in the province of Belluno and then the Lyceum-Minor Seminary in Brescia. In 1986 he completed his licentiate in Psychology at the Salesian Pontifical University, and two years later a licentiate in Pastoral Theology at the same University. After serving as parish priest in Roma-EUR, he became rector of the Minor Seminary in Brescia from 1988 to 1994 and rector of the Post-Novitiate in Padua from 1994 to 2001.

He was Professor of Psychology and Catechetics at the “Sant’Antonio Dottore” Theological Institute. At the Provincial Chapter of 2001, he was elected Custos Capitularis and Guardian of Camposampiero at Padua. He held those posts until he was elected Minister Provincial in 2005. He was vice-president of the Major Superiors' Conference of Italy and President of the Franciscan Movement of the North-East. He ended his service as Minister General on 17 May 2019.

Archbishop On 8 May 2020, Pope Francis appointed him to succeed Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco as Archbishop of Genoa. He received his episcopal consecration on 11 July by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco and simultaneously took formal canonical possession of the archdiocese.