Pope Leo XIV today named seven new members of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, including Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, California; Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru, secretary emeritus of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts; and Bishop Edward Lohse of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Archbishop Cordileone and Bishop Lohse will continue to lead their respective dioceses.
Members of the Church’s Supreme Tribunal are appointed for five-year terms. The tribunal’s responsibilities are outlined in Praedicate Evangelium (articles 194-199), the 2022 apostolic constitution on the Roman Curia.