 Since 1996 he worked as a judge in the marriage tribunal of Lazio for Diocese of Rome.He was appointed Under-Secretary of the Synod of Bishops on 8 February 2014 by Pope Francis, Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re and Lorenzo Cardinal Baldisseri.He was elevated to the episcopate by Francis as Titular Bishop of Aquipendium on 8 April and was consecrated on 30 May 2014.