The Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, or better known as the Franciscans, Fr. Jose Rodriguez Carballo, had been appointed as the new Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, filling up the vacancy left by his predecessor, Archbishop Joseph William Tobin, who was appointed the Archbishop of Indianapolis, USA last October (2012).

Archbishop Jose Rodriguez Carballo is appointed Titular Archbishop of Bellicastrum, as part of his office as the Secretary of the Congregation, together with his new appointment. He is expected to be ordained bishop soon, either by the Pope or by a Cardinal delegated for the Episcopal Ordination.