Mario Francesco Pompedda (18 April 1929 – 18 October 2006) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Prefect of theApostolic Signatura for the Roman Curia.
There are particularly large dioceses and archdioceses that require, among other things, particular gifts for pastoral government. I don't think it unreasonable or inadvisable to appoint to such Sees a churchman who has already given fair proof of himself in a less complex diocese. That then there may be people who maneuver to "make a career", that lies in the nature of things, it's a matter of human temptation. Even we churchmen are not immune from original sin...
