Yoannis Lahzi Gaid

Yoannis Lahzi Gaid (Arabic: يوأنس لحظي جيد‎‎) (born 1975 in Cairo, Egypt) is a Coptic Catholic priest, from April 2014 second personal secretary to Pope Francis.

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Yoannis Lahzi Gaid was born in Cairo and grew up with seven siblings. He studied at the Coptic Catholic seminary in Cairo and was ordained priest for the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria, Egypt.

Lahzi Gaid was later sent to Rome where he studied at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, earning a doctorate in the canon law of the Eastern Churches. In addition to Arabic and Italian, he also speaks English and French. Since 2007 he has served in various functions for the Vatican Secretariat of State. On 1 July 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him a chaplain of His Holiness with the title monsignor. In April 2014 Pope Francis selected him as his second personal secretary.