Doctor Silvia Monica Correale is an Argentine-Italian lawyer from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.^[1] She is the first ever woman Postulator in the Vatican City, having worked there since graduating from university.^[2]

Corrale studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and then worked there as a professor of theology for three years. In 1988, she moved to Rome, Italy, to study for a degree in canon law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas and became a doctor in canon law after graduating from the Pontifical Lateran University "Summa cum laude".^[1] She has used her qualifications to speak to the media on behalf of the Vatican in relation to canon law.^[3]

Corrale started working for the Holy See in 1992 as the Deputy Commissioner for the Defense of the Link in the Special Commission of Super Rato causes.^[1][4] She later came to be referred to as the "Decana de los Argentinos en Roma" (English: Dean of the Argentines in Rome) as she was the longest serving Argentine working in the Vatican City.^[4] In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed her as the first female Postulator for the beatification department and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.^[1] One of her first cases involved the beatification of Vietnamese Cardinal, François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân.^[5] As Postulator, she has focused her attention on the beatification of potential Argentine saints,^[6][7] becoming recognised as the specialist Postulator for Argentine cases.^[8] Since her appointment, there have been a number of additional female Postulators appointed to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.^[9]