Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Gillespie daga baya ya koma Roma don yin karatun digiri. Yayin da yake can ya jagoranci jerin gwanon 'yan majalisar Cardinal zuwa cikin majalisar da suka zabi
Jorge Mario Bergoglio don maye gurbin Paparoma Benedict XVI (kuma wanda Gillespie kuma ya yi aiki tare). Gillespie sa'an nan ya yi aiki a matsayin Papal Master of Ceremonies ga sabon shugaban Kirista. Ya taimaka wa Francis a lokacin da ya fara Easter Lahadi Mass a St. Peter's Basilica a ranar 31 ga Maris 2013. Hotunan da aka hada a cikin kafofin watsa labarai na kasa da na duniya sun nuna Gillespie yana tsaye a hannun dama na Paparoma Francis. A baya Gillespie ya jagoranci Masallacin Alhamis mai tsarki a Kwalejin Irish na Pontifical a Rome. Gillespie na daga cikin wakilan Paparoma da ke rakiyar Paparoma Francis a lokacin ziyarar da ya kai Philippines a watan Janairun 2015 kuma ya kasance a lokacin da Paparoma Francis ya ayyana Uwar Teresa a matsayin saint a dandalin St. Peter a watan Satumbar 2016. Ya shiga membobin Colloquium na Anglican da Roman Catholic Canon Lawyers a taron su na Mayu 2017 a Rome, bayan kafa su ta Jami'ar Pontifical na Saint Thomas Aquinas ("Angelicum"), Cibiyar Shari'a da Addini a Jami'ar Cardiff da Kwalejin Koyon Koyon Koyon Jami'ar Duquesne. Ya kuma shiga cikin Taron Iyalai na Duniya na 2018, wanda ya zo daidai da ziyarar Paparoma Francis zuwa Ireland. A lokacin annobar COVID-19, Gillespie ya yarda ya yi bikin Mass na safiya don al'umma a RTÉ Television.