Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Mayu 1814, Ruffo ya koma Rome inda jama'a da Kwalejin Cardinals suka karbe shi da rashin damuwa, don haka ya yanke shawarar matsawa zuwa Naples kuma ya kafa a can. A ranar 8 ga Fabrairu, 1815, Paparoma Pius na VII ya kira Ruffo daga Roma kuma ya naɗa shi Shugaba na Annona da Grascia, wato, mai kula da samun nama, kitse, da mai. A ranar 8 ga Mayu, 2017, ya zama Babban Prior na Order na Malta a cikin Jihar Pontifical. Daga 29 ga Maris 1819 zuwa 21 ga Fabrairu 1820, ya kasance Camerlengo na Cocin Roman Katolika har zuwa lokacin da aka nada shi a matsayin Prefect na Ikilisiyar Ruwa, Pontine Marshes da Chiani. A watan Maris na 1821, ya koma Naples, wanda ya sha wahala daga fitinar da aka yi wa sojojin Austriya. A ranar 27 ga Yuni, ya zaɓi aikin diakoni na Santa Maria a Via Lata kuma ya riƙe taken Cardinal Protodeacon. A watan Agusta 1823, Ruffo ya shiga cikin
taron da aka yi na zaben Paparoma Leo XII. A ƙarshen shekara, Ruffo ya koma Naples.