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cardinal-deacon

The lowest of the three classes of catholic cardinals

Also called cardinal deacon, Cardinal-deacon, cardinal

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Its tenures overlap throughout — a roll of holders, not a line.

33 holders
36 overlapping pairs
6 undated

1049 CE – 14 June 1057 CE Stephen IX pope
14 June 1057 CE – 2 August 1057 CE Stephen IX pope
1058 CE – 1059 CE Victor III head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1086 to 1087
18 September 1227 CE – 21 October 1232 CE Alexander IV pope of the Catholic Church from 1254 to 1261
1239 CE – 31 August 1240 CE Raymond Nonnatus saint from Catalonia in Spain
1 July 1440 CE – 16 June 1451 CE Paul II pope of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471
17 September 1456 CE – 30 August 1471 CE Alexander VI pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
17 September 1456 CE – 27 August 1459 CE James of Coimbra Portuguese cardinal
June 1458 CE – 11 August 1492 CE Alexander VI pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
18 December 1461 CE – 21 October 1483 CE Francesco Gonzaga (1444-1483) Cardinal of the Catholic Church, Bishop of Brixen and Apostolic Administrator of Mantua and Bologna
1470 CE – 21 October 1483 CE Francesco Gonzaga (1444-1483) Cardinal of the Catholic Church, Bishop of Brixen and Apostolic Administrator of Mantua and Bologna
26 March 1489 CE – 9 March 1513 CE Leo X pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
23 September 1493 CE – 18 August 1498 CE Cesare Borgia Duke of Romagna and former Catholic cardinal
from 20 September 1493 CE Ippolito d'Este Catholic cardinal
29 September 1513 CE – 26 June 1517 CE Clement VII pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534)
29 September 1513 CE – 26 June 1517 CE Innocenzo Cybo Italian Catholic cardinal and archbishop
26 June 1517 CE – 28 February 1550 CE Innocenzo Cybo Italian Catholic cardinal and archbishop
20 December 1538 CE – 2 December 1572 CE Ippolito II d'Este Catholic cardinal
25 February 1549 CE – 15 January 1561 CE Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon Catholic cardinal (1523–1590)
28 February 1550 CE – 14 April 1550 CE Innocenzo Cybo Italian Catholic cardinal and archbishop
3 March 1577 CE – 31 July 1598 CE Albert VII, Archduke of Austria Austrian cardinal and governor of the Netherlands (1559-1621)
29 July 1619 CE – 9 November 1641 CE Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, Cardinal Infante, Archbishop of Toledo (1609-1641)
19 December 1735 CE – 18 December 1754 CE Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón Spanish cardinal (1727-1785)
from 31 July 1747 CE Henry Benedict Stuart Catholic cardinal
12 May 1879 CE – 11 August 1890 CE John Henry Newman English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)
from 19 November 2016 CE Kevin Farrell Irish-American Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1947)
from 30 September 2023 CE Christophe Pierre French Cardinal and Archbishop

No dates recorded 6

Dates unrecorded Gregory VII Pope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085
Dates unrecorded Gregory VIII Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 1187
Dates unrecorded Ferdinando I de' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549-1609)
Dates unrecorded Boniface VIII pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303
Dates unrecorded Ranuccio Farnese Italian prelate who was Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Selci (1530-1565)
Dates unrecorded Ranuccio Farnese Italian prelate who was Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Selci (1530-1565)

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