Office Christianity

cardinal

Cardinalis la

Senior ecclesiastical official of the Catholic Church

Also called cardinalate, prince of the church

Everyone who held it Compare

A seat,
and those
who held it.

Holders in order

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Succession in office

Everyone recorded as holding it

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

256 holders
22,281 overlapping pairs
29 undated

What this means

Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.

Does not imply recognition by every tradition · an uncontested claim · parentage · discipleship · an explanation of why the succession happened

Holding an office after someone says nothing about being related to them or taught by them. Where a line is also a family, both are on the holders’ own pages as separate sections.

A gap is a vacancy, an interregnum or a hole in the record; an overlap is rival claims or an office held by more than one at once. The records do not say which, so neither is resolved here. A gap shorter than two years sits inside the precision of year-dated records and is not marked. This office’s tenures overlap throughout, so it is listed as a roll in order of start rather than drawn as a line.

Why a succession happened is a historical argument. Where sources make one, it belongs in a reviewed connection with its citations — not in this order, and not in a predecessor field.

Recognition is never universal. Where a card names no recognising body, none is recorded — which is not the same as none.

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from 711 CE Gregory II 89th Pope of the Catholic Church (from 715 to 731) Has references
from 853 CE Nicholas I pope Has references
from 14 March 1058 CE Peter Damian eleventh-century Benedictine monk Has references
from 6 March 1059 CE Gregory VII Pope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085 Has references
from 1072 CE Peter Igneus Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and saint Has references
from 1146 CE Adrian IV Pope from 1154 to 1159 Hedged in the source
from October 1150 CE Alexander III pope of the Catholic Church from 1159 to 1181 Hedged in the source
from September 1190 CE Innocent III Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216 Hedged in the source
from May 1192 CE Albert of Louvain Roman Catholic cardinal Has references
from 3 June 1273 CE Bonaventure Franciscan, bishop, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, Catholic saint (1221–1274) Has references
from 3 June 1273 CE John XXI pope (1276-1277) Has references
from 12 April 1281 CE Boniface VIII pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303 Has references
from 16 May 1288 CE Matthew of Aquasparta Catholic cardinal Has references
from 18 December 1303 CE Nicolò Albertini Italian Dominican friar, bishop and cardinal Has references
from 23 December 1312 CE John XXII pope of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334 Has references
from 19 January 1329 CE Giovanni Visconti Archbishop & Lord of Milan Hedged in the source
from 18 September 1378 CE Jan Očko of Vlašim Catholic cardinal Has references
from 18 September 1378 CE Philippe of Alençon French cardinal Has references
12 June 1405 CE – 3 May 1410 CE Alexander V Catholic cardinal and antipope (1339-1410) Has references
from 9 May 1408 CE Eugene IV pope of the Catholic Church from 1431 to 1447 Has references
from 6 June 1411 CE Pierre d'Ailly French theologian and astrologer (1351–1420) Has references
from 24 May 1426 CE Niccolò Albergati Catholic cardinal Has references
from 18 December 1439 CE Basilios Bessarion Greek theologian, cardinal bishop and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1403-1472) Has references
from 18 December 1439 CE Juan de Torquemada spansich Dominican and cardinal (1388-1468) Has references
from 2 May 1444 CE Callixtus III pope of the Catholic Church from 1455 to 1458 from the Borgia family Has references
from 20 December 1448 CE Nicholas of Cusa German philosopher (1401 – 1464) Has references
from 23 April 1449 CE Amadeus VIII of Savoy antipope 1439 to 1449, count of Savoy Has references
17 December 1456 CE – 19 August 1458 CE Pius II pope of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464 (1405–1464) Has references
from 20 March 1500 CE Amanieu d'Albret French Roman Catholic cardinal Has references
from 28 September 1500 CE Francisco de Borja Catholic cardinal (1441–1511) Has references

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from 17 May 1507 CE Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros Spanish Catholic cardinal (1436-1517) Has references
1513 CE – 1523 CE Clement VII pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534) Has references
from 10 September 1515 CE Thomas Wolsey English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530) Has references
from 1 July 1517 CE Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme French cardinal Has references
from 1 July 1517 CE Niccolò Ridolfi Catholic cardinal Has references
from 1 July 1517 CE Giovanni Salviati Catholic cardinal Has references
1518 CE – 1545 CE Albert of Mainz German elector and cardinal (1490-1545) Has references
1518 CE – 1550 CE Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine Catholic cardinal (1498-1550) Has references
from 10 January 1529 CE Ippolito de' Medici Catholic cardinal Has references
from 18 December 1534 CE Alessandro Farnese Italian cardinal and diplomat (1520–1589) Has references
from 18 December 1534 CE Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora Catholic cardinal Has references
from 21 May 1535 CE John Fisher English Roman Catholic cardinal and saint (c. 1469–1535) Has references
from 22 December 1536 CE Julius III pope of the Catholic Church from 1550 to 1555 Has references
from 19 December 1539 CE Marcellus II pope of the Catholic Church and bishop of Rome from 9 April to 1 May 1555 Has references
from 19 December 1544 CE Otto Truchsess von Waldburg Catholic cardinal Has references
from 16 December 1545 CE Ranuccio Farnese Italian prelate who was Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Selci (1530-1565) Has references
1547 CE – 1574 CE Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine French Catholic cardinal of the House of Guise (1524-1574) Has references
9 January 1548 CE – 9 May 1590 CE Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon Catholic cardinal (1523–1590) Has references
from 8 April 1549 CE Pius IV pope of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565 Has references
from 31 January 1560 CE Charles Borromeo Italian Catholic prelate (1538–1584) Has references
from 31 January 1560 CE Giovanni de' Medici Italian cardinal (1543-1562) Has references
from 26 February 1561 CE Stanislaus Hosius Catholic cardinal (1504-1579) Has references
from 26 February 1561 CE Luigi d'Este Catholic cardinal Has references
from 26 February 1561 CE Bernardo Salviati Catholic cardinal Has references
from 12 March 1565 CE Gregory XIII pope of the Catholic Church from 1572 to 1585 (1502–1585) Has references
from 12 March 1565 CE Francesco Alciati Italian cardinal Has references
from 17 May 1570 CE Giulio Antonio Santorio Catholic priest, inquisitor, Catholic bishop (1532-) Has references
from 21 February 1578 CE Louis II of Lorraine, Cardinal of Guise Catholic cardinal (1555-1588) Has references
from 12 December 1583 CE Jerzy Radziwiłł Catholic cardinal (1556-1600) Has references
from 12 December 1583 CE Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme Roman Catholic cardinal Has references
from 18 December 1585 CE Clement VIII pope of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1605 (1536–1605) Has references
from 13 May 1585 CE Alessandro Peretti di Montalto Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal Deacon Has references
from 14 December 1588 CE Francesco Maria del Monte cardinal and patron of music and art in Rome Has references
from 5 June 1596 CE Ottavio Bandini 17th-century Roman Catholic cardinal Has references
from 18 December 1596 CE Philipp of Bavaria Roman Catholic Cardinal (1576-1598) Has references
5 June 1596 CE – 30 June 1607 CE Caesar Baronius Italian cardinal and ecclesiastical historian (1538–1607) Has references
from 3 March 1599 CE Robert Bellarmine Catholic cardinal, saint, and Doctor of the Church Has references
from 3 March 1599 CE Alessandro d'Este Italian cardinal (1568-1624) Has references
from 18 July 1605 CE Scipione Borghese 17th-century Catholic cardinal (1576-1633) Has references
10 December 1607 CE – 1642 CE Prince Maurice of Savoy Catholic cardinal and Prince of Savoy (1593-1657) Has references
1607 CE – 1612 CE Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua Catholic cardinal (1587-1626) Has references
from 2 December 1615 CE Carlo de' Medici Catholic cardinal Has references
5 September 1622 CE – 1642 CE Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642) Has references
2 October 1623 CE – 10 December 1679 CE Francesco Barberini Italian cardinal (1597-1679) Has references
from 1624 CE Antonio Marcello Barberini Italian cardinal Has references
from 30 August 1627 CE Innocent X pope from 1644 to 1655 Has references
from 30 August 1627 CE Antonio Barberini Italian cardinal (1607-1671), nephew of Pope Urban VIII Has references
from 19 November 1629 CE John Albert Vasa Catholic cardinal Has references
from 28 November 1633 CE Francesco Maria Brancaccio Catholic cardinal (1592-1675) Has references
16 December 1641 CE – 9 March 1661 CE Cardinal Mazarin French cardinal and statesman Has references
from 16 December 1641 CE Rinaldo d'Este Catholic cardinal (1618-1672) Has references
from 14 November 1644 CE Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili, 1st Prince of San Martino al Cimino and Valmontone Italian prince and Catholic cardinal (1622-1666) Has references
from 14 November 1644 CE Gian Carlo de' Medici Catholic cardinal; (1611-1663) Has references
from 14 November 1644 CE Francesco Maria Farnese Italian cardinal (1619-1647) Has references
from 7 October 1647 CE Michele Mazzarino Italian cardinal Has references
from 19 February 1652 CE Alexander VII pope of the Catholic Church from 1655 to 1667 Has references
from 19 February 1652 CE Alexander VIII pope of the Catholic Church from 1689 to 1691 Has references
from 19 February 1652 CE Frederick of Hesse-Darmstadt Catholic cardinal Has references
from 23 June 1653 CE Carlo Barberini Italian cardinal Has references
from 9 April 1657 CE Flavio Chigi Italian cardinal and librarian (1631-1693) Has references
from 5 April 1660 CE Gregorio Barbarigo Roman Catholic saint Has references
from 14 January 1664 CE Carlo Carafa della Spina apostolic nuncio Has references
from 12 December 1667 CE Leopoldo de' Medici Italian cardinal, scholar, patron of the arts and Governor of Siena (1617-1675) Has references
from 7 March 1667 CE Louis, Duke of Vendôme Duke of Vendôme Has references
from 26 November 1669 CE Giovanni Bona Catholic cardinal Has references
from 22 December 1670 CE Gaspare Carpegna Italian cardinal (1625-1714) Has references
from 22 February 1672 CE Benedict XIII pope of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730 Has references
from 12 June 1673 CE Francesco Nerli der Jüngere Italian cardinal Has references
from 1 September 1681 CE Benedetto Pamphili Italian cardinal, patron of the arts, composer and librettist. Has references
from 1 September 1681 CE Innocent XII pope of the Catholic Church from 1691 to 1700 Has references
from 2 September 1686 CE Rinaldo d'Este Duke of Modena, (1655-1737) Has references
from 7 November 1689 CE Pietro Ottoboni Catholic cardinal Has references
from 13 February 1690 CE Clement XI pope of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721 Has references
from 13 February 1690 CE Ferdinando d'Adda Catholic cardinal Has references
from 22 July 1697 CE Fabrizio Paolucci Catholic cardinal (1651-1726) Has references
from 21 June 1700 CE Louis Antoine de Noailles Catholic cardinal (1651-1729) Has references
from 17 May 1706 CE Clement XII pope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740 Has references
from 7 June 1706 CE Innocent XIII pope of the Catholic Church from 1721 to 1724 Has references
from 18 May 1712 CE Melchior de Polignac French diplomat and cardinal (1661-1742) Has references
from 29 May 1715 CE Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn Roman Catholic cardinal (1676-1743) Has references
from 26 November 1727 CE Sigismund von Kollonitz Austrian cardinal (1677-1751) Has references
from 30 April 1728 CE Benedict XIV pope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758 Has references
from 24 September 1731 CE Giovanni Antonio Guadagni Italian cardinal Has references
from 20 December 1737 CE Tomás de Almeida Portuguese cardinal (1670-1754) Has references
from 9 September 1743 CE John Theodore of Bavaria Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal Has references
3 July 1747 CE – 13 July 1807 CE Henry Benedict Stuart Catholic cardinal Has references
from 16 December 1771 CE Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon French cardinal Has references
from 19 April 1773 CE Francesco Saverio de Zelada Spanish cardinal (1717-1801) Has references
from 26 April 1773 CE Pius VI Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799 Has references
20 May 1776 CE – 29 December 1808 CE Luigi Valenti Gonzaga Catholic cardinal (1725-1808) Has references
from 15 December 1777 CE Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil Italian cardinal (1718–1802) Has references
from 14 February 1785 CE Giuseppe Doria Pamphili Catholic cardinal Has references
from 14 February 1785 CE Pius VII head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823 (1742–1823) Has references
from 23 February 1801 CE Bartolomeo Pacca Italian cardinal Has references
from 23 February 1801 CE Antonio Felice Zondadari apostolic nuncio and cardinal Has references
from 17 January 1803 CE Joseph Fesch French cardinal, diplomat, art collector and Prince of France (1763-1839) Has references
from 8 March 1816 CE Leo XII Pope of the Catholic Church from 1823 to 1829 Has references
8 March 1816 CE – 31 March 1829 CE Pius VIII Pope of the Catholic Church from 1829 to 1830 Has references
from 28 July 1817 CE Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord Catholic cardinal (1736-1821) Has references
4 June 1819 CE – 24 July 1831 CE Archduke Rudolf of Austria Austrian cardinal Has references
from 10 March 1823 CE Carlo Odescalchi Catholic cardinal Has references
21 March 1825 CE – 2 February 1831 CE Gregory XVI Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846 (1765–1846) Has references
from 2 October 1826 CE Alexander Rudnay Slovak cardinal and roman catholic archbishop (1760–1831) Has references
from 2 October 1826 CE Giacomo Filippo Fransoni Italian Catholic cardinal (1775-1856) Has references
11 July 1836 CE – 17 December 1876 CE Costantino Patrizi Naro Catholic cardinal (1798-1876) Has references
24 January 1842 CE – 27 March 1885 CE Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg Cardinal and theologist (1809-1885) Has references
from 22 January 1844 CE Fabio Maria Asquini Italian cardinal (1802–1878) Has references
from 19 January 1846 CE Sisto Riario Sforza Italian cardinal (1810–1877) Has references
19 December 1853 CE – 20 February 1878 CE Leo XIII Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903) Has references
16 June 1856 CE – 6 March 1884 CE Camillo di Pietro Catholic cardinal (1806–1884) Has references
13 March 1868 CE – 14 July 1896 CE Raffaele Monaco La Valletta Catholic cardinal (1827-1896) Has references
from 22 December 1873 CE Alessandro Franchi Italian cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church (1819-1878) Has references
from 22 December 1873 CE Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert Catholic cardinal (1802-1886) Has references
from 15 March 1875 CE Henry Edward Manning English Catholic archbishop and cardinal (1808–1892) Has references
22 June 1877 CE – 15 January 1903 CE Lucido Parocchi Catholic cardinal (1833–1903) Has references
from 12 May 1879 CE Giuseppe Pecci Italian cardinal (1807-1890) Has references
from 12 May 1879 CE Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg Czech cardinal (1813–1892) Has references
from 10 November 1884 CE Guglielmo Massaia Catholic cardinal (1809-1889) Has references
from 7 June 1886 CE James Gibbons Catholic cardinal (1834–1921) Has references
from 14 March 1887 CE Mariano Rampolla Italian cardinal (1843–1913) Has references
23 June 1890 CE – 18 June 1894 CE Albin Dunajewski Catholic cardinal (1817-1894) Has references
from 16 January 1893 CE Kolos Ferenc Vaszary Hungarian cardinal (1832–1915) Has references
from 12 June 1893 CE Pius X Pope of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914, saint Has references
from 18 May 1894 CE Andrea Carlo Ferrari Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop (1850–1921) Has references
from 18 May 1894 CE Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás Spanish author (1833-1909) Has references
from 29 November 1895 CE Francesco Satolli Roman Catholic cardinal (1839–1910) Has references
from 19 June 1899 CE Francesco di Paola Cassetta Italian Catholic cardinal (1841–1919) Has references
from 9 November 1903 CE Rafael Merry del Val Spanish cardinal and diplomat. (1865–1930) Has references
from 16 December 1907 CE Pietro Gasparri cardinal of the Catholic Church (1852–1934) Has references
from 27 November 1911 CE Willem Marinus van Rossum Catholic cardinal (1854–1932) Has references
27 November 1911 CE – 16 February 1948 CE Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte Catholic cardinal (1851–1948) Has references
from 25 May 1914 CE János Csernoch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Esztergom and Primate of Hungary (1852-1927) Has references
from 25 May 1914 CE Benedict XV Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922 Has references
from 6 December 1915 CE Giovanni Cagliero Catholic cardinal (1838–1926) Has references
from 4 December 1916 CE Tommaso Pio Boggiani Catholic cardinal (1863–1942) Has references
from 13 June 1921 CE Pius XI pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939 Has references
from 11 December 1922 CE Giovanni Bonzano Catholic cardinal (1867–1927) Has references
from 20 June 1927 CE August Hlond archbishop, cardinal, primate of Poland (1881–1948) Has references
from 16 December 1929 CE Pius XII pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958 Has references
from 30 June 1930 CE Raffaele Rossi Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1876–1948) Has references
from 13 March 1933 CE Federico Tedeschini Catholic cardinal Has references
from 13 March 1933 CE Elia Dalla Costa Catholic cardinal (1872–1961) Has references
from 15 June 1936 CE Eugène Tisserant French cardinal (1884–1972) Has references
from 13 December 1937 CE Adeodato Giovanni Piazza Discalced Carmelite friar and cardinal (1884-1957) Has references
13 December 1937 CE – 1 August 1970 CE Giuseppe Pizzardo Catholic cardinal (1877-1970) Has references
from 18 February 1946 CE Benedetto Aloisi Masella Catholic cardinal (1879–1970) Has references
from 18 February 1946 CE Konrad von Preysing German Roman Catholic cardinal (1880-1950) Has references
from 18 February 1946 CE Francis Spellman American Roman Catholic cardinal (1889–1967) Has references
18 February 1946 CE – 16 May 1971 CE Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian Armenian Cardinal Patriarch and Servant of God (1895–1971) Has references
from 18 February 1946 CE Clemens August von Galen German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal, important figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism (1878–1946) Has references
from 12 January 1953 CE Maurice Feltin Catholic cardinal (1883–1975) Has references
from 12 January 1953 CE Paul-Émile Léger Canadian Catholic cardinal (1904–1991) Has references
from 12 January 1953 CE John XXIII priest, bishop, cardinal, pope Has references
from 12 January 1953 CE Stefan Wyszyński Polish Roman Catholic cardinal (1901-1981) Has references
from 12 January 1953 CE Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini Catholic cardinal (1876-1958) Has references
from 12 January 1953 CE Carlos María de la Torre Ecuadorian Catholic cardinal (1873–1968) Has references
from 12 January 1953 CE Gaetano Cicognani catholic cardinal (1881–1962) Has references
from 15 December 1958 CE Amleto Giovanni Cicognani Italian catholic cardinal (1883-1973) Has references
15 December 1958 CE – 21 June 1963 CE Paul VI pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978) Has references
from 28 March 1960 CE Bernardus Johannes Alfrink Dutch cardinal (1900-1987) Has references
from 19 March 1962 CE Juan Landázuri Ricketts Catholic cardinal (1913-1997) Has references
from 22 February 1965 CE Giovanni Colombo Catholic cardinal (1902-1992) Has references
from 22 February 1965 CE Josyf Slipyj Major Archbishop of Lviv Has references
from 26 June 1967 CE Egidio Vagnozzi Catholic cardinal (1906-1980) Has references
26 June 1967 CE – 2 April 2005 CE John Paul II pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author Has references
from 28 April 1969 CE Sebastiano Baggio Catholic cardinal (1913–1993) Has references
28 April 1969 CE – 14 September 1987 CE Joseph Höffner German Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal (1906-1987) Has references
from 28 April 1969 CE Iuliu Hossu Cardinal, Romanian Greek-Catholic Bishop of Cluj-Gherla, Martyr and Blessed (1885-1970) Has references
from 28 April 1969 CE Terence Cooke Catholic cardinal (1921–1983) Has references
from 28 April 1969 CE Stephen Kim Sou-hwan South Korean Roman Catholic cardinal and Servant of God Has references
from 5 March 1973 CE Sergio Pignedoli Catholic cardinal and apostolic nuncio (1910–1980) Has references
from 5 March 1973 CE John Paul I pope of the Catholic Church in 1978 Has references
from 27 June 1977 CE Benedict XVI 265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013) Has references
from 27 June 1977 CE Bernardin Gantin Beninese Catholic prelate and Servant of God (1922–2008) Has references
from 30 June 1979 CE Agostino Casaroli Catholic cardinal (1914-1998) Has references
from 2 February 1983 CE Jean-Marie Lustiger French Catholic cardinal (1926–2007) Has references
2 February 1983 CE – 6 December 2006 CE Józef Glemp Catholic cardinal, Primate of Poland (1981–2009) Has references
from 2 February 1983 CE Joseph Bernardin American Roman Catholic priest, cardinal (1928–1996) Has references
2 February 1983 CE – 11 March 2002 CE Franjo Kuharić Archbishop of Zagreb and cardinal. (1919–2002) Has references
from 25 May 1985 CE Bernard Francis Law Catholic cardinal (1931–2017) Has references
25 May 1985 CE – 1 October 2007 CE Jozef Tomko Slovak cardinal and Roman Catholic archbishop Has references
25 May 1985 CE – 3 April 2004 CE Henryk Gulbinowicz Polish Catholic arcbishop and cardinal (1923–2020) Has references
25 May 1985 CE – 24 May 1991 CE Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy Catholic cardinal (1924–2014) Has references
from 28 June 1988 CE Achille Silvestrini Catholic cardinal (1923-2019) Has references
from 28 June 1991 CE Angelo Sodano cardinal of the Catholic Church Has references
28 June 1991 CE – 16 June 2026 CE Camillo Ruini Catholic cardinal (1931–2026) Has references
from 26 November 1994 CE Carlos Oviedo Cavada Catholic cardinal (1927–1998) Has references
from 21 February 2001 CE Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Chilean Catholic priest, cardinal Has references
from 21 February 2001 CE Cláudio Hummes Catholic cardinal (1934–2022) Has references
from 21 February 2001 CE Liubomyr Huzar Catholic cardinal (1933–2017) Has references
from 21 February 2001 CE Jorge María Mejía Argentine cardinal (1923-2014) Has references
from 21 October 2003 CE Justin Francis Rigali Catholic cardinal Has references
from 24 November 2007 CE Leonardo Sandri Catholic nuncio Has references
24 November 2007 CE – 18 July 2025 CE André Vingt-Trois French Catholic cardinal (1942–2025) Has references
from 20 November 2010 CE Paolo Romeo Italian archbishop Has references
from 18 February 2012 CE Giuseppe Bertello Italian Catholic prelate and Cardinal (1942-) Has references
from 22 February 2014 CE Beniamino Stella Italian Roman-Catholic archbishop and cardinal Has references

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Dates unrecorded John Henry Newman English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890) Has references
Dates unrecorded Eduardo Martínez Somalo cardinal of the Catholic Church (1927-2021) Has references
Dates unrecorded Antonio Samorè Catholic cardinal and apostolic nuncio (1905–1983) Has references
Dates unrecorded Hugh of Saint Victor German-French canon regular and theologian
Dates unrecorded Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch Hungarian cardinal Has references
Dates unrecorded Camillo Astalli Italian cardinal (1616-1663) Has references
Dates unrecorded Kevin Farrell Irish-American Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1947) Has references
Dates unrecorded Pius IX Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878 Has references
Dates unrecorded Giovanni Battista Re Italian cardinal Has references
Dates unrecorded Giulio Maria della Somaglia Catholic cardinal Has references
Dates unrecorded Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, Cardinal Infante, Archbishop of Toledo (1609-1641) Has references
Dates unrecorded Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle Burgundian advisor to Margaret of Parma, later cardinal, and minister of the Spanish Habsburgs (1517-1586) Has references

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Dates unrecorded Ferdinando I de' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549-1609) Has references
Dates unrecorded Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana Catholic cardinal (1722-1804) Has references
Dates unrecorded Clement IX pope from 1667, lived 1600-1669 Has references
Dates unrecorded Clement VI Pope of the Catholic Church and the fourth Avignon Pope (1342–1352) Has references
Dates unrecorded Leo XI pope of the Catholic Church in April 1605 (1535-1605) Has references
Dates unrecorded Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan Catholic cardinal Has references
Dates unrecorded Clement IV Pope (1265-1268) Has references
Dates unrecorded Ippolito II d'Este Catholic cardinal Has references
Dates unrecorded Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón Spanish cardinal (1727-1785) Has references
Dates unrecorded Andrew of Austria cardinal, bishop of Constance and Brixen (1558-1600) Has references
Dates unrecorded Ippolito d'Este Catholic cardinal Has references
Dates unrecorded Innocenzo Cybo Italian Catholic cardinal and archbishop Has references
Dates unrecorded Charles of Lorraine Bishop of Metz, Bishop of Strasbourg Has references
Dates unrecorded Jan Kazimierz Denhoff Catholic cardinal (1649-1697) Has references
Dates unrecorded Conrad of Wittelsbach Archbishop of Mainz (d. 1200) Has references
Dates unrecorded Hormisdas 6th-century Italian pope and bishop of Rome, Catholic and Orthodox saint, ended the Acacian Schism and reunited the Eastern and Western churches
Dates unrecorded Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma Spanish politician (1553-1625) Has references

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