Cardinal Deaconry

Church

• Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore in San Vito, Roma

History

• 800: Established as Cardinal Deaconry of S. Vito in Macello Martyrum (Italiano)
• 1477: Promoted as Cardinal Title of Ss. Vito e Modesto in Macello Martyrum
• 1480: Demoted as Cardinal Deaconry of Ss. Vito e Modesto in Macello Martyrum
• 1590: Renamed as Cardinal Deaconry of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (Italiano) / Sts. Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia (English) / Ss. Viti, Modesti et Crescentiae (Latin)

Cardinal-Protector

• vacant

Past Cardinal-Protectors

• Cardinal Umberto Betti, O.F.M. (2007.11.24 – 2009.04.01)
• Cardinal José María Bueno y Monreal (1959.03.12 – 1987.08.20 pro hac vice Title)
• Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant (1936.06.18 – 1937.12.13, 1937.12.13 – 1939.12.11 pro hac vice Title)
• Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta (1901.04.28 – 1905.03.27 in commendum)
• Cardinal Carlo Cristofori (1885.07.30 – 1891.01.30)
• Cardinal Edoardo Borromeo (1868.03.16 – 1878.03.28)
• Cardinal Gaspare Grassellini, C.O. (1856.06.19 – 1867.12.20)
• Cardinal Vincenzo Santucci (1853.03.10 – 1854.06.23)
• Cardinal Giovanni Serafini (1843.01.30 – 1846.04.16)
• Cardinal Andrea Negroni (1765.06.05 – 1779.12.13)
• Cardinal Luigi Maria Torregiani (1754.04.22 – 1765.04.22)
• Cardinal Giuseppe Livizzani Mulazzini (1753.12.10 – 1754.03.21)
• Cardinal Domenico Orsini d’Aragona (1744.06.15 – 1753.11.26)
• Cardinal Carlo Maria Marini (1738.06.23 – 1739.07.15)
• Cardinal Fabio Olivieri (1715.09.23 – 1738.02.09)
• Cardinal Giovanni VII Delfino (1670.05.19 – 1699.07.19 pro hac vice Title)
• Cardinal Francesco Maria Mancini (1660.04.19 – 1670.05.14)
• Cardinal Alderano Cibo (1645.07.10 – 1656.06.26)
• Cardinal Benedetto Ubaldi (1634.01.09 – 1644.01.18)
• Cardinal Lelio Biscia (1626.02.09 – 1633.12.19)
• Cardinal Bonviso Bonvisi (1599.03.17 – 1599.07.05)
• Cardinal Ascanio Colonna (1587.02.25 – 1591.01.14)
• Cardinal Guido Luca Ferrero (1566.03.06 – 1585.05.16)
• Cardinal Carlo Visconti (1565.05.15 – 1565.11.12 pro hac vice Title)
• Saint Cardinal Carlo Borromeo (1560.02.14 – 1560.09.04)
• Cardinal Carlo Carafa (1555.08.23 – 1560.01.31)
• Cardinal Niccolò Gaddi (1545.01.09 – 1550.02.28)
• Cardinal Reginald Pole (1540.05.03 – 1540.12.10)
• Cardinal Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora (1534.12.18 – 1540.05.31)
• Cardinal Nicolò Ridolfi (1517.07.06 – 1534.01.19)
• Cardinal Carlo Domenico de Carretto (1505.12.17 – 1507.01.04)
• Cardinal Ascanio Maria Sforza (1484.03.17 – 1492.08.26, 1495.01.31 – 1505.05.27)
• Cardinal Giovanni Battista Savelli (1480.06? – 1498.09.18)
• Cardinal Giacopo Antonio Venier (1473.05.17 – 1476.12.03 pro hac vice Title)
• Cardinal Rinaldo Brancaccio (1385.03.20 – 1427.03.27)

as of 2010.02.01

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