Continent: West Europe Rite: Roman (Latin) Type: Papal See, Primatial See of Italy. Suffragan Sees: Albano, Frascati, Ostia, Palestrina, Porto – Santa Rufina, Sabina – Poggio Mirteto, Velletri – Segni Patron Saint: Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29), St. Catherine of Siena (April 30), St. Philip Neri (May 26), St. Sebastian (January 20), St. Lawrence (August 10)
Address: Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano 6/a, 00184 Roma, Italy Websites:  History
- 100: Established as Papal See of Roma (Italiano) / Rome (English) / Romana (Latin) / Urbs (Latin)
Churches in Rome
Special Churches
- Cathedral, Papal Major Basilica, World Heritage Church:
 Arcibasilica Papale di Santissimo Salvatore e Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista al Laterano, Roma, Roma, Lazio - Papal Major Basilica, World Heritage Church: Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le mura, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Papal Major Basilica, World Heritage Church: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano, Città del Vaticano
- Papal Major Basilica, World Heritage Church: Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Papal Minor Basilica: Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica:
 Basilica di San Bartolomeo Apostolo all’Isola, Roma, Roma, Lazio - Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di San Clemente al Laterano, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di San Crisogono in Trastevere, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di San Lorenzo in Damaso, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di San Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di San Martino ai Monti, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di San Nicola in Carcere, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di San Pancrazio, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli al Colle Oppio, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di San Sebastiano fuori le Mura, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di San Sisto Vecchio in Via Appia, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Sant’Agnese fuori le Mura, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Sant’Anastasia al Palatino, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Sant’Eustachio in Campo Marzio, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Balbina all’Aventino, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Maria ad martyres in Campo (“Pantheon”), Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Maria in Ara Coeli al Campidoglio, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Maria in Via Lata, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Maria Nova, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Prassede all’Esquilino, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Pudenziana al Viminale, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Saba, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santa Sabina all’Aventino, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio all’Aventino, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santi Celso e Giuliano, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santi Cosma e Damiano in Via Sacra, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santi Dodici Apostoli, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santi Quattro Coronati al Laterano, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santi Vitale e Compagni Martiri in Fovea, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Immemorial Basilica: Basilica di Santo Stefano Rotondo al Celio, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo in Via Aurelia, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Sacro Cuore di Gesù al Castro Pretorio, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Sacro Cuore Immacolato di Maria ai Parioli, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di San Camillo de Lellis, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di San Giovanni Bosco, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di San Giuseppe al Trionfale, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di San Lorenzo in Lucina, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Sant’Agostino in Campo Marzio, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Sant’Andrea della Valle, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Sant’Antonio da Padova a Via Merulana [al Laterano], Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Allessandrine, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Sant’Eugenio, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Santa Croce in Via Flaminia, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Santa Maria in Montesanto, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Santa Maria Regina degli Apostoli alla Montagnola, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Santa Sofia, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Santa Teresa d’Avila, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso, Roma, Roma, Lazio
- Minor Basilica: Basilica di Santi Apostoli Pietro e Paolo, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Present Prelates
List of Popes
Former Prelates
- Vicar General for the Vatican City State:
 Cardinal Francesco Marchisano (80) (2002.04.24 – 2005.02.05) - Vicar General for the Vatican City State: Cardinal Virgilio Noè (87) (1991.07.01 – 2002.04.24)
- Vicar General for the Vatican City State: Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani (1991.01.14 – 1991.07.01)
- Vicar General for the Vatican City State: Bishop Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. (1951.01.13 – 1991.01.14)
- Vicar General for the Vatican City State: Bishop Alfonso Camillo De Romanis, O.S.A. (1937.08.20 – 1950.01.18)
- Vicar General for the Vatican City State: Bishop Agostino Zampini, O.S.A. (1910.12.09 – 1937.06.07)
- Coadjutor Vicar General for the Vatican City State: Cardinal Virgilio Noè (87) (1991.01.14 – 1991.07.01)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Camillo Ruini (78) (1991.07.01 – 2008.06.27)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Ugo Poletti (1973.03.26 – 1991.01.17)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Angelo Dell’Acqua, O.Ss.C.A. (1968.01.13 – 1972.08.27)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Luigi Traglia (1965.03.30 – 1968.01.09)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Clemente Micara (1951.01.26 – 1965.03.11)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani (1931.02.09 – 1951.01.13)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Basilio Pompilj (1913.04.07 – 1931.05.05)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Pietro Respighi (1900.04.09 – 1913.03.22)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Domenico Maria Jacobini (1899.12.14 – 1900.02.01)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Lucido Maria Parocchi (1884.02.16 – 1899)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta (1876.12.21 – 1880.02.27)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Costantino Patrizi Naro (1841.12.22 – 1849.04.20)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Giuseppe Della Porta Rodiani (1838.11.30 – 1841.12.18)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Carlo Odescalchi (1834.11.21 – 1838.11.21)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Giacinto Placido Zurla, O.S.B. Cam. (1824.01.07 – 1834.10.29)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Annibale della Genga (Pope Leo XII) (1820.05.12 – 1823.09.28)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Lorenzo Litta (1818.09.28 – 1820.05.01)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Giulio Maria Della Somaglia (1795 – 1818)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Saint Cardinal Andrea Corsini (1793 – 1795.01.18)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Marcantonio Colonna (1762.04.19 – 1793.12.04)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Antonio Maria Erba-Odescalchi (1759 – 1762.03.28)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Giovanni Antonio Guadagni, O.C.D. (1732.03.01 – 1759.01.15)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Prospero Marefoschi (1726.06.13 – 1732.02.24)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Fabrizio Paolucci (1721.05.11 – 1726.06.12)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Giandomenico Paracciani (1717.11.07 – 1721.05.09)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Gasparo Carpegna (1671.08.12 – 1714.04.06)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni (1667 – 1671)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Marzio Ginetti (1629.10.02 – 1671.03.01)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Giovanni Garzia Millini (1610 – 1629)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Girolamo Pamphili (1605 – 1610.08.11)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Camillo Borghese (Pope Paul V) (1603.06 – 1605.05.16)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Girolamo Rusticucci (1588 – 1603)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Marco Antonio Maffei (later Cardinal) (1566? – ?)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Giacomo Savelli (1560 – 1587)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Virgilio Rosario (1558 – 1559.05.22)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Pomponio Cecci (1540? – 1542.08.04)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Pietro Accolti (1510 – 1532.12.12)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Jaime Serra i Cau (later Cardinal) (1496 – 1500.10.02)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Berardo Eroli (1475 – 1479.04.02)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Nikolaus von Cusa (1459.01.11 – 1464.08.12)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Astorgio Agnensi (later Cardinal) (1442.03.26 – 1447?)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Pierre Flandrin (1375 – 1381.01.23)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Guillaume Noellet (1374.03 – 1376)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Niccolò Alberti, O.P. (later Cardinal) (1299.07.01 – 1303.12.18)
- Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Stefano de Normandis dei Conti (1244 – 1251)
- Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Camillo Ruini (78) (1991.01.17 – 1991.07.01)
- Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Ugo Poletti (1972.10.13 – 1973.03.26)
- Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Luigi Traglia (1960.03.28 – 1965.03.30)
- Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Sergio Der Abrahamian (1933.06.13 – 1952.07.04)
- Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Patriarch Giuseppe Della Porta Rodiani (later Cardinal) (1823.09.23 – 1824.01.02)
- Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Nicolò Caracciolo (1715.12.18 – 1717.12.06)
- Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Girolamo Casanate (1682 – ?)
- Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Antonio Barberini, O.F.M. Cap. (1636 – 1640)
- Pro-Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Michele Bonelli, O.P. (1585? – ?)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome:
 Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia (65) (1996.07.19 – 2003.10.06) - Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Remigio Ragonesi (1991.07.06 – 1996.07.19)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome:
 Archbishop Ennio Appignanesi (84) (1985.07.03 – 1988.01.21) - Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Giovanni Canestri (91) (later Cardinal) (1975.02.08 – 1984.03.22)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Luigi Rovigatti (1973.02.10 – 1975.01.13)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Ettore Cunial (1960 – 1972.12.19)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Luigi Traglia (later Cardinal) (1936.12.21 – 1960.03.28)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Giuseppe Palica (1917.04.25 – 1936.12.16)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Patriarch Giuseppe Ceppetelli (1899.07.24 – 1917.03.12)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Patriarch Giovanni Giuseppe Canali (1842.01.24 – 1851.01.01)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Nicolò Caracciolo (later Cardinal) (1712.12.04 – 1715.12.16)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Sperello Sperelli (later Cardinal) (1693.01 – 1698.06)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Giacomo de Angelis (later Cardinal) (1667.02.27 – 1686.09.02)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Marco Galli (later Cardinal) (1666.07 – 1667.02)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Giambattista Altieri (later Cardinal) (1637.02.14 – 1643.03.27)
- Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Marco Antonio Maffei (later Cardinal) (1560 – 1566.01)
- Second Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Ugo Poletti (later Cardinal) (1969.07.03 – 1972.10.13)
- Second Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Ettore Cunial (1953.04.11 – 1960)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome:
 Bishop Salvatore Fisichella (58) (later Archbishop) (1998.07.03 – 2008.06.17) - Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Luigi Moretti (60) (later Archbishop) (1998.07.03 – 2003.10.17)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome:
 Bishop Vincenzo Apicella (63) (1996.07.19 – 2006.01.28) - Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome:
 Bishop Enzo Dieci (76) (1992.04.07 – 2009.06.01) - Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Cesare Nosiglia (65) (later Archbishop) (1991.07.06 – 1996.07.19)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Giuseppe Mani (73) (later Archbishop) (1987.10.29 – 1996.01.31)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome:
 Bishop Luca Brandolini, C.M. (76) (1987.10.29 – 1993.09.02) - Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Salvatore Boccaccio (1987.10.29 – 1992.03.17)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Giovanni Marra (79) (later Archbishop) (1986.06.07 – 1989.11.14)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Pietro Rossano (1982.12.07 – 1991.06.15)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Alessandro Plotti (77) (later Archbishop) (1980.12.23 – 1986.06.07)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Filippo Giannini (86) (1980.12.01 – 1998.07.03)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Fiorenzo Angelini (93) (later Cardinal) (1977.01.06 – 1985.02.16)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Clemente Riva, I.C. (1975.05.24 – 1998.07.03)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Giulio Salimei (1973.10.06 – 1998.01.03)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Remigio Ragonesi (later Archbishop) (1971.06.29 – 1991.07.06)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. (1971.04.17 – 1977.04.22)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Plinio Pascoli (1966.08.05 – 1980.12.01)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Oscar Zanera (1966.02.11 – 1980.12.19)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Dino Trabalzini (later Archbishop) (1966.02.11 – 1971.06.28)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Filippo Pocci (1961.07.08 – 1975.05.24)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Giovanni Canestri (91) (later Cardinal) (1961.07.08 – 1971.01.07)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Paul Rubian (later Archbishop) (1900.02.24 – 1911.04.16)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Giuseppe Ceppetelli (later Patriarch) (1890.06.23 – 1899.07.24)
- Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Antonio Despuig y Dameto (1808.03.26 – 1809.11.11)
as of 2010.02.05
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