Papal See of

Roma

Italy , Vatican City State

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

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History

100: Established as Papal See of Roma (Italiano) / Rome (English) / Romana (Latin) / Urbs (Latin)
1981: Gained territory from Territorial Abbacy of San Paolo fuori le Mura, and gained territory from the suppressed Territorial Abbacy of Santi Vincenzo ed Anastasio alle tre Fontane
2005.03.07: Gained territory from the suppressed Territorial Abbacy of San Paolo fuori le Mura

Churches in Rome

Cathedral, Papal Major Basilica, World Heritage Church: Arcibasilica Papale di Santissimo Salvatore e Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista al Laterano
Papal Major Basilica, World Heritage Church: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano
Papal Major Basilica, World Heritage Church: Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le mura
Papal Major Basilica, World Heritage Church: Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore
Papal Minor Basilica: Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
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Present Prelates

Pope (2005.04.19 [2005.04.24] – ...):	Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) (84) Cardinal-Bishop emeritus of Velletri–Segni Cardinal-Bishop emeritus of Ostia
Vicar General for the Vatican City State (2005.02.05 – ...):	Cardinal Angelo Comastri (68) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Salvatore in Lauro President of Fabric of St. Peter Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Peter Vice-President of Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate Conception Archbishop-Prelate emeritus of Loreto (Italy)
Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome (2008.06.27 – ...):	Cardinal Agostino Vallini (71) Cardinal-Priest of S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo pro hac vice Title Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Lateran University Bishop emeritus of Albano (Italy)
Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome (2012.01.31 – ...):	Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. (54) Archbishop ad personam Bishop emeritus of Sora–Aquino–Pontecorvo (Italy)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome (2002.07.18 – ...):	Bishop Paolo Schiavon (72) Titular Bishop of Trevi
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome (2006.01.28 – ...):	Bishop Benedetto Tuzia (67) Titular Bishop of Nepi
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome (2009.06.01 – ...):	Bishop Guerino Di Tora (65) Titular Bishop of Zuri
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome (2009.06.01 – ...):	Bishop Giuseppe Marciante (60) Titular Bishop of Thagora
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome (2012.01.31 – ...):	Bishop Lorenzo Leuzzi (56) Titular Bishop of Novigrad
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome (2012.01.31 – ...):	Bishop Matteo Maria Zuppi (56) Titular Bishop of Villa nova

Reigning Pope

Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) (84)
(2005.04.19 – ...)

Cooperatores veritatis

Born:	1927.04.16 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.28
Created Cardinal:	1977.06.27
Elected Pope:	2005.04.19
Installed Pope:	2005.04.24

Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany) (1977.03.24 – 1982.02.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marie Consolatrice al Tiburtino (1977.06.27 – 1993.04.05)

Prefect of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1981.11.25 – 2005.04.02)

President of Pontifical Biblical Commission (1981.11.25 – 2005.04.02)

President of International Theological Commission (1981.11.25 – 2005.04.02)

President of Interdicasterial Commission for the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1993.03 – 2005.04.02)

Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri–Segni (1993.04.05 – 2005.04.19)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of College of Cardinals (1998.11.06 – 2002.11.30)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (2002.11.30 [2003.03.16] – 2005.04.19)

Cardinal Dean of College of Cardinals (2002.11.30 – 2005.04.19)

Pope of Roma (Italy) (2005.04.19 [2005.04.24] – ...)

List of Popes

Former Prelates

Vicar General for the Vatican City State: Cardinal Francesco Marchisano (82) (2002.04.24 – 2005.02.05)
Vicar General for the Vatican City State: Cardinal Virgilio Noè (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 (1991.01.14 – 1991.07.01)
Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome: Cardinal Camillo Ruini (80) (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 (later 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: 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 (later 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 (80) (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: Bishop Francesco Pascucci (1936.12.20 – 1945)
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 Luigi Moretti (62) (2003.10.17 – 2010.06.10)
Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia (67) (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 (86) (1985.07.03 – 1988.01.21)
Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Giovanni Canestri (93) (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 Ernesto Mandara (59) (2004.06.05 – 2011.06.10)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Salvatore Fisichella (60) (later Archbishop) (1998.07.03 – 2008.06.17)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Luigi Moretti (62) (later Archbishop) (1998.07.03 – 2003.10.17)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Vincenzo Apicella (65) (1996.07.19 – 2006.01.28)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Armando Brambilla (1994.03.25 – 2011.12.24)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Enzo Dieci (78) (1992.04.07 – 2009.06.01)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Cesare Nosiglia (67) (later Archbishop) (1991.07.06 – 1996.07.19)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Giuseppe Mani (75) (later Archbishop) (1987.10.29 – 1996.01.31)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Luca Brandolini, C.M. (78) (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 (80) (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 (79) (later Archbishop) (1980.12.23 – 1986.06.07)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Filippo Giannini (88) (1980.12.01 – 1998.07.03)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Bishop Fiorenzo Angelini (95) (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 (93) (later Cardinal) (1961.07.08 – 1971.01.07)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome: Archbishop Paul Rubian (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 2012.02.03