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History

• 1487.12.31: Established as Apostolic Secretariat / Secretaria Apostolica (Latin)
• 1908.06.29: Renamed as Secretariat of State (English) / Staatssekretariat (Deutsch) / Secretaría de Estado (español) / Sécrétairerie d’État (français) / Segreteria di Stato (Italiano) / Sekretariat Stanu (polski) / Secretaria de Estado (Português) / 國務院 (中文) / 国務省 (日本語) / Secretaria Status (Latin)
• 1967.08.15: Merged with the suppressed Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
• 1973.02.27: Merged with the suppressed Apostolic Chancery
• 1993.01.15: Merged with the suppressed Pontifical Commission for Russia

Documents: (x 33)

Present Officials

Secretary of State (2006.09.15 – ...):	Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. (77) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera President of Interdicasterial Commission on Particular Churches President of Interdicasterial Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe
Secretary for the Relations with States (2006.09.15 – ...):	Archbishop Dominique François Joseph Mamberti (59) Titular Archbishop of Sagone Secretary of Interdicasterial Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe
Undersecretary for the Relations with States (2009.08.17 – ...):	Msgr. Ettore Balestrero (45)
Substitute for General Affairs (2011.05.10 – ...):	Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu (63) Titular Archbishop of Roselle
Assessor for General Affairs (2009.07.16 – ...):	Msgr. Peter Brian Wells (48)
Delegate for Pontifical Representations (2009.09.24 – ...):	Archbishop Luciano Suriani (55) Titular Archbishop of Amiterno
Head of Protocol (2007.09.04 – ...):	Msgr. Fortunatus Nwachukwu (51)

Past Officials
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Angelo Sodano (84) (1991.06.29 – 2006.09.15)
Pro-Secretary of State:	Cardinal Angelo Sodano (84) (1990.12.01 – 1991.06.29)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Agostino Casaroli (1979.07.01 – 1990.12.01)
Pro-Secretary of State:	Cardinal Agostino Casaroli (1979.04.28 – 1979.07.01)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot (1969.05.02 – 1979.03.09)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (1961.08.12 – 1969.05.08)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Domenico Tardini (1958.11.17 – 1961.07.30)
Pro-Secretary of State:	Msgr. Domenico Tardini (later Cardinal) (1958.10.29 – 1958.11.17)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Luigi Maglione (1939.03.10 – 1944.08.22)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII) (1930.02.09 – 1939.03.02)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Pietro Gasparri (1914.10.13 – 1930.02.07)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Domenico Ferrata (1914.09.04 – 1914.10.10)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta (1903.11.12 – 1914.08.20)
Pro-Secretary of State:	Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta (1903.08.04 – 1903.11.12)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (1887.06.02 – 1902?)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Lodovico Jacobini (1880.12.16 – 1887.02.28)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Lorenzo Nina (1878.08.09 – 1880.12.16)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Alessandro Franchi (1878.03.05 – 1878.07.31)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Giovanni Simeoni (1876.12.18 – 1878.03.05?)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Luigi Ciacchi (1848.03 – 1848.05.08)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Giuseppe Bofondi (1848.02.01 – 1848.03.10)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Gabriele Ferretti (1847.07.17 – 1852.03.18)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi (1846.08.08 – 1849.06.03)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Luigi Lambruschini, B. (1836.01.12 – 1846.06.01)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Tommaso Bernetti (1831.08 – 1836.01.20)
Pro-Secretary of State:	Cardinal Tommaso Bernetti (1831.02.21 – 1831.08)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Giuseppe Albani (1829.03.31 – 1834.12.03)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Giulio Maria Della Somaglia (1823 – 1828)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Ercole Consalvi (1814.05.19 – 1824.01.24)
Pro-Secretary of State:	Cardinal Bartolomeo Pacca (1808.06.18 – 1814?)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Giulio Gabrielli (1808.03.26 – 1814.07.26)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Filippo Casoni (1806.06 – 1808.03)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Ercole Consalvi (1800.08.11 – 1806.06.17)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Ignazio Busca (1796.08 – 1797.03)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Francesco Saverio De Zelada (1789.10.13 – 1796)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Luigi Maria Torregiani (1758.10.08 – 1777.01.06)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga (1740.08 – 1747?)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Giuseppe Firrao (1733.10 – 1740.02.06)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Antonio Banchieri (1730 – 1733.09.16)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Nicolò Maria Lercari (1726.06.13 – 1757.03.21?)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Giorgio Spínola (1721.05.10 – 1726?)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Fabrizio Paolucci (1700.12.03 – ?)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Alderano Cibo (1676.09.23 – 1689.08.12)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Francesco Nerli (1673.08 – ?)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Federico Borromeo (1670 – 1673)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Decio Azzolini (1667 – 1669)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Giulio Rospigliosi (later Pope Clement IX) (1655.04 – 1667.05.22)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Lorenzo Magalotti (1623.09 – 1628.05)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio (1572 – 1585)
Secretary of State:	Saint Cardinal Carlo Borromeo (1560 – 1584.11.03)
Secretary of State:	Cardinal Girolamo Dandini (1555? – 1559.12.04)
Secretary for the Relations with States:	Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo (77) (later Cardinal) (2003.10.07 – 2006.09.15)
Secretary for the Relations with States:	Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran (68) (later Cardinal) (1990.12.01 – 2003.10.07)
Secretary for the Relations with States:	Archbishop Angelo Sodano (84) (later Cardinal) (1989.03.01 – 1990.12.01)
Undersecretary for the Relations with States:	Msgr. Pietro Parolin (57) (later Archbishop) (2002.11.30 – 2009.08.17)
Undersecretary for the Relations with States:	Msgr. Celestino Migliore (59) (later Archbishop) (1995.12.16 – 2002.10.30)
Undersecretary for the Relations with States:	Fr. Claudio Maria Celli (70) (later Archbishop) (1990.12.01 – 1995.12.16)
Undersecretary for the Relations with States:	Fr. Jean-Louis Tauran (68) (later Cardinal) (1989 – 1990.12.01)
Undersecretary for the Relations with States:	Fr. Sotero Sanz Villalba (later Archbishop) (1967 – 1970.07.16)
Substitute for General Affairs:	Archbishop Fernando Filoni (65) (2007.06.09 – 2011.05.10)
Substitute for General Affairs:	Archbishop Leonardo Sandri (68) (later Cardinal) (2000.09.16 – 2007.06.09)
Substitute for General Affairs:	Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re (78) (later Cardinal) (1989.12.12 – 2000.09.16)
Substitute for General Affairs:	Archbishop Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪) (87) (later Cardinal) (1988.03.23 – 1989.12.12)
Substitute for General Affairs:	Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo (84) (later Cardinal) (1979.05.05 – 1988.03.23)
Substitute for General Affairs:	Archbishop Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀) (later Cardinal) (1977.06.14 – 1979.04.28)
Substitute for General Affairs:	Archbishop Giovanni Benelli (later Cardinal) (1967.06.29 – 1977.06.03)
Substitute for General Affairs:	Archbishop Angelo Dell’Acqua, O.Ss.C.A. (later Cardinal) (1953.02.17 – 1967.06.26)
Substitute for General Affairs:	Msgr. Francesco Capaccini (later Cardinal) (1831 – 1837)
Assessor for General Affairs:	Msgr. Gabriele Giordano Caccia (53) (later Archbishop) (2002.12.17 – 2009.07.16)
Assessor for General Affairs:	Fr. Pedro López Quintana (58) (later Archbishop) (1997.07.22 – 2002.12.12)
Assessor for General Affairs:	Fr. Leonardo Sandri (68) (later Cardinal) (1992.04.02 – 1997.07.22)
Assessor for General Affairs:	Msgr. Crescenzio Sepe (68) (later Cardinal) (1987.10.10 – 1992.04.02)
Assessor for General Affairs:	Msgr. Giovanni Battista Re (78) (later Cardinal) (1979.12.01 – 1987.10.09)
Assessor for General Affairs:	Fr. Giovanni Coppa (86) (later Cardinal) (1975.11.19 – 1979.12.01)
Assessor for General Affairs:	Msgr. Eduardo Martínez Somalo (84) (later Cardinal) (1970 – 1975.11.12)
Vice-Assessor for General Affairs:	Fr. Paolo Sardi (77) (later Cardinal) (1992 – 1996.12.10)
Delegate for Pontifical Representations:	Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (71) (1998.04.04 – 2009.07.16)
Delegate for Pontifical Representations:	Archbishop Francesco Monterisi (77) (later Cardinal) (1990.08.28 – 1998.03.07)
Head of Protocol:	Msgr. Tommaso Caputo (61) (later Archbishop) (1993.06.19 – 2007.09.03)
Head of Protocol:	Fr. Domenico De Luca (later Archbishop) (1989 – 1993.05.22)
Head of Protocol:	Fr. Antonio Mauro (later Archbishop) (1963 – 1967.07.04)
Head of Protocol:	Fr. Igino Eugenio Cardinale (later Archbishop) (1961 – 1963.10.04)
Head of Protocol:	Fr. Carlo Grano (later Cardinal) (1945 – 1952)

as of 2012.02.06

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