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Secretariat of State

Dicastery of the Roman Curia

Also known as: 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)

Address: Palazzo Apostolico Vaticano, 00120, Vatican City State

Phone: 06.69.88.39.13

Website: Link

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: Documents (x 26)

Associated Organizations

Present Officials

Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. (75)Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. (75) (2006.09.15 – ...)
Secretary for the Relations with States:MoroccoArchbishop Dominique François Joseph Mamberti (58)Archbishop Dominique François Joseph Mamberti (58) (2006.09.15 – ...)
Undersecretary for the Relations with States:ItalyMsgr. Ettore Balestrero (43)Msgr. Ettore Balestrero (43) (2009.08.17 – ...)
Undersecretary of State for General Affairs:ItalyArchbishop Fernando Filoni (64)Archbishop Fernando Filoni (64) (2007.06.09 – ...)
Assessor for General Affairs:United StatesMsgr. Peter Brian Wells (47)Msgr. Peter Brian Wells (47) (2009.07.16 – ...)
Delegate for Pontifical Representations:ItalyArchbishop Luciano Suriani (43)Archbishop Luciano Suriani (43) (2009.09.24 – ...)
Head of Protocol:NigeriaMsgr. Fortunatus Nwachukwu (50)Msgr. Fortunatus Nwachukwu (50) (2007.09.04 – ...)

Past Officials

Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Angelo Sodano (82)Cardinal Angelo Sodano (82) (1991.06.29 – 2006.09.15)
Pro-Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Angelo Sodano (82)Cardinal Angelo Sodano (82) (1990.12.01 – 1991.06.29)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Agostino Casaroli (1979.07.01 – 1990.12.01)
Pro-Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Agostino Casaroli (1979.04.28 – 1979.07.01)
Secretary of State:FranceCardinal Jean-Marie Villot (1969.05.02 – 1979.03.09)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (1961.08.12 – 1969.05.08)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Domenico Tardini (1958.12.14 – 1961.07.30)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Luigi Maglione (1939.03.10 – 1944.08.22)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Eugenio Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII) (1930.02.09 – 1939.03.02)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Pietro Gasparri (1914.10.13 – 1930.02.07)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Domenico Ferrata (1914.09.04 – 1914.10.10)
Secretary of State:United KingdomCardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta (1903.11.12 – 1914.08.20)
Pro-Secretary of State:United KingdomCardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta (1903.08.04 – 1903.11.12)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (1887.06.02 – 1902?)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Lodovico Jacobini (1880.12.16 – 1887.02.28)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Lorenzo Nina (1878.08.09 – 1880.12.16)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Alessandro Franchi (1878.03.05 – 1878.07.31)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Simeoni (1876.12.18 – 1878.03.05?)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Luigi Ciacchi (1848.03 – 1848.05.08)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Bofondi (1848.02.01 – 1848.03.10)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Gabriele Ferretti (1847.07.17 – 1852.03.18)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi (1846.08.08 – 1849.06.03)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Luigi Lambruschini, B. (1836.01.12 – 1846.06.01)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Tommaso Bernetti (1831.08 – 1836.01.20)
Pro-Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Tommaso Bernetti (1831.02.21 – 1831.08)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Albani (1829.03.31 – 1834.12.03)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Giulio Maria Della Somaglia (1823 – 1828)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Ercole Consalvi (1814.05.19 – 1824.01.24)
Pro-Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Bartolomeo Pacca (1808.06.18 – 1814?)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Giulio Gabrielli (1808.03.26 – 1814.07.26)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Filippo Casoni (1806.06 – 1808.03)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Ercole Consalvi (1800.08.11 – 1806.06.17)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Ignazio Busca (1796.08 – 1797.03)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Francesco Saverio De Zelada (1789.10.13 – 1796)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Luigi Maria Torregiani (1758.10.08 – 1777.01.06)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga (1740.08 – 1747?)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Firrao (1733.10 – 1740.02.06)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Antonio Banchieri (1730 – 1733.09.16)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Nicolò Maria Lercari (1726.06.13 – 1757.03.21?)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Giorgio Spínola (1721.05.10 – 1726?)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Fabrizio Paolucci (1700.12.03 – ?)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Federico Sforza (1676 – 1689)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Francesco Nerli (1673.08 – ?)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Federico Borromeo (1670 – 1673)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Decio Azzolini (1667 – 1669)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Giulio Rospigliosi (later Pope Clement IX) (1655.04 – 1667.05.22)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Lorenzo Magalotti (1623.09 – 1628.05)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Tolomeo Gallio (1572 – 1585)
Secretary of State:ItalySaint Cardinal Carlo Borromeo (1560 – 1584.11.03)
Secretary of State:ItalyCardinal Girolamo Dandini (1555? – 1559.12.04)
Secretary for the Relations with States:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Lajolo (75)Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo (75) (later Cardinal) (2003.10.07 – 2006.09.15)
Secretary for the Relations with States:FranceCardinal Jean-Louis Tauran (67)Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran (67) (later Cardinal) (1990.12.01 – 2003.10.07)
Secretary for the Relations with States:ItalyCardinal Angelo Sodano (82)Archbishop Angelo Sodano (82) (later Cardinal) (1989.03.01 – 1990.12.01)
Undersecretary for the Relations with States:ItalyArchbishop Pietro Parolin (55)Msgr. Pietro Parolin (55) (later Archbishop) (2002.11.30 – 2009.08.17)
Undersecretary for the Relations with States:ItalyArchbishop Celestino Migliore (58)Msgr. Celestino Migliore (58) (later Archbishop) (1995.12.16 – 2002.10.30)
Undersecretary for the Relations with States:ItalyArchbishop Claudio Maria Celli (69)Fr. Claudio Maria Celli (69) (later Archbishop) (1990.12.01 – 1995.12.16)
Undersecretary for the Relations with States:FranceCardinal Jean-Louis Tauran (67)Fr. Jean-Louis Tauran (67) (later Cardinal) (1989 – 1990.12.01)
Undersecretary for the Relations with States:SpainFr. Sotero Sanz Villalba (later Archbishop) (1967 – 1970.07.16)
Undersecretary of State for General Affairs:ArgentinaCardinal Leonardo Sandri (66)Archbishop Leonardo Sandri (66) (later Cardinal) (2000.09.16 – 2007.06.09)
Undersecretary of State for General Affairs:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Battista Re (76)Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re (76) (later Cardinal) (1989.12.12 – 2000.09.16)
Undersecretary of State for General Affairs:AustraliaCardinal Edward Idris Cassidy (86)Archbishop Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪) (86) (later Cardinal) (1988.03.23 – 1989.12.12)
Undersecretary of State for General Affairs:SpainCardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo (83)Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo (83) (later Cardinal) (1979.05.05 – 1988.03.23)
Undersecretary of State for General Affairs:ItalyArchbishop Giuseppe Caprio (高理耀) (later Cardinal) (1977.06.14 – 1979.04.28)
Undersecretary of State for General Affairs:ItalyArchbishop Giovanni Benelli (later Cardinal) (1967.06.29 – 1977.06.03)
Undersecretary of State for General Affairs:ItalyArchbishop Angelo Dell’Acqua, O.Ss.C.A. (later Cardinal) (1953.02.17 – 1967.06.26)
Assessor for General Affairs:ItalyArchbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia (52)Msgr. Gabriele Giordano Caccia (52) (later Archbishop) (2002.12.17 – 2009.07.16)
Assessor for General Affairs:SpainArchbishop Pedro López Quintana (56)Fr. Pedro López Quintana (56) (later Archbishop) (1997.07.22 – 2002.12.12)
Assessor for General Affairs:ArgentinaCardinal Leonardo Sandri (66)Fr. Leonardo Sandri (66) (later Cardinal) (1992.04.02 – 1997.07.22)
Assessor for General Affairs:ItalyCardinal Crescenzio Sepe (67)Msgr. Crescenzio Sepe (67) (later Cardinal) (1987.10.10 – 1992.04.02)
Assessor for General Affairs:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Battista Re (76)Msgr. Giovanni Battista Re (76) (later Cardinal) (1979.12.01 – 1987.10.09)
Assessor for General Affairs:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Coppa (84)Fr. Giovanni Coppa (84) (later Cardinal) (1975.11.19 – 1979.12.01)
Assessor for General Affairs:SpainCardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo (83)Msgr. Eduardo Martínez Somalo (83) (later Cardinal) (1970 – 1975.11.12)
Vice-Assessor for General Affairs:ItalyArchbishop Paolo Sardi (75)Fr. Paolo Sardi (75) (later Archbishop) (1992 – 1996.12.10)
Delegate for Pontifical Representations:ItalyArchbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (69)Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (69) (1998.04.04 – 2009.07.16)
Head of Protocol:ItalyArchbishop Tommaso Caputo (59)Msgr. Tommaso Caputo (59) (later Archbishop) (1993.06.19 – 2007.09.03)
Head of Protocol:TunisiaFr. Domenico De Luca (later Archbishop) (1989 – 1993.05.22)
Head of Protocol:ItalyFr. Antonio Mauro (later Archbishop) (1963 – 1967.07.04)
Head of Protocol:ItalyFr. Igino Eugenio Cardinale (later Archbishop) (1961 – 1963.10.04)
Head of Protocol:ItalyFr. Carlo Grano (later Cardinal) (1945 – 1952)

as of 2010.07.20

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