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Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

Dicastery of the Roman Curia

Also known as: Oberster Gerichtshof der Apostolischen Signatur (Deutsch) / Tribunal Supremo de la Signatura Apostolica (español) / Tribunal Suprême de la Signature Apostolique (français) / Supremo Tribunale della Segnatura Apostolica (Italiano) / Sygnatura Apostolska (polski) / Supremo Tribunal da Signatura Apostólica (Português) / 最高法院 (中文) / 最高裁判所 (日本語) / 대심원 (한국어)

Address: Palazzo della Cancelleria, Piazza della Cancelleria, 1, 00186 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.69.88.75.20

Website: Link

History

  • 1500: Established as Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura / Oberster Gerichtshof der Apostolischen Signatur (Deutsch) / Tribunal Supremo de la Signatura Apostolica (español) / Tribunal Suprême de la Signature Apostolique (français) / Supremo Tribunale della Segnatura Apostolica (Italiano) / Sygnatura Apostolska (polski) / Supremo Tribunal da Signatura Apostólica (Português) / 最高法院 (中文) / 最高裁判所 (日本語) / 대심원 (한국어) / Supremum Tribunal Signaturæ Apostolicæ (Latin)

Present Officials

Prefect:United StatesArchbishop Raymond Leo Burke (61)Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke (61) (2008.06.27 – ...)
Secretary:BelgiumBishop Frans Daneels, O. Praem. (68)Bishop Frans Daneels, O. Praem. (68) (2008.04.12 – ...)

Past Officials

Prefect:ItalyCardinal Agostino Vallini (69)Cardinal Agostino Vallini (69) (2004.05.27 – 2008.06.27)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Mario Francesco Pompedda (1999.11.16 – 2004.05.27)
Prefect:PolandCardinal Zenon Grocholewski (70)Archbishop Zenon Grocholewski (70) (later Cardinal) (1998.10.05 – 1999.11.15)
Prefect:SwitzerlandCardinal Gilberto Agustoni (87)Cardinal Gilberto Agustoni (87) (1994.11.26 – 1998.10.05)
Pro-Prefect:SwitzerlandCardinal Gilberto Agustoni (87)Archbishop Gilberto Agustoni (87) (later Cardinal) (1992.04.02 – 1994.11.26)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Achille Silvestrini (86)Cardinal Achille Silvestrini (86) (1988.07.01 – 1991.05.24)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Aurelio Sabattani (1983.02.03 – 1988.07.01)
Pro-Prefect:ItalyCardinal Aurelio Sabattani (1982.05.17 – 1983.02.03)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Pericle Felici (1977.08.15 – 1982.03.22)
Prefect:ItalyArchbishop Aurelio Sabattani (later Cardinal) (1971.09.30 – 1982.05.17)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Dino Staffa (1969.03.26 – 1977.08.07)
Pro-Prefect:ItalyCardinal Dino Staffa (1967.04.07 – 1969.03.26)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Francesco Roberti (1959.11.14 – 1969.03.24)
Pro-Prefect:ItalyCardinal Gaetano Cicognani (1954.11.18 – 1959.11.14)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Bruno (1954.03.20 – 1954.11.10)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Massimo Massimi (1946.05.29 – 1954.03.06)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Enrico Gasparri (1933.05.18 – 1946.05.20)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Bonaventura Cerretti (1931.10.12 – 1933.05.08)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Francesco Ragonesi (1926.03.09 – 1931.09.14)
Prefect:TurkeyCardinal Augusto Silj (1920.03.20 – 1926.02.27)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Michele Lega (1914.12.15 – 1920.03.20)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli (1908.10.26 – 1914.12.15)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Isidoro Verga (1885.07.31 – 1896.10.01)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Luigi Serafini (1884.05.13 – 1885.07.31?)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Carlo Luigi Morichini (1878.07.15 – 1879.04.26)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Teodolfo Mertel (1877.06.02 – 1879.06.29?)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Carlo Sacconi (1867.12.20 – 1877.06.02?)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Camillo Di Pietro (1863.08.29 – 1867)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Pietro Marini (1858.02.03 – 1863.08.19)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Mario Mattei (1854.07.04 – 1858.02.03?)
Pro-Prefect:ItalyCardinal Vincenzo Macchi (1841.09.15 – 1844.01.22)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Francesco Tiberi (1837.02.22 – 1839.10.28)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Luigi Bottiglia Savoulx (1834.11.27 – 1836.09.14)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Antonio Pallotta (1833 – 1834.07.19)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa (1829.01.07 – 1830.07.05?)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Spina (1824 – 1828.11.13)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Pietro Francesco Galleffi (1823 – 1824)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Battista Quarantotti (1820.05.10 – 1820.09.15)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Diego Innico Caracciolo di Martina (1818.12.14 – 1820.01.24)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Antonio Dugnani (1817.05.16 – 1818.10.17)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Ercole Consalvi (1805.09.06 – 1809?)
Pro-Prefect:ItalyCardinal Ercole Consalvi (1802 – 1805.09.06)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Leonardo Antonelli (1795.02.27 – 1801?)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Firrao (1737.11.29 – 1744.10.24?)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Neri Maria Corsini (1733.03.02 – 1770.12.06?)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Antonio Felice Zondadari (1730.07.27 – 1737?)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Lorenzo Corsini (Pope Clement XII) (1720.11.22 – 1730.07.12?)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Bernardino Scotti (1718.11.26 – 1726.11.16)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Fabrizio Spada (1700.12.04 – 1717.06.15)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini (1696.05.16 – 1699.02.18)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Benedetto Pamphili, O.E.S.S.H. (1685.03.23 – ?)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Giacomo Rospigliosi (1667.12.20 – ?)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Flavio Chigi (1661.07.28 – ?)
Prefect:ItalyBlessed Cardinal Benedetto Odescalchi (Pope Innocent XI) (1647.01.22 – 1650.04.04)
Prefect:ItalyCardinal Maffeo Barberini (Pope Urban VIII) (1610.01.08 – ?)
Prefect:CroatiaCardinal Lorenzo Campeggio (1519.12 – ?)
Secretary:ItalyArchbishop Velasio De Paolis, C.S. (74)Bishop Velasio De Paolis, C.S. (74) (later Archbishop) (2003.12.30 – 2008.04.12)
Secretary:ItalyBishop Francesco Saverio Salerno (81)Bishop Francesco Saverio Salerno (81) (1998.10.23 – 2003.12.30)
Secretary:PolandCardinal Zenon Grocholewski (70)Archbishop Zenon Grocholewski (70) (later Cardinal) (1982.12.21 – 1998.10.05)
Secretary:ItalyCardinal Francesco Morano (1935.12.20 – 1962.04.05)
Secretary:ItalyCardinal Federico Cattani Amadori (1924.02.14 – 1935.12.19)
Secretary:ItalyCardinal Evaristo Lucidi (1916.12.08 – 1923.12.23)

as of 2010.02.06

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