Cardinal Deaconry

S. Cesareo in Palatio

Also known as: St. Caesarius in the Palace (English), S. Cæsarei in Palatio (Latin)

Chiesa di San Cesareo in Palatio, Roma

History

1600: Established as Cardinal Deaconry of S. Cesareo in Palatio (Italiano) / St. Caesarius in the Palace (English) / S. Cæsarei in Palatio (Latin)

Cardinal-Protector

Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò (86)
(2022.03.04 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio pro hac vice Title
President emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Adjuva me Domine

Born:	1938.02.03 (Macerata Feltria, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1962.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.10.06
Created Cardinal:	2012.02.18

Priest of Pesaro (Italy) (1962.03.18 – 1985.07.27)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1971.06.01 – 1983.04.25)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1983.04.25 – 1985.07.27)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Solomon Islands (1985.07.27 – 1989.10.21)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea (1985.07.27 – 1989.10.21)

Titular Archbishop of Eclano (1985.07.27 – 2012.02.18)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cape Verde (1989.10.21 – 1994.12)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau (1989.10.21 – 1994.12)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Mali (1989.10.21 – 1994.12)

Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Senegal (1989.10.21 – 1994.12)

Apostolic Delegate to Mauritania (1989.10.21 – 1997.10.02)

Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde (1994.12 – 1997.10.02)

Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau (1994.12 – 1997.10.02)

Apostolic Nuncio to Mali (1994.12 – 1997.10.02)

Apostolic Nuncio to Senegal (1994.12 – 1997.10.02)

Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait (1997.10.02 – 1999.12.13)

Apostolic Delegate to Arabian Peninsula (1997.10.02 – 1999.12.13)

Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon (1997.10.02 – 2001.04.11)

Secretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (2001.04.11 – 2009.02.28)

President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (2009.02.28 – 2017.01.01)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Cesareo in Palatio (2012.02.18 [2012.06.10] – 2022.03.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cesareo in Palatio pro hac vice Title (2022.03.04 – ...)

Past Cardinal-Protectors

Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò (86) (2012.02.18 – 2022.03.04, 2022.03.04 – ... pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Andrzej Maria Deskur (1985.05.25 – 1996.01.29, 1996.01.29 – 2011.09.03 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Karol Józef Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II, Saint) (1967.06.29 – 1978.10.16 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Francesco Bracci (1958.12.18 – 1967.03.24)
Cardinal Domenico Mariani (1935.12.19 – 1939.04.23)
Cardinal Franziskus Ehrle, S.J. (1922.12.14 – 1934.03.31)
Cardinal Wilhelmus Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R. (1911.11.30 – 1915.12.06)
Cardinal Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco (1896.12.03 – 1898.03.24)
Cardinal Achille Apolloni (1889.05.27 – 1893.04.03)
Cardinal Ignazio Masotti (1884.11.13 – 1888.10.31)
Cardinal Giuseppe Bofondi (1847.06.14 – 1867.12.02)
Cardinal Tommaso Bernetti (1827.06.25 – 1844.01.22)
Cardinal Giuseppe Albani (1804.10.29 – 1818.10.02)
Cardinal Filippo Campanelli (1791.09.26 – 1795.02.18)
Cardinal Giovanni Cornaro (1778.07.20 – 1789.03.29)
Cardinal Bernardino De Vecchi (1775.05.29 – 1775.12.24)
Cardinal Giovanni Costanzio Caracciolo (1759.11.19 – 1770.12.12)
Cardinal Gian Francesco Albani (1747.05.15 – 1759.02.12)
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Spinola (1733.12.02 – 1743.09.23)
Cardinal Thomas Philip Wallrad d’Hénin-Liétard d’Alsace-Boussu de Chimay (1721.06.16 – 1733.12.02 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Giambattista Spinola (1696.01.02 – 1706.01.25, 1706.01.25 – 1719.03.19 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Negroni (1686.09.30 – 1696.01.02)
Cardinal Benedetto Pamphili, O.E.S.S.H. (1685.04.30 – 1686.09.30)
Cardinal Girolamo Casanate (1675.12.02 – 1682.04.06)
Cardinal Carlo Barberini (1653.08.18 – 1660.08.30, 1667.11.14 – 1675.12.02)
Cardinal Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt, O.E.S.S.H. (1661.03.30 – 1667.11.14)
Cardinal Carlo Rossetti (1644.11.28 – 1653.08.18)
Cardinal Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio (1629.12.17 – 1644.10.17)
Cardinal Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo (1616 – 1626.03.02 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Silvestro Aldobrandini (1603.11.05 – 1612.01.28)
Cardinal Archangelo de’ Bianchi, O.P. (1570.07.03 – 1580.01.18 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Pier Francesco Ferrero (1561.06.03 – 1561.11.10 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Cristoforo Madruzzo (1545.01.09 – 1560.01.16 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Bartolomeo Guidiccioni (1540.01.28 – 1543.09.24 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Louis de Gorrevod (1530.05.16 – 1535.04.22 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Niccolò Pandolfini (1517.07.06 – 1518.09.17 pro hac vice Title)

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