Cardinal Deaconry

S. Giorgio in Velabro

Also known as: St. George in Velabro (English), S. Georgii in Velabro (Latin)

Chiesa di San Giorgio in Velabro, Roma

History

590: Established as Cardinal Deaconry of S. Giorgio in Velabro (Italiano) / St. George in Velabro (English) / S. Georgii in Velabro (Latin)

Cardinal-Protector

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (83)
(2021.05.03 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title
President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology

Prædica verbum

Born:	1942.10.18 (Merate, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1966.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.29
Created Cardinal:	2010.11.20

Priest of Milano (Italy) (1966.06.28 – 2007.09.03)

Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary (1995.05.13 – 2007.09.03)

Titular Archbishop of Villamagna in Proconsulari (2007.09.03 – 2010.11.20)

President of Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church (2007.09.03 – 2012.11.03)

President of Pontifical Council for Culture (2007.09.03 – 2022.06.05)

President of Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology (2007.09.03 – 2022.11.25)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (2010.11.20 [2011.01.23] – 2021.05.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (2021.05.03 – ...)

Past Cardinal-Protectors

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (83) (2010.11.20 – 2021.05.03, 2021.05.03 – ... pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Alfons Maria Stickler, S.D.B. (1985.05.25 – 1996.01.29, 1996.01.29 – 2007.12.12 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli (1973.03.05 – 1980.06.15)
Cardinal Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B. (1967.06.29 – 1970.12.08)
Cardinal André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, P.S.S. (1958.12.18 – 1964.01.11)
Cardinal Giovanni Mercati (1936.06.18 – 1957.08.23)
Cardinal Luigi Sincero (1923.05.25 – 1928.12.17, 1928.12.17 – 1933.03.13 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet, E.B.C. (1914.05.28 – 1915.12.06)
Saint Cardinal John Henry Newman, C.O. (1879.05.15 – 1890.08.11)
Cardinal Tommaso Maria Martinelli, O.E.S.A. (1874.01.16 – 1875.09.17)
Cardinal Antonio Matteucci (1866.06.25 – 1866.07.09)
Cardinal Francesco de’ Medici di Ottaiano (1856.06.19 – 1857.10.11)
Cardinal Giuseppe Ugolini (1838.02.15 – 1838.09.13)
Cardinal Tommaso Riario Sforza (1823.05.16 – 1823.11.17)
Cardinal Giovanni Rinuccini (1794.09.12 – 1801.12.28)
Cardinal Vincenzo Maria Altieri (1781.04.02 – 1787.04.23)
Cardinal Romoaldo Guidi (1778.07.20 – 1780.04.23)
Cardinal Antonio Casali (1773.04.19 – 1777.02.17)
Cardinal Nicola Perrelli (1759.11.19 – 1772.02.24)
Cardinal Prospero Colonna di Sciarra (1743.09.23 – 1756.02.16)
Cardinal Agapito Mosca (1732.11.17 – 1743.03.11)
Cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali, S.M.O.M. (1690.04.10 – 1726.12.09, 1726.12.09 – 1732.11.17 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Fulvio Astalli (1686.09.30 – 1688.05.17)
Cardinal Paolo Savelli (Italo-Albanese Rite) (1669.01.14 – 1670.05.14, 1678.05.23 – 1683.11.15)
Cardinal Sigismondo Chigi (1670.05.19 – 1678.04.30)
Cardinal Angelo Celsi (1664.02.11 – 1668.05.14)
Cardinal Giancarlo de’ Medici (1656.03.06 – 1663.01.23)
Cardinal Paolo Emilio Rondinini (1655.05.14 – 1656.03.06)
Cardinal Giovanni Stefano Donghi (1643.08.31 – 1655.05.14)
Cardinal Pietro Maria Borghese (1624.11.13 – 1626.08.24)
Cardinal Giacomo Serra (1611.09.12 – 1615.09.28)
Cardinal Orazio Maffei (1606.10.09 – 1607.02.07 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Cinzio Passeri Aldobrandini (1593.10.11 – 1605.06.01)
Cardinal Ottavio Acquaviva d’Aragona (1591.04.05 – 1593.03.15)
Cardinal Benedetto Giustiniani (1587.01.14 – 1587.09.11)
Cardinal Francesco Sforza (1584.01.06 – 1585.07.29)
Cardinal Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga, S.M.O.M. (1578.11.21 – 1583.12.19)
Cardinal Mark Sittich von Hohenems (1565.05.15 – 1577.10.03 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni (1560.02.14 – 1570.04.12 pro hac vice Title)
Cardinal Girolamo Recanati Capodiferro (1545.01.09 – 1559.12.01)
Cardinal Girolamo Grimaldi (1528.04.27 – 1543.11.27)
Cardinal Franciotto Orsini (1517.07.06 – 1519)
Cardinal Raffaele Sansone Riario della Rovere (1477.12.12 – 1480.05.05)
Cardinal Prospero Colonna (1430.11.08 – 1433.10.09, 1434? – 1463.03.24)
Pseudocardinal Carlos Jordán de Urriés y Pérez Salanova (later Cardinal) (* 1408.09.22 – 1418.08.01)
Cardinal Oddone Colonna (later Pope Martin V) (1405.06.12 – 1417.11.11)
Pseudocardinal Miguel de Zalba (* 1404.05.09 – 1406.08.24)
Cardinal Galeotto Tarlati de Petramala (* 1388.05.05 – 1400?)
Blessed Pseudocardinal Pierre de Luxembourg (* 1384.04.15 – 1387.07.02)
Cardinal Pietro Tomacelli (later Pope Boniface IX) (1381.12.21 – 1385)
Cardinal Giacomo Orsini (1371.05.30 – 1379.08.13)
Cardinal Guillaume Bragose (1361.09.17 – 1362.12.06)
Cardinal Jean de Caraman (1350.12.17 – 1361.08.01)
Cardinal Giacomo Caetani Stefaneschi (1295.12.17 – 1341.06.23)
Cardinal Pietro Peregrosso (1288.05.16 – 1289)
Cardinal Goffredo da Alatri (1261.12.17 – 1287?)
Cardinal Pietro Capocci (1244.05.28 – 1259.05.19)
Cardinal Pietro Capuano (1219.10? – 1242.03.21)
Cardinal Bertrando (1212.02.18 – 1216.07)
Cardinal Gregorio Carelli (1190.09 – 1211.05.30)
Cardinal Lotario dei conti di Segni (later Pope Innocent III) (1190.09 – 1198.01.08)
Cardinal Boson (1188 – 1189.06)
Cardinal Ridolfo Nigelli (1185.03.06 – 1188)
Cardinal Raniero (1174 – 1182)
Cardinal Marcello (1173.09 – 1174)
Cardinal Manfredo, O.S.B. Cas. (1163 – 1173.09)
Pseudocardinal Gerardo (* 1159 – ?)
Cardinal Odone Fattiboni (1130 – 1165?)
Cardinal Rustico de’ Rustici (1128.12 – 1130?)
Cardinal Roscemanno Sanseverino, O.S.B. Cas. (1106 – 1128?)
Cardinal Bobone (1099 – 1107?)
Cardinal Raniero (1088 – 1099?)

Last updated on 2026.04.06