Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Also known as: Basilika Santa Maria Maggiore (Deutsch) / Basílica de Santa María la Mayor (español) / Basilique Sainte-Marie-Majeure (français) / Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (Italiano) / Bazylika Santa Maria Maggiore (polski) / Basílica de Santa Maria Maior (Português) / 聖母大殿 (正體中文) / サンタ・マリア・マッジョ一レ大聖堂 (日本語) / 산타 마리아 마조레 대성당 (한국어) / Basilica Sancta Mariæ Maior (latine)

Documents: Documents (x 4)


Present Officials

Archpriest (2016.12.28 – ...):PolandCardinal Stanisław Ryłko (79)Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko (79)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Cristo Re pro hac vice Title

Coadjutor Archpriest (2024.03.20 – ...):LithuaniaCardinal Rolandas Makrickas (52)Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas (52)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio

Delegate for the Administration of the Chapter (2024.09.01 – ...):ItalyDr. Roberto Romano
Delegate for Pastoral Care (2024.08.05 – ...):ItalyMsgr. Ivan Ricupero (43)Msgr. Ivan Ricupero (43)

Priest of Siracusa (Italy)

Chaplain of His Holiness


Past Officials

Archpriest:SpainCardinal Santos Abril y Castelló (89)Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló (89) (2011.11.21 – 2016.12.28)
Archpriest:USACardinal Bernard Francis Law (2004.05.27 – 2011.11.21)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Carlo Furno (1997.09.29 – 2004.05.27)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Ugo Poletti (1991.01.17 – 1997.02.25)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Luigi Dadaglio (1986.12.15 – 1990.08.22)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Carlo Confalonieri (1959.11.16 – 1986.08.01)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Alessandro Verde (1939.10.11 – 1958.03.29)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Angelo Maria Dolci (1933.05.22 – 1939.09.13)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Bonaventura Cerretti (1930.07.16 – 1933.05.08)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli (1896.12.16 – 1930.07.09)
Archpriest:GermanyCardinal Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1878.07.15 – 1896.10.30)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Costantino Patrizi Naro (1845.05.24 – 1876.12.17)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Luigi Del Drago (1839.06.29 – 1845.04.28)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Antonio Sala (1838.12.11 – 1839.06.23)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Carlo Odescalchi (1832 – 1834.11.21)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Benedetto Naro (1824.01.01 – 1832.10.06)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Annibale della Genga (later Pope Leo XII) (1821.02.10 – 1823.09.28)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Filippo Gallarati Scotti (1814 – 1819.10.06)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Antonio Despuig y Dameto (1803.12.28 – 1813.05.02)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Antonio Maria Doria Pamphilj (1801? – 1821.01.31?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Emmanuele De Gregorio (1780 – 1821?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1730 – 1740.02.29?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Luigi Pico della Mirandola (1724? – 1730?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giacomo Antonio Morigia, B. (1699.04.20 – 1708.10.08)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Fabrizio Spada (1698 – 1717.06.15)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Benedetto Pamphili, O.E.S.S.H. (1694.11.01 – 1699.04.20)
Archpriest:EnglandCardinal Philip Thomas Howard of Norfolk, O.P. (1689 – 1694.06.17)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Felice Rospigliosi (1686? – 1688.05.09)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giacomo Rospigliosi (1667? – 1684.02.02)
Archpriest:FranceCardinal Antonio Barberini, S.M.O.M. (1630? – 1671.08.03?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Francesco Barberini (1629 – ?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Garzia Millini (1627? – 1629.10.02)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giambattista Leni (1620? – 1627.11.03)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Michelangelo Tonti (1608? – 1622.04.21?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Domenico Pinelli (1587? – 1611.08.09?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Decio Azzolini (1586? – 1587.10.09)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Filippo Boncompagni (1581 – 1586.06.09)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Alessandro Sforza di Santa Fiora (1573? – 1581.05.16)
Archpriest:ItalySaint Cardinal Carlo Borromeo (Charles Borromeo) (1564.10 – ?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Domenico De Cupis (1549? – 1553.12.10)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Alessandro Farnese (1535? – ?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Andrea Della Valle (1520 – ?)
Archpriest:FranceCardinal Leonardo Grosso della Rovere (1518.02 – 1520.09.17)
Archpriest:FranceCardinal Robert Guibé (1511.10.04 – 1513.11.09)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Francisco de Remolins (1511 – 1518.02.05)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giuliano Cesarini (1503.03.05 – 1510.05.01)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Battista Orsini (1498.09 – 1502.02.22)
Archpriest:SpainCardinal Giovanni Battista Savelli (1492.09 – 1498.09.18)
Archpriest:SpainCardinal Rodrigo de Borja y Borja (later Pope Alexander VI) (1483 – 1492.08.11)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giuliano della Rovere, O.F.M. (later Pope Julius II) (1477.08 – 1483?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Prospero Colonna (1462? – 1463.03.24)
Archpriest:FranceCardinal Guillaume d’Estouteville (1443? – ?)
Archpriest:ItalyBlessed Cardinal Niccola Albergati, O. Cart. (1440 – 1443.05.09)
Archpriest:CroatiaCardinal Giovanni Vitelleschi (1439 – 1440.04.02)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Antonio Casini (1437.03 – 1439.02.04)
Archpriest:FranceCardinal Jean de la Rochetaillée (1428.01 – 1437.03.24)
Archpriest :ItalyPseudocardinal Francesco Lando (1427.10 – 1427.12.26)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Rinaldo Brancaccio (1412 – 1427.03.27)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Enrico Minutoli (1396 – ?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Stefano Palosti de Verayneris (1390 – 1396.04.24)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Marino Bulcani (1385 – 1394.08.08)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Marino Giudice (1383 – 1386.01.11)
Archpriest:SpainCardinal Nicola Capocci (1351? – ?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giacomo Colonna (1312 – 1318.08.14)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Francesco Napoleone Orsini (1297 – 1312?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giacomo Colonna (1278 – 1297.05.10)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Ottobono de Fieschi (later Pope Adrian V) (1259 – 1276.07.11)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Pietro Capocci (1245? – ?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Rolando Paparoni (1187 – 1189?)
Archpriest:Cardinal Matteo (1153 – 1166?)
Archpriest:FranceCardinal Regnier (1125? – ?)
Special Commissioner:LithuaniaCardinal Rolandas Makrickas (52)Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas (52) (later Cardinal) (2021.12.15 – 2024.03.20)
Vicar of the Chapter:ItalyArchbishop Piero Marini (82)Archbishop Piero Marini (82) (2017 – 2024.03.20)
Vicar of the Chapter:ItalyArchbishop Francesco Canalini (88)Archbishop Francesco Canalini (88) (? – 2016)

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