State (Secretariat) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., Cardinal, Secretary
Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Substitute (Sostituto)
Dominique François Joseph Mamberti, Secretary (Relations with States)
Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M., Official
Luciano Russo, Official
Luciano Suriani, Official
Alberto Tricarico, Official Emeritus
Angelo Sodano, Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Secretariat
Erected: 1793
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: provides close assistance to the Supreme Pontiff in the exercise of his supreme office. (Pastor Bonus, 39)
Secton on the Vatican Website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/
Mailing Address: Palazzo Apostolico Vaticano, Citta del Vaticano 00120
Telephone: 06.69.88.39.13
Fax: 06.69.88.52.55

Past and Present Ordinaries

Fabio Chigi † ( 1651 Appointed - 7 Jan 1655 Resigned)
Giulio Rospigliosi † ( 1655 Appointed - 20 Jun 1667 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Decio Azzolini (Jr.) † (25 Jun 1667 Appointed - 9 Dec 1669 Resigned)
Federico Borromeo (Jr.) † (May 1670 Appointed - 18 Feb 1673 Died)
Fabrizio Paolucci † (3 Dec 1700 Appointed - 25 Jan 1706 Appointed, Official of the Roman Curia - Other)
Giorgio Spínola † (10 May 1721 Appointed - 7 Mar 1724 Resigned)
Fabrizio Paolucci † ( 1724 Appointed - 12 Jun 1726 Died)
Nicolò Maria Lercari † (14 Jun 1726 Appointed - 21 Feb 1730 Resigned)
Silvio Valenti Gonzaga † (20 Aug 1740 Appointed - 28 Aug 1756 Died)
Lazzaro Opiziio Pallavicino † (19 May 1769 Appointed - 23 Feb 1785 Died)
Ignazio-Gaetano Boncompagni-Ludovisi † (29 Jun 1785 Appointed - 30 Sep 1789 Resigned)
Ignazio Busca † (Aug 1796 Appointed - 15 Mar 1797 Resigned)
Ercole Consalvi † (11 Aug 1800 Appointed - 16 Sep 1803 Appointed, Official of the Roman Curia - Other)
Filippo Casoni † (Jun 1806 Appointed - Mar 1808 Retired)
Giulio Gabrielli † (26 Mar 1808 Appointed - 26 Jul 1814 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council)
Ercole Consalvi † (19 May 1814 Appointed - 13 Jan 1824 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith)
Tommaso Bernetti † (17 Jun 1828 Appointed - Jan 1836 Resigned)
Giuseppe Andrea Albani † (31 Mar 1829 Appointed - 23 Apr 1830 Appointed, Librarian of the Vatican Library)
Tommaso Bernetti † (Aug 1831 Appointed - Jan 1836 Resigned)
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Lambruschini, B. † (12 Jan 1836 Appointed - 1 Jun 1846 Retired)
Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi † (8 Aug 1846 Appointed - 3 Jun 1849 Died)
Gabriele Ferretti † (5 Jul 1847 Appointed - 1 Feb 1848 Resigned)
Giovanni Soglia Ceroni † (4 Jun 1848 Appointed - 12 Aug 1856 Died)
Alessandro Franchi † (5 Mar 1878 Appointed - 31 Jul 1878 Died)
Lorenzo Nina † (9 Aug 1878 Appointed - 16 Dec 1880 Appointed, Official of the Roman Curia - Other)
Luigi Jacobini † (16 Dec 1880 Appointed - 28 Feb 1887 Died)
Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro † (2 Jun 1887 Appointed - 30 Dec 1908 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office)
Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta † (12 Nov 1903 Appointed - 20 Aug 1914 Resigned)
Domenico Ferrata † (4 Sep 1914 Appointed - 10 Oct 1914 Died)
Pietro Gasparri † (13 Oct 1914 Appointed - 7 Feb 1930 Retired)
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (9 Feb 1930 Appointed - 2 Mar 1939 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Luigi Maglione † (10 Mar 1939 Appointed - 22 Aug 1944 Died)
Domenico Tardini † (14 Dec 1958 Appointed - 30 Jul 1961 Died)
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (12 Aug 1961 Appointed - 30 Apr 1969 Retired)
Jean-Marie Villot † (2 May 1969 Appointed - 9 Mar 1979 Died)
Agostino Casaroli † (1 Jul 1979 Appointed - 1 Dec 1990 Retired)
Angelo Sodano (29 Jun 1991 Appointed - 15 Sep 2006 Retired)
Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. (15 Sep 2006 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1793	Erected		Secretariat of State (erected)
27 February 1973	Territory Added	Apostolic Chancery (suppressed)	Secretariat of State

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Lorenzo Antonetti (Official: 15 Jun 1977 to 23 Sep 1988)
Giovanni Angelo Becciu (Substitute (Sostituto): 10 May 2011)
Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. (Secretary: 15 Sep 2006)
Janusz Bolonek (Official: 30 Sep 1998 to 11 Nov 1999)
Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. (Official: 27 Jan 2006)
Edward Idris Cassidy (Official: 23 Mar 1988 to 12 Dec 1989)
Giovanni Coppa (Official: 1 Dec 1979 to 30 Jun 1990)
Fernando Filoni (Substitute (Sostituto): 9 Jun 2007 to 10 May 2011)
Giovanni Lajolo (Secretary (Relations with States): 7 Oct 2003 to 15 Sep 2006)
Francisco-Javier Lozano (Official: 2001 to 4 Aug 2003)
Dominique François Joseph Mamberti (Secretary (Relations with States): 15 Sep 2006)
Agostino Marchetto (Official: 8 Jul 1999 to 6 Nov 2001)
Eduardo Martínez Somalo (Official: 5 May 1979 to 1 Jul 1988)
Justo Mullor García (Official: 3 May 1985 to 30 Nov 1991)
Giovanni Battista Re (Official: 12 Dec 1989 to 16 Sep 2000)
Edoardo Rovida (Official: 7 Mar 1981 to 26 Jan 1985)
Luciano Russo (Official: 27 Jan 2012)
Leonardo Sandri (Substitute (Sostituto): 16 Sep 2000 to 9 Jun 2007)
Paolo Sardi (Official: 10 Dec 1996 to 23 Oct 2004)
Achille Silvestrini (Secretary (Relations with States): 4 May 1979 to 1 Jul 1988)
Angelo Sodano (Official: 1 Mar 1989; Secretary: 29 Jun 1991 to 15 Sep 2006)
Luciano Suriani (Official: 24 Sep 2009)
Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran (Secretary (Relations with States): 1 Dec 1990 to 6 Oct 2003)
Luigi Travaglino (Official: 30 Oct 2001 to 5 Jan 2011)
Alberto Tricarico (Official: 26 Jul 1993 to 2002)
Carlo Maria Viganò (Official: 4 Apr 1998 to 16 Jul 2009)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Giuseppe Andrea Albani † (Secretary: 31 Mar 1829 to 23 Apr 1830)
Decio Azzolini (Jr.) † (Secretary: 25 Jun 1667 to 9 Dec 1669)
Giovanni Benelli † (Official: 29 Jun 1967 to 3 Jun 1977)
Tommaso Bernetti † (Secretary: 17 Jun 1828; Pro-Secretary: 21 Feb 1831; Secretary: Aug 1831 to Jan 1836)
Ignazio-Gaetano Boncompagni-Ludovisi † (Secretary: 29 Jun 1785 to 30 Sep 1789)
Federico Borromeo (Jr.) † (Secretary: May 1670 to 18 Feb 1673)
Ignazio Busca † (Secretary: Aug 1796 to 15 Mar 1797)
Nicola Canali † (Official: 21 Mar 1908 to 24 Sep 1914)
Giuseppe (Joseph) Caprio † (Official: 14 Jun 1977 to 28 Apr 1979)
Agostino Casaroli † (Pro-Secretary: 28 Apr 1979; Secretary: 1 Jul 1979 to 1 Dec 1990)
Filippo Casoni † (Secretary: Jun 1806 to Mar 1808)
Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani, O.F.M. † (Official: 6 Sep 1951 to 30 Aug 1953)
Luigi Centoz † (Official: 1952 to 29 Nov 1954)
Carlo Chiarlo † (Official: 3 Dec 1941 to 19 Mar 1946)
Fabio Chigi † (Secretary: 1651 to 7 Jan 1655)
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (Secretary: 12 Aug 1961 to 30 Apr 1969)
Ercole Consalvi † (Secretary: 11 Aug 1800)
Filippo Cortesi † (Official: 1936 to 24 Dec 1936)
Angelo Dell’Acqua † (Official: 1 Nov 1954 to 26 Jun 1967)
John Jarlath Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. † (Official: 15 Sep 1959 to 1966)
Domenico Enrici † (Official: 16 Jul 1973 to 1 Dec 1979)
Enrique Enríquez † (Official: 16 Sep 1755 to 25 Apr 1756)
Raymond Philip Etteldorf † (Official: Oct 1982 to 27 Dec 1984)
Ettore Felici † (Official: 15 Jan 1946 to 2 Sep 1949)
Giuseppe Ferraioli † (Official: 1982 to 1994)
Domenico Ferrata † (Secretary: 4 Sep 1914 to 10 Oct 1914)
Gabriele Ferretti † (Secretary: 5 Jul 1847 to 1 Feb 1848)
Raffaele Forni † (Official: 23 Oct 1965 to 17 Jun 1967)
Alessandro Franchi † (Secretary: 5 Mar 1878 to 31 Jul 1878)
Luigi Frezza † (Official: 15 Dec 1828 to 11 Jul 1836)
Giulio Gabrielli † (Secretary: 26 Mar 1808 to 26 Jul 1814)
Aurelio Galli † (Official: 5 Aug 1903 to 26 Mar 1929)
Ernesto Gallina † (Official: 4 Jan 1976 to 15 May 1999)
Pietro Gasparri † (Secretary: 13 Oct 1914 to 7 Feb 1930)
Tommaso Pasquale Gizzi † (Secretary: 8 Aug 1846 to 3 Jun 1849)
Luigi Jacobini † (Secretary: 16 Dec 1880 to 28 Feb 1887)
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Lambruschini, B. † (Secretary: 12 Jan 1836 to 1 Jun 1846)
Nicolò Maria Lercari † (Secretary: 14 Jun 1726 to 21 Feb 1730)
Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (Official: 1956 to 16 Apr 1959)
Federico Lunardi † (Official: 1948 to 1949)
Luigi Maglione † (Secretary: 10 Mar 1939 to 22 Aug 1944)
Ambrogio Marchioni † (Official: 1 Sep 1964 to 30 Jun 1967)
Giovanni Mariani † (Official: Jan 1978 to 25 Apr 1980)
Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta † (Secretary: 12 Nov 1903 to 20 Aug 1914)
Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli † (Official: 1962 to 10 May 1963)
Lorenzo Nina † (Secretary: 9 Aug 1878 to 16 Dec 1880)
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (Secretary: 9 Feb 1930 to 2 Mar 1939)
Lazzaro Opiziio Pallavicino † (Secretary: 19 May 1769 to 23 Feb 1785)
Fabrizio Paolucci † (Secretary: 3 Dec 1700 to 25 Jan 1706)
Paolo Pappalardo † (Official: 1958 to 1964)
Edoardo Pecoraio † (Official: 1974 to 1975)
Angelo Pedroni † (Official: 1967 to 19 Jul 1969)
Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro † (Secretary: 2 Jun 1887 to 30 Dec 1908)
Antonio Riberi † (Official: 13 Aug 1934 to 4 Nov 1934)
Vittore Ugo Righi † (Official: 1967 to 28 Apr 1980)
Egano Righi-Lambertini † (Official: 1974 to 1979)
Saverio Ritter † (Official: 1950 to 21 Apr 1951)
Giulio Rospigliosi † (Secretary: 1655 to 20 Jun 1667)
Angelo Rotta †
Nicola Rotunno † (Official: 8 Dec 1987 to 27 Feb 1988)
Jean-Édouard-Lucien Rupp † (Official: 13 Jul 1978 to 5 Jul 1980)
Giovanni Soglia Ceroni † (Secretary: 4 Jun 1848 to 12 Aug 1856)
Giorgio Spínola † (Secretary: 10 May 1721 to 7 Mar 1724)
Paul Fouad Naïm Tabet † (Official: 14 Dec 1991 to 2 Jan 1996)
Emidio Taliani † (Official: 22 Jun 1896 to 24 Jul 1896)
Domenico Tardini † (Secretary: 14 Dec 1958 to 30 Jul 1961)
Silvio Valenti Gonzaga † (Secretary: 20 Aug 1740 to 28 Aug 1756)
Valerio Valeri † (Official: 1944 to 17 Jan 1953)
Gennaro Verolino † (Official: 1967 to 16 Apr 1969)
Jean-Marie Villot † (Secretary: 2 May 1969 to 9 Mar 1979)
Alois Wagner † (Official: 1 Oct 1992 to 8 Jul 1999)
Mario Zanin † (Official: 1946 to 21 Mar 1947)
Lino Zanini † (Official: 1961 to 30 May 1962)

Secretariat of State

Secretaria Status

Bishop(s)

General Information

Past and Present Ordinaries

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased