List of deans of the College of Cardinals
Giovanni Battista Re , Cardinal Dean since January 2020
Cardinal dean (actual dean of the Holy College , lat. Decanus Sacri Collegii) is the name for the chairman of the Cardinals College .
List of names
The following list presents all of the deans of the college of cardinals.
| Surname | Year of birth / year of death | Appointment as cardinal | Cardinal Dean | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imar of Tusculum | * around 1105 † 1161 |
1142 | 1153-1159 | |
| Gregorio della Suburra | * unknown † 1163 |
1153 | 1159-1163 | Nephew of Pope Anastasius IV. |
| Ubaldo Allucingoli | * around 1110 † 1185 |
1141 | 1163-1181 | to Pope Lucius III. elected September 1, 1181 |
| Konrad von Wittelsbach | * 1120/30 † 1200 |
1163 | 1181-1200 | was also Archbishop of Mainz |
| Ottaviano di Paoli de 'Conti di Segni | * unknown † 1206 |
1182 | 1200-1206 | |
| Ugolino dei Conti di Segni | * around 1170 † 1241 |
1198 | 1206-1227 | to Pope Gregory IX. elected March 19, 1227 |
| Pelagio Galvani | * around 1165 † 1230 |
1205 | 1227-1230 | |
| Jean d'Abbeville O. Clun. | * around 1180 † 1237 |
1227 | 1230-1237 | |
| Jacques de Vitry | * around 1165 † 1240 |
1228 | 1240 | |
| Rinaldo dei Signori di Ienne, Count of Segni | * around 1185 † 1261 |
1227 | 1240-1254 | elected Pope Alexander IV on December 12, 1254 |
| Enrico Bartolomei | * 1194 † 1271 |
1262-1271 | ||
| Pierre de Tarentaise OP | * 1225 † 1276 |
1273 | 1273-1276 | elected Pope Innocent V on January 21, 1276 |
| Latino Malabranca Orsini OP | * unknown † 1294 |
1278-1294 | ||
| Hugues Seguin de Billay OP | around 1230 † 1297 |
1294-1297 | ||
| Leonardo | 1297-1298 | |||
| Niccolo Boccasini OP | * 1240 † 1304 |
1298 | 1300-1303 | to Pope Benedict XI. elected October 22, 1303 |
| Niccolo Alberti OP | * 1250 † 1321 |
1303 | 1303-1321 | |
| Béranger Frédol seniore | * around 1250 † 1323 |
1305 | 1321-1323 | |
| Béranger Frédol iuniore | * unknown † 1323 |
1312 | 1323 | |
| Bertrand du Pouget | * 1280 † 1352 |
1316 | 1327-1352 | |
| Etienne Aubert | * 1282 † 1362 |
1342 | 1352 | to Pope Innocent VI. elected December 18, 1352 |
| Pierre Bertrand de Colombier | * 1279 † 1361 |
1344 | 1353-1361 | |
| Andouin Alberti | 1361-1363 | |||
| Elie de Saint Yrieux OSB | 1363-1367 | |||
| Guillaume de la Sudrie OP | 1367-1373 | |||
| Pierre d'Estaing OSB | * 1341 † 1377 |
1370 | 1373-1377 | |
| Bertrand Lagier OFMConv | * unknown † 1392 |
1371 | 1378-1392 | |
| Jean de Neufchatel | 1392-1398 | |||
| Angelo Acciaioli | * unknown † 1408 |
1381 | 1405-1408 | |
| Jean Franczon Allarmet de Brogny | 1405-1415 | |||
| Julian Lobera y Valtierra | 1409-1429 | |||
| Antonio Correr | 1431-1445 | |||
| Juan de Cervantes | * around 1380 † 1453 |
1426 | 1447-1451 | |
| Francesco Condulmer | * around 1390 † 1453 |
1431 | 1441-1453 | |
| Giorgio Fieschi | * around 1390 † 1461 |
1439 | 1455-1461 | |
| Guillaume d'Estouteville | * 1403 † 1483 |
1439 | 1461-1483 | |
| Rodrigo de Borja | * 1431 † 1503 |
1456 | 1483-1492 | to Pope Alexander VI. elected on August 11, 1492 |
| Giuliano della Rovere | * 1443 † 1513 |
1471 | 1492-1503 | elected Pope Julius II on October 31, 1503 |
| Oliviero Carafa | * 1430 † 1511 |
1467 | 1503-1511 | |
| Raffaele Riario Sansoni | * 1460 † 1521 |
1477 | 1511-1521 | |
| Bernadino López de Carvajal | * 1456 † 1523 |
1493 | 1521-1523 | |
| Francesco Soderini | * 1453 † 1524 |
1503 | 1523-1524 | |
| Niccolo Fieschi | * unknown † 1524 |
1503 | 1524 | |
| Alessandro Farnese the Elder | * 1468 † 1549 |
1493 | 1524-1534 | to Pope Paul III. elected on October 13, 1534 |
| Giovanni Piccolomini | * † 1537 |
1517 | 1535-1537 | |
| Giovanni Domenico De Cupis | * unknown † 1553 |
1536 | 1537-1553 | |
| Gian Pietro Carafa | * 1476 † 1559 |
1536 | 1553-1555 | elected Pope Paul IV on May 23, 1555 |
| Jean du Bellay | * 1492 † 1560 |
1535 | 1555-1560 | |
| François de Tournon | * 1489 † 1562 |
1530 | 1560-1562 | |
| Rodolfo Pio de Carpi | * 1500 † 1564 |
1536 | 1562-1564 | |
| Francesco Pisani | * 1494 † 1570 |
1517 | 1564-1570 | |
| Giovanni Girolamo Morone | * 1509 † 1580 |
1542 | 1570-1580 | |
| Alessandro Farnese the Younger | * 1520 † 1589 |
1534 | 1580-1589 | |
| Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni | * 1519 † 1591 |
1560 | 1589-1591 | |
| Alfonso Gesualdo | * 1540 † 1603 |
1561 | 1591-1603 | |
| Tolomeo Gallio | * 1526 † 1607 |
1565 | 1603-1607 | |
| Domenico Pinelli | * 1541 † 1611 |
1585 | 1607-1611 | |
| François de Joyeuse | * 1562 † 1615 |
1583 | 1611-1615 | |
| Antonio Maria Galli | * 1553 † 1620 |
1586 | 1615-1620 | |
| Antonio Maria Sauli | * 1541 † 1623 |
1587 | 1620-1623 | |
| Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte | * 1549 † 1626 |
1588 | 1623-1626 | |
| Ottavio Bandini | * 1558 † 1629 |
1596 | 1626-1629 | |
| Giovanni Battista Deti | * 1576 † 1630 |
1599 | 1629-1630 | |
| Domenico Ginnasi | * 1550 † 1639 |
1604 | 1630-1639 | |
| Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia the Elder | * 1585 † 1641 |
1604 | 1639-1641 | |
| Marcello Lante della Rovere | * 1561 † 1652 |
1606 | 1641-1652 | |
| Giulio Roma | * 1584 † 1652 |
1621 | 1652 | |
| Carlo di Ferdinando de 'Medici | * 1595 † 1666 |
1615 | 1652-1666 | |
| Francesco Barberini the Elder | * 1597 † 1679 |
1623 | 1666-1679 | |
| Cesare Facchinetti | * 1608 † 1683 |
1643 | 1680-1683 | |
| Niccolo Albergati-Ludovisi | * 1608 † 1687 |
1645 | 1683-1687 | |
| Alderano Cibo | * 1613 † 1700 |
1645 | 1687-1700 | |
| Emmanuel-Theodose de la Tour d'Auvergne de Bouillon | * 1643 † 1715 |
1669 | 1700-1715 | |
| Nicola Acciaiouli | * 1630 † 1719 |
1669 | 1715-1719 | |
| Fulvio Astalli | * 1655 † 1721 |
1686 | 1719-1721 | |
| Sebastiano Antonio Tanara | * 1650 † 1724 |
1695 | 1721-1724 | |
| Francesco del Giudice | * 1647 † 1725 |
1690 | 1724-1725 | |
| Fabrizio Paolucci | * 1651 † 1726 |
1697 | 1725-1726 | |
| Francesco Barberini the Younger | * 1662 † 1738 |
1690 | 1726-1738 | |
| Pietro Ottoboni | * 1667 † 1740 |
1689 | 1738-1740 | |
| Tommaso Ruffo | * 1663 † 1753 |
1706 | 1740-1753 | |
| Pietro Luigi Carafa | * 1677 † 1755 |
1728 | 1753-1755 | |
| Raniero d'Elci | * 1670 † 1761 |
1737 | 1756-1761 | |
| Giuseppe Spinelli | * 1694 † 1763 |
1735 | 1761-1763 | |
| Carlo Alberto Guidobono Cavalchini | * 1683 † 1774 |
1743 | 1763-1774 | |
| Fabrizio Serbelloni | * 1695 † 1775 |
1753 | 1774-1775 | |
| Giovanni Francesco Albani | * 1720 † 1803 |
1747 | 1775-1803 | the longest-serving dean |
| Henry Benedict Mary Clement Stuart of York | * 1725 † 1807 |
1747 | 1803-1807 | the longest serving cardinal and English pretender to the throne of the Jacobites |
| Leonardo Antonelli | * 1730 † 1811 |
1775 | 1807-1811 | |
| vacant | 1811-1814 | |||
| Alessandro Mattei | * 1744 † 1820 |
1779 | 1814-1820 | in exile at the time of Napoleon |
| Giulio Maria della Somaglia | * 1744 † 1830 |
1795 | 1820-1830 | |
| Bartolomeo Pacca | * 1756 † 1844 |
1801 | 1830-1844 | |
| Ludovico Micara OFMCap | * 1775 † 1847 |
1824 | 1844-1847 | |
| Vincenzo Macchi | * 1770 † 1860 |
1826 | 1847-1860 | |
| Mario Mattei | * 1792 † 1870 |
1832 | 1860-1870 | |
| Costantino Patrizi Naro | * 1798 † 1876 |
1834 | 1870-1876 | |
| Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso | * 1796 † 1878 |
1837 | 1877-1878 | |
| Camillo Di Pietro | * 1806 † 1884 |
1853 | 1878-1884 | |
| Carlo Sacconi | * 1808 † 1889 |
1861 | 1884-1889 | |
| Raffaele Monaco La Valletta | * 1827 † 1896 |
1868 | 1889-1896 | |
| Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano | * 1828 † 1913 |
1873 | 1896-1913 | |
| Serafino Vannutelli | * 1834 † 1915 |
1887 | 1913-1915 | |
| Vincenzo Vannutelli | * 1836 † 1930 |
1889 | 1915-1930 | |
| Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte | * 1851 † 1948 |
1911 | 1930-1948 | |
| Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani | * 1871 † 1951 |
1930 | 1948-1951 | |
| Eugène Tisserant | * 1884 † 1972 |
1936 | 1951-1972 | |
| Amleto Giovanni Cicognani | * 1883 † 1973 |
1958 | 1972-1973 | |
| Luigi Traglia | * 1895 † 1977 |
1960 | 1974-1977 | |
| Carlo Confalonieri | * 1893 † 1986 |
1958 | 1977-1986 | |
| Agnelo Rossi | * 1913 † 1995 |
1965 | 1986-1993 | |
| Bernardin Gantin | * 1922 † 2008 |
1977 | 1993-2002 | |
| Joseph Ratzinger | * 1927 | 1977 | 2002-2005 | to Pope Benedict XVI. elected on April 19, 2005 |
| Angelo Sodano | * 1927 | 1991 | 2005-2019 | |
| Giovanni Battista Re | * 1934 | 2001 | 2020– |
Web links
- The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website, English)