List of Cardinal Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church
The Camerlengo or Cardinal Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church is a high office in the Roman Catholic Church. The greatest importance is attached to him during the sedis vacancy , in which he leads the official business of the church until the election of a new pope . The following list contains all incumbents since 1432.
Surname | Year of birth / year of death | Elevation to cardinal | Cardinal Chamberlain | comment |
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Francesco Condulmer | * around 1390 † 1453 |
1431 | 1432-1439 | |
Ludovico Trevisan | * 1401 † 1465 |
1440 | 1440-1465 | |
Latino Orsini | * 1411 † 1477 |
1448 | 1471-1477 | |
Guillaume d'Estouteville | * 1403 † 1483 |
1439 | 1477-1483 | |
Raffaele Sansoni Riario | * 1461 † 1521 |
1477 | 1483-1521 | the longest-serving Camerlengo |
Innocenzo Cibo | * 1491 † 1550 |
1513 | 1521 | |
Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de'Medici | * 1470 † 1527 |
1517 | 1521-1527 | |
Agostino Spinola | * 1482 † 1537 |
1527 | 1528-1537 | |
Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora | * 1518 † 1564 |
1534 | 1537-1564 | |
Vitellozzo Vitelli | * 1531 † 1568 |
1557 | 1564-1568 | |
Michele Bonelli OP | * 1541 † 1598 |
1566 | 1568-1570 | |
Luigi Cornaro | * 1517 † 1584 |
1551 | 1570-1584 | |
Filippo Guastavillani | * 1541 † 1587 |
1574 | 1584-1587 | |
Enrico Caetani | * 1550 † 1599 |
1585 | 1587-1599 | |
Pietro Aldobrandini | * 1571 † 1621 |
1593 | 1599-1621 | |
Ludovico Ludovisi | * 1595 † 1632 |
1621 | 1621-1623 | |
Ippolito Aldobrandini the Younger | * 1596 † 1638 |
1621 | 1623-1638 | |
Antonio Barberini the Younger | * 1607 † 1671 |
1627 | 1638-1671 | |
Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni | * 1623 † 1698 |
1666 | 1671-1698 | |
Giambattista Spinola the Younger | * 1646 † 1719 |
1695 | 1698-1719 | |
Annibale Albani | * 1682 † 1751 |
1711 | 1719-1747 | |
Silvio Valenti Gonzaga | * 1690 † 1756 |
1738 | 1747-1756 | |
Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra | * 1708 † 1763 |
1743 | 1756-1763 | |
Carlo Rezzonico the Younger | * 1724 † 1799 |
1758 | 1763-1799 | |
Romoaldo Braschi-Onesti | * 1753 † 1817 |
1786 | 1800-1801 | |
Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphili | * 1751 † 1816 |
1785 | 1801-1814 | Procamerlengo |
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* 1756 † 1844 |
1801 | 1814-1824 | |
Pietro Francesco Galleffi | * 1770 † 1837 |
1803 | 1824-1837 | |
Giacomo Giustiniani | * 1789 † 1843 |
1826 | 1837-1843 | |
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* 1782 † 1857 |
1823 | 1843-1857 | |
Lodovico Altieri | * 1805 † 1867 |
1840 | 1857-1867 | |
Filippo de Angelis | * 1792 † 1877 |
1839 | 1867-1877 | |
Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci | * 1810 † 1903 |
1853 | 1877-1878 | to Pope Leo XIII. elected February 20, 1878 |
Camillo di Pietro | * 1806 † 1884 |
1856 | 1878-1884 | at the same time cardinal dean |
Domenico Consolini | * 1806 † 1884 |
1866 | 1884 | |
Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano | * 1828 † 1913 |
1873 | 1885-1913 | from 1896 also cardinal dean |
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* 1844 † 1916 |
1901 | 1914-1916 | |
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* 1852 † 1934 |
1907 | 1916-1934 | |
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* 1876 † 1958 |
1935 | 1935-1939 | to Pope Pius XII. elected March 2, 1939 |
Lorenzo Lauri | * 1864 † 1941 |
1926 | 1939-1941 | |
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* 1879 † 1970 |
1946 | 1958-1970 | |
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* 1905 † 1979 |
1965 | 1970-1979 | was also cardinal secretary of state |
Paolo Bertoli | * 1908 † 2001 |
1969 | 1979-1985 | |
Sebastiano Baggio | * 1913 † 1993 |
1969 | 1985-1993 | |
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* 1927 | 1988 | 1993-2007 | |
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* 1934 | 2003 | 2007-2014 | was also Cardinal Secretary of State until 2013 |
Jean-Louis Tauran | * 1943 † 2018 |
2003 | 2014-2018 | |
Kevin Farrell | * 1947 | 2016 | since 2019 | is also prefect for lay people, family and life |
Web links
- Reverend Apostolic Chamber. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 5, 2016. begins with Cencius
- Entry to Apostolic Chamber on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 5, 2016. from 1537