Apostolic Chamber (Office) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Kevin Joseph Farrell, Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) (77.59)
Ilson de Jesus Montanari, Vice-Chamberlain (65.71)
Pier Luigi Celata, Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus (88.20)

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Office
Established: 11th Century
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: The Cardinal Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church carries out the duties assigned to him by the special law governing the vacancy of the Apostolic See and the election of the Roman Pontiff (Praedicate Evangelium, 235)
Section on the Vatican Website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/uffici/camera_apostolica/index_it.htm
Mailing Address: Palazzo Apostolico, 00120 Citta del Vaticano
Telephone: 06.69.88.35.54; 06.69.88.21.39

Past and Present Ordinaries

Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora † (22 Oct 1537 Appointed - 6 Oct 1564 Died)
Luigi Cornaro † (10 May 1570 Appointed - 10 May 1584 Died)
Filippo Guastavillani † (14 May 1584 Appointed - 17 Aug 1587 Died)
Enrico Caetani † (26 Oct 1587 Appointed - 13 Dec 1599 Died)
Pietro Aldobrandini † (20 Dec 1599 Appointed - 10 Feb 1621 Died)
Ludovico Ludovisi † (17 Mar 1621 Appointed - 7 Jun 1623 Resigned)
Ippolito Aldobrandini (Jr.) † (7 Jun 1623 Appointed - 19 Jul 1638 Died)
Antonio Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † (28 Jul 1638 Appointed - 3 Aug 1671 Died)
Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (4 Aug 1671 Appointed - 29 Jun 1698 Died)
Giambattista Spï¿½nola (Jr.) † (24 Nov 1698 Appointed - 19 Mar 1719 Died)
Annibale Albani † (29 Mar 1719 Appointed - 23 Feb 1747 Resigned)
Silvio Valenti Gonzaga † (25 Feb 1747 Appointed - 28 Aug 1756 Died)
Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra † (20 Sep 1756 Appointed - 18 Jan 1763 Died)
Carlo Rezzonico (Jr.) † (24 Jan 1763 Appointed - 26 Jan 1799 Died)
Romoaldo Braschi-Onesti † (30 Oct 1800 Appointed - 10 Nov 1801 Resigned)
Bartolomeo Pacca † (26 Sep 1814 Appointed - 1824 Resigned)
Pietro Francesco Galleffi † (20 Dec 1824 Appointed - 18 Jun 1837 Died)
Giacomo Giustiniani † (2 Oct 1837 Appointed - 24 Feb 1843 Died)
Tommaso Riario Sforza † (3 Apr 1843 Appointed - 14 Mar 1857 Died)
Lodovico Altieri † (19 Mar 1857 Appointed - 11 Aug 1867 Died)
Filippo de Angelis † (20 Sep 1867 Appointed - 8 Jul 1877 Died)
Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci † (21 Sep 1877 Appointed - 20 Feb 1878 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Camillo Di Pietro † (28 Mar 1878 Appointed - 6 Mar 1884 Died)
Domenico Consolini † (24 Mar 1884 Appointed - 20 Dec 1884 Died)
Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano † (27 Mar 1885 Appointed - 7 Dec 1913 Died)
Francesco Salesio Della Volpe † (31 Dec 1891 Appointed - 23 Jul 1903 Appointed, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other)
Pietro Gasparri † (4 Dec 1916 Appointed - 18 Nov 1934 Died)
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1 Apr 1935 Appointed - 2 Mar 1939 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Lorenzo Lauri † (11 Dec 1939 Appointed - 8 Oct 1941 Died)
Benedetto Aloisi Masella † (9 Oct 1958 Appointed - 30 Sep 1970 Died)
Jean-Marie Villot † (16 Oct 1970 Appointed - 9 Mar 1979 Died)
Paolo Bertoli † (5 May 1979 Appointed - 25 Mar 1985 Retired)
Sebastiano Baggio † (25 Mar 1985 Appointed - 21 Mar 1993 Died)
Eduardo Martï¿½nez Somalo † (5 Apr 1993 Appointed - 4 Apr 2007 Retired)
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. (4 Apr 2007 Appointed - 20 Dec 2014 Retired)
Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † (20 Dec 2014 Appointed - 5 Jul 2018 Died)
Kevin Joseph Farrell (14 Feb 2019 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
11th Century	Established		Apostolic Chamber

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Santos Abril y Castellï¿½ (Vice-Chamberlain: 22 Jan 2011 to 18 Feb 2012)
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 4 Apr 2007 to 20 Dec 2014)
Pier Luigi Celata (Vice-Chamberlain: 23 Jul 2012 to 20 Dec 2014)
Kevin Joseph Farrell (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 14 Feb 2019)
Giampiero Gloder (Vice-Chamberlain: 20 Dec 2014 to 11 Oct 2019)
Ilson de Jesus Montanari (Vice-Chamberlain: 1 May 2020)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Annibale Albani † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 29 Mar 1719 to 23 Feb 1747)
Ippolito Aldobrandini (Jr.) † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 7 Jun 1623 to 19 Jul 1638)
Pietro Aldobrandini † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 20 Dec 1599 to 10 Feb 1621)
Benedetto Aloisi Masella † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 9 Oct 1958 to 30 Sep 1970)
Lodovico Altieri † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 19 Mar 1857 to 11 Aug 1867)
Sebastiano Baggio † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 25 Mar 1985 to 21 Mar 1993)
Antonio Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 28 Jul 1638 to 3 Aug 1671)
Paolo Bertoli † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 5 May 1979 to 25 Mar 1985)
Romoaldo Braschi-Onesti † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 30 Oct 1800 to 10 Nov 1801)
Enrico Caetani † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 26 Oct 1587 to 13 Dec 1599)
Louis (Luigi) Centoz † (Vice-Chamberlain: 5 Jul 1962 to 28 Oct 1969)
Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 20 Sep 1756 to 18 Jan 1763)
Domenico Consolini † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 24 Mar 1884 to 20 Dec 1884)
Luigi Cornaro † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 10 May 1570 to 10 May 1584)
Ettore Cunial † (Vice-Chamberlain: 23 Dec 1975 to 23 Oct 2004)
Josï¿½ da Costa Nunes † (Vice-Chamberlain: 16 Dec 1953 to 19 Mar 1962)
Filippo de Angelis † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 20 Sep 1867 to 8 Jul 1877)
Francesco Salesio Della Volpe † (Prefect: 31 Dec 1891 to 23 Jul 1903; Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 25 May 1914 to 5 Nov 1916)
Camillo Di Pietro † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 28 Mar 1878 to 6 Mar 1884)
Pietro Francesco Galleffi † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 20 Dec 1824 to 18 Jun 1837)
Pietro Gasparri † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 4 Dec 1916 to 18 Nov 1934)
Frediano Giannini, O.F.M. † (Vice-Chamberlain: 12 Feb 1936 to 25 Oct 1939)
Giacomo Giustiniani † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 2 Oct 1837 to 24 Feb 1843)
Filippo Guastavillani † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 14 May 1584 to 17 Aug 1587)
Lorenzo Lauri † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 11 Dec 1939 to 8 Oct 1941)
Ludovico Ludovisi † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 17 Mar 1621 to 7 Jun 1623)
Eduardo Martï¿½nez Somalo † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 5 Apr 1993 to 4 Apr 2007)
Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 27 Mar 1885 to 7 Dec 1913)
Bartolomeo Pacca † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 26 Sep 1814 to 1824)
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 1 Apr 1935 to 2 Mar 1939)
Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 4 Aug 1671 to 29 Jun 1698)
Lucido Maria Parocchi †
Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 21 Sep 1877 to 20 Feb 1878)
Carlo Rezzonico (Jr.) † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 24 Jan 1763 to 26 Jan 1799)
Tommaso Riario Sforza † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 3 Apr 1843 to 14 Mar 1857)
Paolo Sardi † (Vice-Chamberlain: 23 Oct 2004 to 22 Jan 2011)
Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 22 Oct 1537 to 6 Oct 1564)
Agostino Silj † (Vice-Chamberlain: 6 Dec 1916 to 20 Mar 1920)
Giambattista Spï¿½nola (Jr.) † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 24 Nov 1698 to 19 Mar 1719)
Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 20 Dec 2014 to 5 Jul 2018)
Tito Trocchi † (Official: 11 Jan 1927 to 12 Feb 1947)
Silvio Valenti Gonzaga † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 25 Feb 1747 to 28 Aug 1756)
Jean-Marie Villot † (Chamberlain (Camerlengo): 16 Oct 1970 to 9 Mar 1979)
Giuseppe Antonio Zacchia Rondinini † (Vice-Chamberlain: 25 Jan 1842 to 21 Apr 1845)

Source(s)

Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 1,237

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Apostolic Chamber

Camerarius Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae

Bishop(s)

General Information

Past and Present Ordinaries

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Source(s)