Holy See (Vatican)

See also: Italy

Political office-holders

Our database contains 773 politicians connected with the Vatican.

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PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Catholic archbishop-240376
territorial prelate-67
second private secretary to the Pope-51
diocesan chancellor--4
Director of the Holy See Press Office-21
Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura-12
President of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State-12
Archbishop of Popayán--2
Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Conakry-11
diocesan bishop--2
Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly-11
Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops-11
President of the Italian Episcopal Conference-11
President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity-11
rector of the Pontifical Lateran University-11
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cape Town-11
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dakar-11
Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York-11
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tegucigalpa-11
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto-11
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Winnipeg-11
Apostolic Nuncio to the US1--
archbishop of Cuenca--1
archbishop of Guayaquil--1
Archbishop of Marseille--1
Archbishop of Palo--1
Archbishop of Panamá--1
Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bloemfontein--1
Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria--1
Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City--1
Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia--1
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manzini--1
Catholic metropolitan archbishop--1
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem--1
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch--1
Patriarch of the East Indies--1
Patriarch of the West-1-
Pope emeritus-1-
rector of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Izmir--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of La Paz--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of La Serena--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mercedes - Luján--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Puerto Montt--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Resistencia--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Saint Boniface--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Salta--1
Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Pedro Sula--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seattle--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sucre--1
Supreme Pontiff, Roman Catholic Church1--
Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch--1

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