Not to be confused with the post of Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals

Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals

The Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals was the treasurer of that body.He administered all property, fees, funds and revenue belonging to the College of Cardinals, celebrated the requiem Mass for a deceased cardinal and was charged with the registry of the Acta Consistoralia.It is...

.

The Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (pl. Camerlenghi) (Italian

Italian language

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 for "Chamberlain", when referred to the Holy See; when referred to secular courts the word is "Ciambellano", pl. "Ciambellani") is an office of the Papal household.

Description and History

The Camerlengo is the administrator of the property and revenues of the Holy See

Holy See

The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...

; his responsibilities formerly included the fiscal administration of the Patrimony of St. Peter

Papal States

The Papal State, State of the Church, or Pontifical States were among the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia .The Papal States comprised territories under...

. As regulated in the Apostolic Constitution

Apostolic constitution

An apostolic constitution is the highest level of decree issued by the Pope. The use of the term constitution comes from Latin constitutio, which referred to any important law issued by the Roman emperor, and is retained in church documents because of the inheritance that the canon law of the...

 Pastor Bonus

Pastor Bonus

Pastor Bonus is an Apostolic Constitution promulgated by Pope John Paul II on 28 June 1988. It instituted a number of reforms in the process of running the central government of the Roman Catholic Church, as article 1 states "The Roman Curia is the complex of dicasteries and institutes which help...

, the Camerlengo is always a Cardinal, though this was not the case prior to the 15th Century. His heraldic arms

Heraldry

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 are ornamented with two keys (one gold, one silver) in saltire surmounted by an ombrellino, a canopy or umbrella of alternating red and yellow stripes, which are also the arms of a Sede Vacante

Sede vacante

Sede vacante is an expression, used in the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, that refers to the vacancy of the episcopal see of a particular church...

(i.e. a Papal

Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

 interregnum

Interregnum

An interregnum is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order...

).

Until the 11th century, the Archdeacon

Archdeacon

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 of the Roman Church was responsible for the administration of the property of the Church (i.e., the Diocese

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 of Rome

Rome

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), but its numerous ancient privileges and rights had come to make it a frequent hindrance to independent action on the part of the Pope

Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

; as a result, when the last Archdeacon Hildebrand

Pope Gregory VII

Pope St. Gregory VII , born Hildebrand of Sovana , was Pope from April 22, 1073, until his death. One of the great reforming popes, he is perhaps best known for the part he played in the Investiture Controversy, his dispute with Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor affirming the primacy of the papal...

 was elected to the papacy as Gregory VII

Pope Gregory VII

Pope St. Gregory VII , born Hildebrand of Sovana , was Pope from April 22, 1073, until his death. One of the great reforming popes, he is perhaps best known for the part he played in the Investiture Controversy, his dispute with Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor affirming the primacy of the papal...

 in 1073, he suppressed the Archdiaconate and the cardinal entrusted with the supervision of the Apostolic Camera

Apostolic Camera

The Apostolic Camera, or in Latin Camera Apostolica or Apostolica Camera, is the central board of finance in the Papal administrative system, which at one time was of great importance in the government of the States of the Church, and in the administration of justice, led by the Camerlengo of the...

 (Camera Apostolica), i.e., the temporalities of the Holy See, became known as the Camerarius, or Chamberlain.

Gregorio Leti (writing as Girolamo Lunadoro, in 1656) notes that the Camerlengo enjoys an income of 10,000 to 12,000 scudi a year out of the Apostolic Camera. He had jurisdiction over all suits involving the Apostolic Camera, and could judge separately or in association with the Clerics of the Apostolic Camera; he was not impeded by Consistory. He has appellate jurisdiction over suits decided by the Masters of the Roads. In a narration of the 18th century, the Camerlengo is the chief officer in the Apostolic Camera, the Financial Council of the Pope. In his office are the Governor of Rome (who is Vice-Chancellor), The Treasurer, the Auditor, the President, the Advocate General, the Fiscal Procurator, the Commissary, and twelve Clerks of the Chamber (one with the special title of Prefect of the Grain Supply, another Prefect of Provisions, another Prefect of Prisons, and another Prefect of Roads). Each Clerk of the Chamber receives around 8,000 scudi a year, representing 10% of the business that passes through his office.

The powers and functions of the Camerlengo were diminished considerably in the 19th century, first by the reorganisation of the Papal government after the election of Pius VII (October 30, 1800); then by the reorganization of the Papal government after the return of Pius IX from exile in 1850; and then by the loss of the Papal States in 1860 and the City of Rome in 1870. The chief beneficiary of these changes was the Secretary of State. In the 20th century, the office of Secretary of State was combined with that of Camerlengo by Pietro Gasparri

Pietro Gasparri

Pietro Gasparri was a Roman Catholic archbishop, diplomat and politician in the Roman Curia and signatory of the Lateran Pacts.- Biography :...

 (from 1916–1930), Eugenio Pacelli (from 1935–1939), and Jean-Marie Villot (from 1970–1979). In the 21st century, they are being held concurrently by Tarcisio Bertone (since 2007).

Chief among the present responsibilities of the Camerlengo is the formal determination of the death of the reigning Pope; the traditional procedure for this was to strike gently the Pope's head three times with a silver hammer and to call his baptismal name (e.g. "Albine, dormisne?", i.e. "Albino

Pope John Paul I

John Paul I , born Albino Luciani, , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and as Sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, resulting in the most recent Year of Three Popes...

, are you sleeping?") After the Pope is declared dead, the Camerlengo takes possession of the Ring of the Fisherman

Ring of the Fisherman

The Ring of the Fisherman, also known as the Piscatory Ring, Annulus Piscatoris and the Anello Piscatorio , is an official part of the regalia worn by the Pope, who is head of the Catholic Church and successor of Saint Peter, who was a fisherman by trade...

 and cuts it with shears in the presence of the Cardinals. This act symbolize the end of the late Pope's authority, and prevents forging of documents which would appear to have the Pope's signature. The Camerlengo then notifies the appropriate officers of the Roman Curia

Roman Curia

The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Catholic Church, together with the Pope...

 and the Dean of the College of Cardinals

Dean of the College of Cardinals

The Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals is the president of the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church, and as such always holds the rank of Cardinal Bishop. The Dean is not necessarily the longest-serving member of the whole College...

. He is then involved with the preparations concerning the conclave and the Pope's funeral.

Until a successor Pope can be elected, the Camerlengo serves as acting

Acting (law)

In law, when someone is said to be acting in a position it can mean one of three things.*The position has not yet been formally created.*The person is only occupying the position temporarily, to ensure continuity.*The person does not have a mandate....

 head of State

Head of State

A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

 of the Vatican City

Vatican City

Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...

. He is not, however, currently responsible for the government of the Catholic Church during a sede vacante

Sede vacante

Sede vacante is an expression, used in the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, that refers to the vacancy of the episcopal see of a particular church...

. Universi Dominici Gregis

Universi Dominici Gregis

Universi Dominici Gregis is an Apostolic Constitution of the Catholic Church issued by Pope John Paul II on February 22, 1996. It superseded Pope Paul VI's 1975 Apostolic Constitution, Romano Pontifici Eligendo....

placed that task in the hands of the College of Cardinals

College of Cardinals

The College of Cardinals is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church.A function of the college is to advise the pope about church matters when he summons them to an ordinary consistory. It also convenes on the death or abdication of a pope as a papal conclave to elect a successor...

 (although this power of government is extremely limited, being merely enough to allow Church institutions to continue to operate and perform some basic functions without making any definitive decisions or appointments that are normally reserved to other powers delegated by the Pope). The Camerlengo, though, does keep his office during the sede vacante, as opposed to the rest of the Roman Curia

Roman Curia

The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Catholic Church, together with the Pope...

, and functions as the executive director of Vatican operations answerable to the College of Cardinals during an interregnum, primarily to carry out the College's decisions with regard to arranging the funeral of the late pope and the events leading up to the conclave. The only other person who keeps his office is the Major Penitentiary.

Two Camerlenghi have been elected Pope

Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...

: Gioacchino Pecci

Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII , born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903...

 (Pope Leo XIII) in 1878 and Eugenio Pacelli

Pope Pius XII

The Venerable Pope Pius XII , born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , reigned as Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958....

 (Pope Pius XII) in 1939. Two others, Cencio Savelli

Pope Honorius III

Pope Honorius III , previously known as Cencio Savelli, was Pope from 1216 to 1227.-Early work:He was born in Rome as son of Aimerico...

, who was elected as Pope Honorius III in 1216, and Rinaldo Conti di Segni

Pope Alexander IV

Pope Alexander IV was Pope from 1254 until his death.Born as Rinaldo di Jenne, in Jenne , he was, on his mother's side, a member of the de' Conti di Segni family, the counts of Segni, like Pope Innocent III and Pope Gregory IX...

, elected as Pope Alexander IV in 1254, did not occupy that post at the time of their elections to the papacy (Cencio was Camerlengo from 1188 until 1198, while Rinaldo from 1227 until 1231).

The current Camerlengo is Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., appointed by Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...

 in 2007.

On Monday, January 24, 2010, the Vatican Information Service stated that Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...

 named Archbishop

Archbishop

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 Santos Abril y Castelló

Santos Abril y Castelló

Santos Abril y Castelló is the archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore since his appointment on 21 November 2011 ....

, formerly an Apostolic Nuncio, as Vice Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church (in other words, as the deputy to the Camerlengo, Cardinal Bertone), for a period of three years.

List of Chamberlains of the Holy Roman Church

• Jordan of S. Susanna (documented 1147-1151)
• Franchus (1151)
• Rainierus (documented 1151)
• Yngo (documented 1154)
• Boso Breakspeare
  Boso Breakspeare
  -Origins:According to the older historiography Boso was an Englishman from St Albans and nephew of Nicholas Breakspear, future Pope Adrian IV, on his mother's side. He ostensibly joined the Order of Benedictines at St Albans Abbey in the young age, and then entered the Roman Curia when his uncle...
  
   (1154/55 — 1159)
• Bernard the Templar (documented 1163)
• Teodino de Arrone (documented 1163)
• Franco Gaufridus Fulchier (documented 1175 — 1181)
• Gerardo Allucingoli
  Gerardo Allucingoli
  Gerardo Allucingoli was an Italian cardinal and cardinal-nephew of Pope Lucius III, who elevated him in 1182.He was canon of the cathedral chapter in his native city of Lucca. After the election of his uncle to the papacy he was named Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church , and then cardinal-deacon...
  
   (ca.1182/84)
• Melior le Maitre (documented 1184 — 1187)
• Cencio
  Pope Honorius III
  Pope Honorius III , previously known as Cencio Savelli, was Pope from 1216 to 1227.-Early work:He was born in Rome as son of Aimerico...
  
   (1188–1198), later elected Pope Honorius III
• Riccardo (documented 1198)
• Ottaviano Conti di Segni (1200 — 1206)
• Stefano di Ceccano (1206–1216)
• Pandolfo Verraclo (1216–1222)
• Sinibaldo (ca.1222 - ca.1227)
• Rinaldo Conti di Segni
  Pope Alexander IV
  Pope Alexander IV was Pope from 1254 until his death.Born as Rinaldo di Jenne, in Jenne , he was, on his mother's side, a member of the de' Conti di Segni family, the counts of Segni, like Pope Innocent III and Pope Gregory IX...
  
   (1227–1231), later elected Pope Alexander IV
• (1231-1236 - no information found)
• Giovanni da Ferentino (1236–1238)
• (1238-1243 - no information found)
• Martino (ca. 1243-ca.1251)
• Boetius (1251–1254)
• Niccolo da Anagni (1254–1261)
• Pierre de Roncevault (1261–1262)
• Pierre de Charny (1262–1268)
• Odo of Châteauroux
  Odo of Châteauroux
  Odo of Châteauroux was a French theologian and scholastic philosopher, papal legate and Cardinal. He was “an experienced preacher and promoter of crusades”. Over 1000 of his sermons survive....
  
   (occupied the post in 1270)
• Pietro de Montebruno (occupied the post in 1272)
• Guglielmo di San Lorenzo (occupied the post in 1274)
• Raynaldus Marci (occupied the post in 1277)
• Angelo de Vezzosi (occupied the post in 1278)
• Berardo di Camerino (1279–1288)
• Niccolo (occupied the post in 1289)
• Tommaso d'Ocra (1294)
• Teodorico Ranieri
  Teodorico Ranieri
  Teodorico Ranieri of Orvieto was an Italian cardinal. He was archbishop of Pisa, and bishop of Palestrina.In 1298 Ranieri was instrumental in the destruction of the city of Palestrina on the orders of Pope Boniface VIII, following the anti-papal revolt of the Colonna family...
  
   (ca.1295–1299)
• Giovanni (1301–1305)
• Arnaud Frangier de Chanteloup (1305–1307)
• Bertrand des Bordes
  Bertrand des Bordes
  Bertrand des Bordes was a medieval Roman Catholic Cardinal and bishop of the Diocese of Albi.Bordes was born in Gascogne. He was made Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Lectoure in 1305. He was elected bishop of Albi in 1308, and held that position until he was made a Cardinal in 1310.-Sources:*...
  
   (1307–1311)
• Arnaud d'Aux
  Arnaud d'Aux
  Arnaud d'Aux was relative of pope Clement V, who named him bishop of Poitiers , and then cardinal-bishop of Albano . He accompanied cardinal Arnaud Nouvel in England in 1312. He acted also as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1311 until 1319...
  
   (1311–1319)
• Gasbert de Valle (1319–1347)
• Stefano Aldebrandi Cambaruti (1347–1360)
• Arnaud Aubert
  Arnaud Aubert
  Arnaud Aubert was nephew of Pope Innocent VI, who appointed him Bishop of Agde , then Bishop of Carcassonne and finally Archbishop of Auch . He was Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from March 1361 and exercised that post during sede vacante in 1362 and 1370. Vicar and administrator of the see...
  
   (1361–1371)
• Pierre du Cros (1371–1383)
• Marino Giudice (documented 1380-1382)
• Marino Bulcani (documented 1386-1394)
• Corrado Caraccioli (documented 1396-1405)
• Leonardo de Sulmona (named in 1405)
• Antonio Correr
  Antonio Correr
  Antonio Correr was Italian Cardinal-nephew of Gregory XII, Pope of the Roman Obedience in the period of the Great Western Schism. He was also cousin of Pope Eugene IV. His last name is listed also as Corrario and Corraro....
  
   (1406–1415)
• François de Conzie (1415-1431)
• Francesco Condulmer
  Francesco Condulmer
  Francesco Condulmer was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.He was made cardinal on 19 September 1431 by his uncle, Pope Eugenius IV, and accumulated many offices and dignities. He was Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church , administrator of Narbonne and Amiens...
  
   (1432–1440)
• Ludovico Trevisan (1440–1465)
• Latino Orsini
  Latino Orsini
  Latino Orsini was an Italian Cardinal.He was of Roman branch of the Orsini family and the owner of rich possessions, He entered the ranks of the Roman clergy as a youth, became subdeacon, and as early as 10 March 1438, was raised to the Episcopal See of Conza in Southern Italy...
  
   (1471–1477)
• Guillaume d'Estouteville (1477–1483)
• Raffaele Riario
  Raffaele Riario
  Raffaele Sansoni Galeoti Riario was an Italian Cardinal of the Renaissance, mainly known as the constructor of the Palazzo della Cancelleria and the one who invited Michelangelo to Rome. He was a patron of the arts...
  
   (1483–1521)
• Innocenzo Cibo (1521)
• Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici
  Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici
  Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a part of the Roman Curia....
  
   (1521–1527)
• Agostino Spinola (1528–1537)
• Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora
  Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora
  Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora was an Italian cardinal, known also as The cardinal of Santa Fiora....
  
   (1537–1564)
• Vitellozzo Vitelli
  Vitellozzo Vitelli
  Vitellozzo Vitelli was an Italian condottiero. He was lord of Montone, Città di Castello, Monterchi and Anghiari.-Biography:...
  
   (1564–1568)
• Michele Bonelli
  Michele Bonelli
  Carlo Michele Bonelli, Cardinal Alessandrino was an Italian senior papal diplomat with a distinguished career that spanned two decades from 1571.-Biography:...
  
   (1568–1570)
• Luigi Cornaro
  Luigi Cornaro
  Alvise "Luigi" Cornaro was a Venetian nobleman who wrote treatises on dieting, including Discorsi della Vita Sobria . Finding himself near death at the age of 35, Cornaro modified his eating habits on the advice of his doctors and began to adhere on a calorie restriction diet...
  
   (1570–1584)
• Filippo Vastavillani (1584–1587)
• Enrico Caetani
  Enrico Caetani
  Enrico Caetani was an Italian cardinal.-Early life:He was born at Sermoneta, the second son of Bonifacio, lord of Sermoneta, and Caterina di Alberto Pio, daughter of the lord of Carpi. He was the nephew of Cardinal Niccolò Caetani, and brother of Camillo Caetani.Pope Sixtus V gave him the title of...
  
   (1587–1599)
• Pietro Aldobrandini
  Pietro Aldobrandini
  Pietro Aldobrandini was an Italian Cardinal and patron of the arts.He was made a cardinal in 1593 by his uncle, Pope Clement VIII. He took over the duchy of Ferrara in 1598 when it fell to the Papal States...
  
   (1599–1621)
• Ludovico Ludovisi (1621–1623)
• Ippolito Aldobrandini
  Ippolito Aldobrandini (cardinal)
  Ippolito Aldobrandini was a Catholic Cardinal. He served as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church from 1623 to 1638. Pope Clement VIII, whose birth name was also Ippolito Aldobrandini, was his great-uncle....
  
   (1623–1638)
• Antonio Barberini
  Antonio Barberini
  Antonio Barberini was an Italian Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, military leader, patron of the arts and a prominent member of the House of Barberini. As one of the cardinal-nephews of Pope Urban VIII and a supporter of France, he played a significant role at a number of the papal...
  
   (1638–1671)
• Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni
  Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni
  thumb|Cardinal Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni.Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Cardinal-Nephew to Pope Clement X.-Biography:...
  
   (1671–1698)
• Galeazzo Marescotti, pro-camerlengo (1698)
• Giovanni Battista Spinola
  Giovanni Battista Spínola
  Giovanni Battista Spinola was a Roman Catholic Cardinal. He was the nephew of Giambattista Spínola, Jr.early in his life he served as the governor in Benevento in 1711 and the governor in Rimini in 1717-1719. He also served in many other administrative positions in the Papal States...
  
   (1698–1719)
• Annibale Albani
  Annibale Albani
  Annibale Albani was an Italian Cardinal.Albani was born in Urbino, to Albanian parents. A cousin of Pope Clement XI, he became Cardinal Bishop of Sabina ....
  
   (1719–1747)
• Silvio Valenti Gonzaga
  Silvio Valenti Gonzaga
  Silvio Valenti Gonzaga was an Italian nobleman and Catholic priest.Gonzaga was born in Mantua. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1738 by Pope Clement XII. On the 15 May 1747 he was given the titular church of San Callisto...
  
   (1747–1756)
• Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra
  Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra
  Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra was an Italian Catholic Cardinal of the noble Colonna di Sciarra family.He was the brother of Prospero Colonna di Sciarra and grand-uncle of Benedetto Barberini, who, after the merger of the Barberini and Colonna families, was also referred to as Benedetto Barberini...
  
   (1756–1763)
• Carlo Rezzonico (1763–1799)
• Romoaldo Braschi-Onesti (1800–1801)
• Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphili, pro-camerlengo (1801–1814)
• Bartolomeo Pacca (1814–1824)
• Pietro Francesco Galeffi (1824–1837)
• Giacomo Giustiniani
  Giacomo Giustiniani
  Giacomo Giustiniani was an Italian papal diplomat and Cardinal. Considered papabile in the Papal Conclave , his election was vetoed by Ferdinand VII of Spain....
  
   (1837–1843)
• Tommaso Riario Sforza
  Tommaso Riario Sforza
  Tommaso Riario Sforza was the Neapolitan Cardinal who, as protodeacon, announced at the end of the 1846 conclave the election of Cardinal Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti as Pope Pius IX....
  
   (1843–1857)
• Lodovico Altieri
  Lodovico Altieri
  Lodovico Altieri was an Italian Cardinal and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church.-Biography:Lodovico Altieri was born as the son of Paluzzo Altieri and Maria Anna di Sassonia in Rome. He was ordained on 24 March 1833. He was created a Privy chamberlainby Pope Leo XII...
  
   (1857–1867)
• Filippo de Angelis
  Filippo de Angelis
  Filippo de Angelis was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as both Archbishop of Fermo from 1842 and Camerlengo from 1867 until his death. Angelis was elevated to the cardinalate in 1839.-Biography:...
  
   (1867–1877)
• Gioacchino Vincenzo Pecci
  Pope Leo XIII
  Pope Leo XIII , born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903...
  
   (1877–1878), elected Pope Leo XIII
• Camillo di Pietro
  Camillo di Pietro
  Camillo di Pietro J.U.D. was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and both Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals and later Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church.-Biography:Camillo di Pietro was born in Rome...
  
   (1878–1884)
• Domenico Consolini
  Domenico Consolini
  Domenico Antonio Luigi Pacifico Nicola Baldassare Consolini . He was the fourth son of the Marchese Tommaso Consolini and Angela Grapelli....
  
   (1884)
• Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano
  Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano
  Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano was a cardinal of the Catholic Church in the late nineteenth century. He was Bishop of Ostia and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 1896 until his death.He was educated in Turin and became a priest in 1851...
  
   (1885–1913)
• Francesco Salesio Della Volpe
  Francesco Salesio Della Volpe
  Francesco Salesio Della Volpe was an Italian Catholic Cardinal from a noble family. He held the position of secretary of the Congregation of Indulgences and Relics and prefect of the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household. Created cardinal in pector in 1899, he was named published in concistory of...
  
   (1914–1916)
• Pietro Gasparri
  Pietro Gasparri
  Pietro Gasparri was a Roman Catholic archbishop, diplomat and politician in the Roman Curia and signatory of the Lateran Pacts.- Biography :...
  
   (1916–1934)
• Eugenio Pacelli
  Pope Pius XII
  The Venerable Pope Pius XII , born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , reigned as Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958....
  
   (1935–1939), elected Pope Pius XII
• Lorenzo Lauri (1939–1941)
• Benedetto Aloisi Masella
  Benedetto Aloisi Masella
  Benedetto Aloisi Masella was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1954 to 1968, and as Chamberlain of the Roman Church from 1958 until his death...
  
   (1958–1970)
• Jean-Marie Villot (1970–1979)
• Paolo Bertoli
  Paolo Bertoli
  Paolo Bertoli S.T.D. JUD was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints....
  
   (1979–1985)
• Sebastiano Baggio (1985–1993)
• Eduardo Martínez Somalo
  Eduardo Martínez Somalo
  Eduardo Martínez Somalo is a Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.-Early life and ordination:Martínez Somalo was born in the small town of Baños de Río Tobía in La Rioja, Spain, and had five brothers and four sisters...
  
   (1993–2007)
• Tarcisio Bertone (since 4 April 2007)

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The Camerlengo was a major character in the novel Angels and Demons

Angels and Demons

Angels & Demons is a 2000 bestselling mystery-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published by Pocket Books. The novel introduces the character Robert Langdon, who is also the protagonist of Brown's subsequent 2003 novel, The Da Vinci Code, and 2009 novel, The Lost Symbol...

by Dan Brown

Dan Brown

Dan Brown is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code. Brown's novels, which are treasure hunts set in a 24-hour time period, feature the recurring themes of cryptography, keys, symbols, codes, and conspiracy theories...

. He also appeared in the film of the same name

Angels and Demons (film)

Angels & Demons is a 2009 American mystery-thriller film directed by Ron Howard and based on Dan Brown's novel by the same name. It is the Interquel or third film, although the book was published first in series chronology. Filming of Angels & Demons took place in Rome, Italy, and the Sony Pictures...

, in which the character was played by Scottish actor Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...

. The character, however, was only a priest, not a cardinal due to conditions described in the novel.