Dean of the Roman Rota
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The Dean of the Roman Rota is the senior audit
or of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, the last instance
appellate tribunal
of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 30 January 2004, the dean
is Bishop
Antoni Stankiewicz
, Titular Bishop
of Nova Pietra.
Audit
The general definition of an audit is an evaluation of a person, organization, system, process, enterprise, project or product. The term most commonly refers to audits in accounting, but similar concepts also exist in project management, quality management, and energy conservation.- Accounting...
or of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, the last instance
Supreme court
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appellate tribunal
Appellate court
An appellate court, commonly called an appeals court or court of appeals or appeal court , is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal...
of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 30 January 2004, the dean
Dean (religion)
A dean, in a church context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.-Anglican Communion:...
is Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
Antoni Stankiewicz
Antoni Stankiewicz
Antoni Stankiewicz JCD is a Polish Roman Catholic Bishop and Dean of the Sacred Roman Rota.He was born in Oleszczenice, Poland. He studied for and was ordained to the priesthood on 20 December 1958 at the age of 23. Pope John Paul II appointed him on 31 January 2004 as Dean of Roman Rota within...
, Titular Bishop
Titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place...
of Nova Pietra.
Chronological list of Deans
- Girolamo Pamphili (1604–1610)
- Carlo Cerri (1669–1670)
- Curzio Origo (1711–17??)
- Carlo Leopoldo Calcagnini (1734–1744)
- Mario Millini (1744–17??)
- Giovanni Maria Riminaldi (178?–178?)
- Alphonse-Hubert de Latier de Bayane (17??–1802)
- Francesco Cesare Leoni (1802–1804)
- Francesco Serlupi-Crescenzi (1814–18??)
- Joachim-Jean-Xavier d'Isoard (10 March 1823 — 25 June 1827)
- Alessandro Spada (183?–18??)
- Cosimo Corsi (18??–1842)
- Giuseppe Bofondi (1842–18??)
- Pietro de Silvestri (185?–18??)
- Michele LegaMichele LegaMichele Lega S.T.D. J.U.D. was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Discipline of Sacraments....
(20 October 1908 — 1914) - Guglielmo Sebastianelli (1914–1920)
- Serafino Many (1920–1921)
- Giovanni Prior (1921–192?)
- Massimo MassimiMassimo MassimiMassimo Massimi was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura in the Roman Curia from 1946 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935.-Biography:...
(1 May 1926 — 1935) - Giulio Grazioli (1936–1944)
- André-Damien-Ferdinand JullienAndré-Damien-Ferdinand JullienAndré-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, PSS was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Dean of the Roman Rota in the Roman Curia from 1944 to 1958, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.-Biography:...
(30 October 1944 — 15 December 1958) - William Theodore Heard (15 December 1958 — 14 December 1959)
- Francis John BrennanFrancis BrennanFrancis John Joseph Brennan was an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Dean of the Roman Rota from 1959 to 1968, and then as Prefect of the Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1968 until his death...
(14 December 1959 — 10 June 1967) - Bolesław Filipiak (26 June 1967 — 24 May 1976)
- Charles Lefebvre (1976–1978)
- Heinrich Ewers (1978–1982)
- Arturo De Jorio (1982–1985)
- Ernesto Maria Fiore (1985–1993)
- Mario Francesco Pompedda (11 September 1993 — 16 November 1999)
- Raffaello FunghiniRaffaello FunghiniRaffaello Funghini was an Italian catholic clergyman and jurist who was Dean of the Roman Rota and thus, from 2004 to his death, president of the Holy See's Court of Appeals. He was born in Castiglion Fiorentino in the diocese of Arezzo, of which he became a priest. On March 25, 2004 he was...
(11 December 1999 — 31 January 2004) - Antoni StankiewiczAntoni StankiewiczAntoni Stankiewicz JCD is a Polish Roman Catholic Bishop and Dean of the Sacred Roman Rota.He was born in Oleszczenice, Poland. He studied for and was ordained to the priesthood on 20 December 1958 at the age of 23. Pope John Paul II appointed him on 31 January 2004 as Dean of Roman Rota within...
(since 31 January 2004)