Tribunal of the Roman Rota

Institution of Justice of the Roman Curia

Also known as: Gerichtshof der Römischen Rota) (Deutsch) / Tribunal de la Rota Romana (español) / Tribunal de la Rote romaine (français) / Tribunale della Rota Romana (Italiano) / Trybunał Roty Rzymskiej (polski) / Tribunal da Rota Romana (Português) / Tribunaal van de Rota Romana (Nederlands) / 聖輪法院 (中文) / ローマ控訴院 (日本語) / 공소원 (한국어) / Tribunal Rotæ Romanæ (latine)

Address: Palazzo della Cancelleria, Piazza della Cancelleria, 1, 00186 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.69.88.75.02

Website:

History

1311: Established as Sacred Roman Rota (English) / Der Gerichtschof der Rota (Deutsch) / Sagrada Romana Rota (español) / Sacrée Rote Romaine (français) / Sacra Romana Rota (Italiano) / Sagrada Romana Rota (Português)
1870: Suppressed
1908.06.29: Restored as Sacred Roman Rota (English) / Der Gerichtschof der Rota (Deutsch) / Sagrada Romana Rota (español) / Sacrée Rote Romaine (français) / Sacra Romana Rota (Italiano) / Sagrada Romana Rota (Português)
1984: Renamed as Roman Rota (English) / Römische Rota (Deutsch) / Rote romaine (français) / Rota Romana (Italiano)
1989: Renamed as Tribunal of the Roman Rota (English) / Gerichtshof der Römischen Rota) (Deutsch) / Tribunal de la Rota Romana (español) / Tribunal de la Rote romaine (français) / Tribunale della Rota Romana (Italiano) / Trybunał Roty Rzymskiej (polski) / Tribunal da Rota Romana (Português) / Tribunaal van de Rota Romana (Nederlands) / 聖輪法院 (中文) / ローマ控訴院 (日本語) / 공소원 (한국어) / Tribunal Rotæ Romanæ (latine)

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Associated Organizations

Pontifical Commission for the Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy

Present Officials

Dean (2021.03.30 – ...):	Archbishop Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C. (61) Titular Archbishop of Besalú President of Pontifical Commission for the Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy President of Appeals Court of Vatican City State
Prelate Auditor (1995.01.09 – ...):	Msgr. Maurice Monier (71)
Prelate Auditor (1997.11.04 – ...):	Msgr. Grzegorz Erlebach (69)
Prelate Auditor (1999.02.08 – ...):	Msgr. Jair Ferreira Pena (68)
Prelate Auditor (2007.04.25 – ...):	Msgr. Michael Xavier Leo Arokiaraj (65)
Prelate Auditor (2011.04.21 – ...):	Msgr. David-Maria A. Jaeger, O.F.M. (69)
Prelate Auditor (2011.09.27 – ...):	Msgr. Felipe Heredia Esteban (63)
Prelate Auditor (2011.09.27 – ...):	Msgr. Vito Angelo Todisco (67) Judge of Appeals Court of Vatican City State
Prelate Auditor (2011.12.13 – ...):	Msgr. Davide Salvatori (52)
Prelate Auditor (2013.04.07 – ...):	Msgr. Alejandro W. Bunge (72) President of Disciplinary Commission of Vatican City State
Prelate Auditor (2014.01.21 – ...):	Msgr. Antonio Bartolacci (62)
Prelate Auditor (2014.01.21 – ...):	Msgr. Manuel Saturino da Costa Gomes, S.C.I. (71)
Prelate Auditor (2015.01.09 – ...):	Msgr. Pietro Milite (53) Judge of Appeals Court of Vatican City State
Prelate Auditor (2016.03.22 – ...):	Msgr. Miroslav Konštanc Adam, O.P. (60)
Prelate Auditor (2016.03.22 – ...):	Msgr. José Fernando Mejía Yáñez, M.G. (68)
Prelate Auditor (2016.11.21 – ...):	Msgr. Francesco Viscome (56) Judge of Appeals Court of Vatican City State
Prelate Auditor (2017.07.20 – ...):	Msgr. Hans-Peter Fischer (62)
Prelate Auditor (2019.07.19 – ...):	Msgr. Robert Gołębiowski (62)
Prelate Auditor (2022.04.25 – ...):	Msgr. Antonios Chouweifaty, L.M. (55)
Prelate Auditor (2022.04.25 – ...):	Msgr. Laurence John Spiteri (73)
Prelate Auditor (2023.01.23 – ...):	Msgr. Pierangelo Pietracatella (54)
Promoter of Justice (2019.09.28 – ...):	Msgr. Tomasz Kubiczek Priest of Częstochowa (Poland) Chaplain of His Holiness
Adjunct Promoter of Justice (2023.10.18 – ...):	Mr. Domenico Teti
Defender of the Bond (2018.11.08 – ...):	Ms. Maria Fratangelo
Defender of the Bond (2023.01.12 – ...):	Msgr. Jude Barthomieux Frédéric Priest of Jérémie (Haiti) Chaplain of His Holiness
Substitute Defender of the Bond (2015.04.17 – ...):	Msgr. Francesco Ibba (50) Priest of Cagliari (Italy) Chaplain of His Holiness

Past Officials

Dean:	Msgr. Pio Vito Pinto (83) (2012.09.22 – 2021.03.29)
Dean:	Bishop Antoni Stankiewicz (2004.01.31 – 2012.09.22)
Dean:	Msgr. Raffaello Funghini (later Archbishop) (1999.12.11 – 2004.01.31)
Dean:	Archbishop Mario Francesco Pompedda (later Cardinal) (1993.09.11 – 1999.11.16)
Dean:	Archbishop Ernesto Maria Fiore (1985.06.06 – 1993.07.02)
Dean:	Msgr. Arturo De Jorio (1982 – 1985)
Dean:	Msgr. Heinrich Ewers (1978 – 1982)
Dean:	Msgr. Charles Lefebvre (1976 – 1978)
Dean:	Msgr. Bolesław Filipiak (later Cardinal) (1967.06.26 – 1976.05.01)
Dean:	Msgr. Francis James Brennan (later Cardinal) (1959.12.14 – 1967.06.10)
Dean:	Msgr. William Theodore Heard (later Cardinal) (1958.12.15 – 1959.12.14)
Dean:	Msgr. André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, P.S.S. (later Cardinal) (1944.10.30 – 1958.12.15)
Dean:	Msgr. Giulio Grazioli (1935.12.16 – 1944.10.30)
Dean:	Msgr. Massimo Massimi (later Cardinal) (1926.05.01 – 1935.12.16)
Dean:	Msgr. John Prior (1922.08.15 – 1926.04)
Dean:	Msgr. Serafino Many (1920 – 1921)
Dean:	Msgr. Guglielmo Sebastianelli (1914 – 1920)
Dean:	Msgr. Michele Lega (later Cardinal) (1908.10.20 – 1914.05.25)
Dean:	Msgr. Johannes Montel Edler von Treuenfels (1888.11 – 1908.10)
Dean:	Msgr. Giovanni Alessandro del Magno (1862 – 1888)
Dean:	Msgr. Ignazio Alberghini (1858 – 1861)
Dean:	Msgr. Pietro De Silvestri (later Cardinal) (1853.04.26 – 1858.03.15)
Dean:	Msgr. Pietro Giuseppe d’Avellà-y-Navarro (1846? – 1853)
Dean:	Msgr. Giuseppe Bofondi (later Cardinal) (1842.01.24 – 1846)
Dean:	Msgr. Cosimo Corsi (later Cardinal) (1835 – 1842.01.24)
Dean:	Msgr. Alessandro Spada (later Cardinal) (1827.06 – 1835.04.06)
Dean:	Msgr. Joachim-Jean-Xavier d’Isoard (later Cardinal) (1823.03.10 – 1827.06.25)
Dean:	Msgr. Francesco Serlupi-Crescenzi (later Cardinal) (1817.07.28 – 1823.03.10)
Dean:	Msgr. Francesco Cesarei Leoni (later Cardinal) (1802.08.09 – 1817.07.28)
Dean:	Msgr. Alphonse-Hubert de Latier de Bayane (later Cardinal) (1792.03.21 – 1802.08.09)
Dean:	Msgr. Giovanni Maria Riminaldi (later Cardinal) (1784? – 1785.02.14)
Dean:	Msgr. Alessandro Ratta Bolognese (1770 – 1783)
Dean:	Msgr. Bartolomeo Olivazzi (later Bishop) (1765 – 1769.09.11)
Dean:	Msgr. Urbano Paracciani Rutili (later Cardinal) (1761.02.14 – 1764.07.09)
Dean:	Msgr. Pietro Francesco Bussi (later Cardinal) (1757.01.01 – 1759.09.24)
Dean:	Msgr. Mario Millini (later Cardinal) (1744.07.14 – 1747.04.10)
Dean:	Msgr. Tommaso Núñez (1743.09.09 – 1744.07.02)
Dean:	Msgr. Carlo Leopoldo Calcagnini (later Cardinal) (1734.09.01 – 1743.09.09)
Dean:	Msgr. Marcellino Corio (later Cardinal) (1733.09.18 – 1734.09.01)
Dean:	Patriarch Pompeio Aldrovandi (later Cardinal) (1726.02.22 – 1734.03.24)
Dean:	Msgr. Carlo Cerri (1724.09.11 – 1726.02.22)
Dean:	Msgr. Alessandro Falconieri (later Cardinal) (1723 – 1724.09.11)
Dean:	Msgr. Ciriaco Lancetta (1719.12.07 – 1723.11.22)
Dean:	Msgr. Ansaldo Ansaldi (1717.01.08 – 1719.12.07)
Dean:	Msgr. José de Molines (1698.10.31 – 1717.01.08)
Dean:	Msgr. Alessandro Orsini (1696.09.02 – 1698.10.31)
Dean:	Msgr. Jacob Emerix de Matthiis (1686.07.14 – 1699.09.02)
Dean:	Msgr. Antonio Albergati (1669.11.29 – 1686.07.14)
Dean:	Msgr. Carlo Cerri (later Cardinal) (1657.10.14 – 1669.11.29)
Dean:	Msgr. Aimé Du Nozet (? – 1657.10.14)
Dean:	Msgr. Clemente Merlini (1641.09.10 – 1642.07.24)
Dean:	Msgr. Filippo Pirovani (1641.01.08 – 1641.09.10)
Dean:	Msgr. Giovanni Battista Coccini (1612.08.21 – 1641.01.08)
Dean:	Msgr. Francisco Peña (1604.06.14 – 1612.08.21)
Dean:	Msgr. Girolamo Pamphili (later Cardinal) (1602.08.26 – 1604.06.09)
Pro-Dean:	Msgr. Maurice Monier (71) (2016.12.12 – 2018)
Pro-Dean:	Msgr. John Prior (1920 – 1922.08.15)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Pietro Amenta (2012.07.24 – 2018.02)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Markus Graulich, S.D.B. (59) (later Fr.) (2011.12.13 – 2014.05.22)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Settimio Maroncelli (2010.08.11 – 2011)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Giovanni Vaccarotto (2010.08.02 – 2015)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C. (61) (later Archbishop) (2007.04.25 – 2021.03.30)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Abdou Yaacoub (2004.11.15 – 2021.12.04)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Gerard McKay (2004.06.08 – 2018.12.29)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Agostino De Angelis (2001.04.23 – 2011.11.30)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Giovanni Verginelli (2000.03.28 – 2011)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Giuseppe Sciacca (69) (later Bishop) (1999.03.25 – 2011.09.03)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Americo Ciani (1999.02.08 – 2009.11)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Angelo Bruno Bottone (1997.11.04 – 2015)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Giordano Caberletti (1996.11.12 – 2022.08.29)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Hanna G. Alwan, L.M. (69) (later Bishop) (1996.03.04 – 2011.08.13)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Pio Vito Pinto (83) (1995.03.25 – 2012.09.22)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Egidio Turnaturi (1994.06.09 – 2010)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Robert Michael Sable (1994.06.06 – 2018)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Giovanni Battista DeFilippi (1993.12.20 – 2015)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Francisco López-Illana (1993.12.20 – 2004)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Josef Huber (1992.12.02 – 2010)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Renzo Civili (1988.09.26 – 2001.02.08)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Daniel Faltin, O.F.M. Conv. (1986.10.10 – 2003)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Kenneth E. Boccafola (1986.04.03 – 2012)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Cormac Burke (1986.04.03 – 1999)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Thomas George Doran (later Bishop) (1986.04.03 – 1994.04.19)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Sigwart Neuhaus (1986.04.03 – 1991)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. João Corso, S.D.B. (later Bishop) (1985.09.07 – 1990.10.12)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Theodorus Van Bilsen, O.F.M. (1985.09.07 – 1987)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Vittorio Palestro (1985.08.06 – 1993)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Raffaello Funghini (later Archbishop) (1984.10.25 – 1999.12.11)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Elias Jarawan (1981.11.10 – 1996)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Bernard de Lanversin (1980.05.01 – 1997)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Igino Ragni (1979.01.11 – 1996)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Emilio Colagiovanni (1979.01.11 – 1994)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Mario Giannecchini (1978.02.24 – 1998)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Antoni Stankiewicz (later Bishop) (1978.02.14 – 2004.01.31)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Mariano Clementi (1973.10.05 – 1978)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Edward Michael Egan (later Cardinal) (1972.11.20 – 1985.04.01)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Ignace Raad (later Archbishop) (1972.10.18 – 1981.09.09)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Dorio-Marie Huot, S.M.M. (1972.03.27 – 1987)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Francesco Bruno (1972.01.07 – 1996)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Eduardo Davino (later Bishop) (1972.01.07 – 1993.07.15)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Gilberto Agustoni (later Cardinal) (1970.05.05 – 1986.12.18)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. José María Serrano Ruiz (1970.03.25 – 2007.02.03)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Joseph Mercieca (later Archbishop) (1969.11.14 – 1973)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Mario Francesco Pompedda (later Cardinal) (1969.05.08 – 1993.09.11)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Angelo Di Felice (1969.02.05 – 1986)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Renato Pozzi (1969.02.05 – 1973)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Sebastiano Masala (1968.12.09 – 1989)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. José Miguel Pinto Gómez (1968.11.17 – 1987)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Thomas M. Mundy (1968.07.15 – 1972)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Innocenzo Parisella (1968.02.13 – 1984)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Vincenzo Fagiolo (later Cardinal) (1968.01.16 – 1971.11.20)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Lauro Governatori (1967.06.19 – 1970)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Antoni Czapla (1967.03.17 – 1971)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Nicola Ferraro (1966.05.30 – 1985)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Ugo Felice (1965.07.13 – 1970)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Giovanni Angelo Abbo (1965.01.15 – 1971)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Giuseppe Palazzini (1961.10.12 – 1979)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Adamo Pucci (1961.10.12 – 1972)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Salvador Canals (1960.10.17 – 1975.05.24)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Ernesto Maria Fiore (later Archbishop) (1960.06.23 – 1985.06.06)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Gerard Marie Rogers (1960.02.01 – 1975)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Lucien Anné (1959.06.06 – 1978)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Arturo De Jorio (1959.01.23 – 1982)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Ovidiu Bejan (1956.12.15 – 1976)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Heinrich Ewers (1956.08.03 – 1978)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Charles Lefebvre (1955.07.13 – 1976)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Manuel Bonet y Muixi (1950 – 1969)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Francis James Brennan (later Cardinal) (1940.08.01 – 1959.12.14)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Giuseppe Mori (later Cardinal) (1909.02.09 – 1922.12.11)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Luigi Sincero (later Cardinal) (1908.10.20 – 1917.10.18)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. John Prior (1908 – 1920)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Johannes Montel Edler von Treuenfels (1877.07.22 – 1888.11)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Giovanni Alessandro del Magno (1845.05.05 – 1862)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Ignazio Alberghini (1836.11.25 – 1858)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Pietro De Silvestri (later Cardinal) (1836.07.04 – 1853.04.26)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Pietro Giuseppe d’Avellà-y-Navarro (1831.06.27 – 1846?)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Giuseppe Bofondi (later Cardinal) (1822.03.08 – 1842.01.24)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Alessandro Spada (later Cardinal) (1817.01 – 1827.06)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Cosimo Corsi (later Cardinal) (1815 – 1835)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Joachim-Jean-Xavier d’Isoard (later Cardinal) (1803.12.09 – 1823.03.10)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Francesco Serlupi-Crescenzi (later Cardinal) (1801.05.04 – 1817.07.28)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Alphonse-Hubert de Latier de Bayane (later Cardinal) (1772.11.13 – 1792.03.21)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Giovanni Maria Riminaldi (later Cardinal) (1760.03.04 – 1784?)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Alessandro Ratta Bolognese (1757.04.19 – 1770)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Bartolomeo Olivazzi (later Bishop) (1756.03.09 – 1765)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Mario Millini (later Cardinal) (1725.04.28 – 1744.07.14)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Carlo Leopoldo Calcagnini (later Cardinal) (1723 – 1734.09.01)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Alessandro Falconieri (later Cardinal) (1706.10 – 1723)
Prelate Auditor:	Archbishop Pompeio Aldrovandi (later Cardinal) (1706.05.17 – 1726.02.22)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Ciriaco Lancetta (1696.06.30 – 1719.12.07)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Carlo Cerri (later Cardinal) (1639 – 1657.10.14)
Prelate Auditor:	Msgr. Luca Antonio Virili (later Cardinal) (1626.06.22 – 1629.11.19)
Promoter of Justice:	Msgr. Francesco Viscome (56) (2015.04.17 – 2016.11.21)
Promoter of Justice:	Msgr. Pietro Milite (53) (2013.06.28 – 2015.01.09)
Promoter of Justice:	Msgr. Alessandro Perego (64) (2008.04.12 – 2013.04.12)
Promoter of Justice:	Fr. Sebastiano Paciolla, O. Cist. (2005.01.10 – 2008.02.28)
Adjunct Promoter of Justice:	Msgr. Antonios Chouweifaty, L.M. (55) (2019.07.19 – 2022.04.25)
Adjunct Promoter of Justice:	Msgr. Antonios Chouweifaty, L.M. (55) (2010.07.12 – 2017)
Adjunct Promoter of Justice:	Msgr. Nabih Moawad (2000.11.25 – 2010?)
Defender of the Bond:	Msgr. Robert Gołębiowski (62) (2016.05.13 – 2019.07.19)
Defender of the Bond:	Msgr. Michele Francesco Fiorentino (2013.06.01 – 2018.07.19)
Defender of the Bond:	Msgr. Enrico Adriano Rosa (2008.06.19 – 2013.06.01)
Defender of the Bond:	Msgr. Vito Angelo Todisco (67) (2007.05.05 – 2011.09.27)
Defender of the Bond:	Fr. Alessandro Perego (64) (later Msgr.) (2006.02.14 – 2008.04.12)
Defender of the Bond:	Msgr. Pius Eheobu Okpaloka (2004.08.07 – 2006.11.15)
Defender of the Bond:	Msgr. Giovanni Vaccarotto (1999.09.01 – 2010.08.02)
Defender of the Bond:	Msgr. Giuseppe Casoria (later Cardinal) (1939 – 1952)
Substitute Defender of the Bond:	Msgr. Francesco Viscome (56) (2011.12.30 – 2015.04.17)
Substitute Defender of the Bond:	Msgr. Robert Gołębiowski (62) (2011.01.29 – 2016.05.13)
Head of Office:	Msgr. Pierangelo Pietracatella (54) (2017.07.20 – 2023.01.23)

Last updated on 2024.04.23