Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

History

• 1500: Established as Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (English) / Oberster Gerichtshof der Apostolischen Signatur (Deutsch) / Tribunal Supremo de la Signatura Apostolica (español) / Tribunal Suprême de la Signature Apostolique (français) / Supremo Tribunale della Segnatura Apostolica (Italiano) / Sygnatura Apostolska (polski) / Supremo Tribunal da Signatura Apostólica (Português) / Hoogste Rechtbank van de Apostolische Signatuur (Nederlands) / 最高法院 (中文) / 使徒座署名院最高裁判所 (日本語) / 대심원 (한국어) / Supremum Tribunal Signaturæ Apostolicæ (latine)

Documents: (x 11)

Present Officials

Prefect (2014.11.08 – ...):	Cardinal Dominique François Joseph Mamberti (72) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Spirito in Sassia President of Commission for Advocates
Secretary (2022.01.26 – ...):	Bishop Andrea Ripa (52) Titular Bishop of Cerveteri President of Domus Vaticanæ
Promoter of Justice (2023.01.20 – ...):	Msgr. Paweł Malecha (59) Priest of Poznań (Poland) Secretary of Commission for Advocates Prelate of Honour of His Holiness
Defender of the Bond (2019.09.25 – ...):	Fr. Nikolaus Schöch, O.F.M. (63)
Substitute Promoter of Justice (2024.03.05 – ...):	Msgr. Shane Lee Kirby (51) Priest of Scranton (USA) Chaplain of His Holiness

Past Officials Prefect: Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke (75) (2008.06.27 – 2014.11.08) Prefect: Cardinal Agostino Vallini (84) (2004.05.27 – 2008.06.27) Prefect: Cardinal Mario Francesco Pompedda (1999.11.16 – 2004.05.27) Prefect: Archbishop Zenon Grocholewski (later Cardinal) (1998.10.05 – 1999.11.15) Prefect: Cardinal Gilberto Agustoni (1994.11.26 – 1998.10.05) Prefect: Cardinal Achille Silvestrini (1988.07.01 – 1991.05.24) Prefect: Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani (1983.02.03 – 1988.07.01) Prefect: Cardinal Pericle Felici (1977.08.15 – 1982.03.22) Prefect: Cardinal Dino Staffa (1969.03.26 – 1977.08.07) Prefect: Cardinal Francesco Roberti (1959.11.14 – 1969.03.24) Prefect: Cardinal Giuseppe Bruno (1954.03.20 – 1954.11.10) Prefect: Cardinal Massimo Massimi (1946.05.29 – 1954.03.06) Prefect: Cardinal Enrico Gasparri (1933.05.18 – 1946.05.20) Prefect: Cardinal Bonaventura Cerretti (1931.10.12 – 1933.05.08) Prefect: Cardinal Francesco Ragonesi (1926.03.09 – 1931.09.14) Prefect: Cardinal Augusto Silj (1920.03.20 – 1926.02.27) Prefect: Cardinal Michele Lega (1914.12.15 – 1920.03.20) Prefect: Cardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli (1908.10.26 – 1914.12.15) Prefect: Cardinal Isidoro Verga (1885.07.31 – 1888.11.12) Prefect: Cardinal Luigi Serafini (1884.05.13 – 1885.07.31) Prefect: Cardinal Carlo Luigi Morichini (1878.07.15 – 1879.04.26) Prefect: Cardinal Teodolfo Mertel (1877.06.02 – 1879.06.29?) Prefect: Cardinal Carlo Sacconi (1867.12.20 – 1877.06.02?) Prefect: Cardinal Camillo Di Pietro (1863.08.29 – 1867) Prefect: Cardinal Pietro Marini (1858.02.03 – 1863.08.19) Prefect: Cardinal Mario Mattei (1854.07.04 – 1858.02.03?) Prefect: Cardinal Francesco Tiberi (1837.02.22 – 1839.10.28) Prefect: Cardinal Luigi Bottiglia Savoulx (1834.11.27 – 1836.09.14) Prefect: Cardinal Antonio Pallotta (1833 – 1834.07.19) Prefect: Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa (1829.01.07 – 1840.11.18) Prefect: Cardinal Giuseppe Spina (1824 – 1828.11.13) Prefect: Cardinal Pietro Francesco Galleffi (1823 – 1824) Prefect: Cardinal Giovanni Battista Quarantotti (1820.05.10 – 1820.09.15) Prefect: Cardinal Diego Innico Caracciolo di Martina (1818.12.14 – 1820.01.24) Prefect: Cardinal Antonio Dugnani (1817.05.16 – 1818.10.17) Prefect: Cardinal Ercole Consalvi (1805.09.06 – 1809?) Prefect: Cardinal Leonardo Antonelli (1795.02.27 – 1811.01.23) Prefect: Cardinal Giuseppe Firrao (1737.11.29 – 1744.10.24?) Prefect: Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini (1733.03.02 – 1770.12.06?) Prefect: Cardinal Antonio Felice Zondadari (1730.07.27 – 1737?) Prefect: Cardinal Lorenzo Corsini (later Pope Clement XII) (1720.11.22 – 1730.07.12?) Prefect: Cardinal Bernardino Scotti (1718.11.26 – 1726.11.16) Prefect: Cardinal Fabrizio Spada (1700.12.04 – 1717.06.15) Prefect: Cardinal Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini (1696.05.16 – 1699.02.18) Prefect: Cardinal Benedetto Pamphili, O.E.S.S.H. (1685.03.23 – ?) Prefect: Cardinal Giacomo Rospigliosi (1667.12.20 – ?) Prefect: Cardinal Flavio Chigi (1661.07.28 – 1661.11.29) Prefect: Cardinal Benedetto Odescalchi (later Pope Innocent XI, Blessed) (1647.01.22 – 1650.04.04) Prefect: Cardinal Antonio Barberini, S.M.O.M. (1628.03.18 – 1632.12) Prefect: Cardinal Maffeo Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII) (1610.01.08 – 1623.08.06) Prefect: Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggi (1519.12 – ?) Pro-Prefect: Archbishop Gilberto Agustoni (later Cardinal) (1992.04.02 – 1994.11.26) Pro-Prefect: Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani (1982.05.17 – 1983.02.03) Pro-Prefect: Cardinal Dino Staffa (1967.04.07 – 1969.03.26) Pro-Prefect: Cardinal Gaetano Cicognani (1954.11.18 – 1959.11.14) Pro-Prefect: Cardinal Vincenzo Macchi (1841.09.15 – 1844.01.22) Pro-Prefect: Cardinal Ercole Consalvi (1802 – 1805.09.06) Secretary: Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca (69) (2016.09.01 – 2022.01.26) Secretary: Archbishop Frans Daneels, O. Praem. (83) (2008.04.12 – 2016.07.16) Secretary: Bishop Velasio De Paolis, C.S. (later Cardinal) (2003.12.30 – 2008.04.12) Secretary: Bishop Francesco Saverio Salerno (1998.10.23 – 2003.12.30) Secretary: Archbishop Zenon Grocholewski (later Cardinal) (1982.12.21 – 1998.10.05) Secretary: Archbishop Aurelio Sabattani (later Cardinal) (1971.09.30 – 1982.05.17) Secretary: Msgr. Giovanni Maria Pinna (1969 – 1971) Secretary: Msgr. Vittorio Bartoccetti (1959 – 1969) Secretary: Msgr. Francesco Morano (later Cardinal) (1935.12.20 – 1959.12.14) Secretary: Cardinal Federico Cattani Amadori (1924.02.14 – 1935.12.19) Secretary: Msgr. Evaristo Lucidi (later Cardinal) (1916.12.08 – 1923.12.20) Undersecretary: Msgr. Irvin Stoppini (1969 – 1975) Undersecretary: Msgr. Mario Schierano (later Archbishop) (1965 – 1969) Undersecretary: Msgr. Giacomo Violardo (later Cardinal) (1954.07.24 – 1965.01.26) Adjunct Secretary: Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca (69) (2013.08.24 – 2016.09.01) Promoter of Justice: Fr. Sebastiano Paciolla, O. Cist. (2019.09.25 – 2021.06.22) Promoter of Justice: Msgr. Gianpaolo Montini (2008.04.12 – 2019.09.25) Promoter of Justice: Fr. Frans Daneels, O. Praem. (83) (later Archbishop) (1989.04 – 2008.04.12) Promoter of Justice: Fr. Federico Francesco D’Ostilio, O.F.M. Conv. (1983 – 1988) Promoter of Justice: Fr. Emile Eid (later Bishop) (1969 – 1980) Promoter of Justice: Msgr. Giacomo Violardo (later Cardinal) (1938 – 1954.07.24) Adjunct Promoter of Justice: Msgr. Alberto Perlasca (2019.07.26 – 2020) Adjunct Promoter of Justice: Msgr. Abdou Yaacoub (2000 – 2004.11.15) Defender of the Bond: Msgr. Joseph R. Punderson (75) (1995 – 2018) Defender of the Bond: Msgr. Raymond Leo Burke (75) (later Cardinal) (1989 – 1994.12.10) Defender of the Bond: Fr. William O’Connell, O.F.M. (1974 – 1988) Defender of the Bond: Fr. Emile Eid (later Bishop) (1969? – 1974) Substitute Promoter of Justice: Fr. Matthias Ambros (44) (2023.01.20 – 2024.01.31) Substitute Promoter of Justice: Msgr. Paweł Malecha (59) (2012.04.30 – 2023.01.20) Substitute Promoter of Justice: Fr. Nikolaus Schöch, O.F.M. (63) (2009.06.19 – 2019.09.25) Substitute Promoter of Justice: Fr. Markus Graulich, S.D.B. (59) (2009.06.19 – 2011.12.13) Substitute Promoter of Justice: Msgr. Gianpaolo Montini (2004.11.24 – 2008.04.12) Substitute Promoter of Justice: Msgr. Charles Jude Scicluna (64) (later Archbishop) (1996 – 2002.10.21) Substitute Promoter of Justice: Msgr. Joseph R. Punderson (75) (1993 – 1995) Substitute Promoter of Justice: Fr. Frans Daneels, O. Praem. (83) (later Archbishop) (1987 – 1989.04) Substitute Defender of the Bond: Fr. Nikolaus Schöch, O.F.M. (63) (2004.11.24 – 2009.06.19) Substitute Defender of the Bond: Msgr. Gianpaolo Montini (2000 – 2004.11.24) Substitute Defender of the Bond: Msgr. Maurice Bouvier (1989.10.26 – 1999) Substitute Defender of the Bond: Msgr. Domenico Semproni (1977 – 1988)

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