Apostolic Penitentiary (Tribunal) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Angelo De Donatis, Cardinal, Major Penitentiary
Krzysztof Józef Nykiel, Regent
Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv., Regent Emeritus
Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
Mauro Piacenza, Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
James Francis Stafford, Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Tribunal
Established: 12th Century
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: Is competent in all matters regarding the internal forum and indulgences as expressions of divine mercy (Praedicate Evangelium, 190)
Section on the Vatican Website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/tribunals/apost_penit/index.htm
Official Web Site: http://www.penitenzieria.va/
Mailing Address: Palazzo della Cancelleria, 00186 Roma, Piazza della Cancelleria, 1
Telephone: 06.69.88.75.26
Fax: 06.69.88.75.57

Past and Present Ordinaries

Bentivenga de Bentivenghi, O.F.M. † (26 Sep 1279 Appointed - 25 Mar 1289 Died)
Matteo d’Acquasparta, O.F.M. † ( 1289 Appointed - )
Guillaume Bragose † (Aug 1367 Appointed - 8 Nov 1367 Died)
Jean de Cros (de Calmefort) † (21 Oct 1373 Appointed - 1378 Ceased)
Eleazario da Sabran † ( 1378 Appointed - 8 Aug 1381 Died)
Leonardo Grosso della Rovere † (5 Oct 1511 Appointed - 17 Sep 1520 Died)
Roberto Pucci † (31 Mar 1545 Appointed - 17 Jan 1547 Died)
Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (12 Feb 1547 Appointed - 29 Oct 1565 Died)
St. Charles Borromeo † (7 Nov 1565 Appointed - 12 Dec 1572 Resigned)
Giovanni Aldobrandini † (14 Dec 1572 Appointed - 7 Sep 1573 Died)
Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) † (8 Jan 1574 Appointed - 5 Aug 1579 Died)
Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) † (12 Jun 1586 Appointed - 30 Jan 1592 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Giulio Antonio Santorio † (8 Feb 1592 Appointed - 9 May 1602 Died)
Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese † (5 Jan 1610 Appointed - 2 Oct 1633 Died)
Antonio (Marcello) Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (3 Oct 1633 Appointed - 11 Sep 1646 Died)
Orazio Giustiniani, C.O. † (4 Dec 1647 Appointed - 25 Jul 1649 Died)
Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi † (21 Feb 1650 Appointed - 9 Aug 1687 Died)
Leandro Colloredo, C.O. † (28 Feb 1688 Appointed - 11 Jan 1709 Died)
Fabrizio Paolucci † (25 Jan 1709 Appointed - 11 May 1721 Appointed, Vicar General of Roma {Rome})
Bernardo Maria Conti, O.S.B. † (3 Aug 1721 Appointed - 23 Apr 1730 Died)
Vincenzo Petra † (12 Jul 1730 Appointed - 21 Mar 1747 Died)
Gioacchino Besozzi, O. Cist. † (25 Mar 1747 Appointed - 18 Jun 1755 Died)
Antonio Andrea Galli, C.R.SS.S. † (21 Jun 1755 Appointed - 24 Mar 1767 Died)
Giovanni Carlo Boschi † (1 Sep 1767 Appointed - 6 Sep 1788 Died)
Francesco Saverio de Zelada † (8 Sep 1788 Appointed - 19 Dec 1801 Died)
Leonardo Antonelli † (22 Dec 1801 Appointed - 23 Jan 1811 Died)
Michele Di Pietro † (20 May 1814 Appointed - 2 Jul 1821 Died)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (4 Aug 1821 Appointed - 14 Nov 1821 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation of the Index)
Emmanuele de Gregorio † (31 May 1829 Appointed - 7 Nov 1839 Died)
Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli † (12 Nov 1839 Appointed - 22 Feb 1852 Died)
Gabriele Ferretti † (18 Mar 1852 Appointed - 13 Sep 1860 Died)
Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo † (26 Sep 1860 Appointed - 13 Jan 1867 Died)
Antonio Maria (Niccolò) Panebianco, O.F.M. Conv. † (17 Jan 1867 Appointed - 15 Oct 1877 Resigned)
Luigi Maria (Tommaso Francesco) Bilio, B. † (18 Oct 1877 Appointed - 30 Jan 1884 Died)
Raffaele Monaco La Valletta † (12 Feb 1884 Appointed - 14 Jul 1896 Died)
Isidoro Verga † (1 Oct 1896 Appointed - 10 Aug 1899 Died)
Serafino Vannutelli † (20 Nov 1899 Appointed - 19 Aug 1915 Died)
Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1 Oct 1915 Appointed - 12 Mar 1918 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith)
Oreste Giorgi † (12 Mar 1918 Appointed - 30 Dec 1924 Died)
Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. † (8 Jan 1925 Appointed - 19 Dec 1927 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso)
Lorenzo Lauri † (31 Jul 1927 Appointed - 8 Oct 1941 Died)
Nicola Canali † (15 Oct 1941 Appointed - 3 Aug 1961 Died)
Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. † (13 Aug 1961 Appointed - 12 Feb 1962 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites)
Fernando Cento † (12 Feb 1962 Appointed - 7 Apr 1967 Retired)
Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto † (7 Apr 1967 Appointed - 1 Mar 1973 Resigned)
Giuseppe Paupini † (21 Mar 1973 Appointed - 8 Apr 1984 Retired)
Luigi Dadaglio † (8 Apr 1984 Appointed - 6 Apr 1990 Retired)
William Wakefield Baum † (6 Apr 1990 Appointed - 22 Nov 2001 Retired)
Luigi de Magistris † (22 Nov 2001 Appointed - 4 Oct 2003 Retired)
James Francis Stafford (4 Oct 2003 Appointed - 2 Jun 2009 Retired)
Fortunato Baldelli † (2 Jun 2009 Appointed - 5 Jan 2012 Retired)
Manuel Monteiro de Castro (5 Jan 2012 Appointed - 21 Sep 2013 Retired)
Mauro Piacenza (21 Sep 2013 Appointed - 6 Apr 2024 Retired)
Angelo De Donatis (6 Apr 2024 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
12th Century	Established		Apostolic Penitentiary

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Matteo d’Acquasparta, O.F.M. † (Major Penitentiary: 1289)
Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi † (Major Penitentiary: 21 Feb 1650 to 9 Aug 1687)
Giovanni Aldobrandini † (Major Penitentiary: 14 Dec 1572 to 7 Sep 1573)
Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) † (Major Penitentiary: 12 Jun 1586 to 30 Jan 1592)
Leonardo Antonelli † (Major Penitentiary: 22 Dec 1801 to 23 Jan 1811)
Fortunato Baldelli † (Major Penitentiary: 2 Jun 2009 to 5 Jan 2012)
Antonio (Marcello) Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (Major Penitentiary: 3 Oct 1633 to 11 Sep 1646)
William Wakefield Baum † (Major Penitentiary: 6 Apr 1990 to 22 Nov 2001)
Bentivenga de Bentivenghi, O.F.M. † (Major Penitentiary: 26 Sep 1279 to 25 Mar 1289)
Gioacchino Besozzi, O. Cist. † (Major Penitentiary: 25 Mar 1747 to 18 Jun 1755)
Luigi Maria (Tommaso Francesco) Bilio, B. † (Major Penitentiary: 18 Oct 1877 to 30 Jan 1884)
St. Charles Borromeo † (Major Penitentiary: 7 Nov 1565 to 12 Dec 1572)
Giovanni Carlo Boschi † (Major Penitentiary: 1 Sep 1767 to 6 Sep 1788)
Guillaume Bragose † (Major Penitentiary: Aug 1367 to 8 Nov 1367)
Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese † (Major Penitentiary: 5 Jan 1610 to 2 Oct 1633)
Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo † (Major Penitentiary: 26 Sep 1860 to 13 Jan 1867)
Nicola Canali † (Major Penitentiary: 15 Oct 1941 to 3 Aug 1961)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (Major Penitentiary: 4 Aug 1821 to 14 Nov 1821)
Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli † (Major Penitentiary: 12 Nov 1839 to 22 Feb 1852)
Federico Cattani Amadori † (Secretary: 14 Feb 1924 to 19 Dec 1935)
Fernando Cento † (Major Penitentiary: 12 Feb 1962 to 7 Apr 1967)
Leandro Colloredo, C.O. † (Major Penitentiary: 28 Feb 1688 to 11 Jan 1709)
Bernardo Maria Conti, O.S.B. † (Major Penitentiary: 3 Aug 1721 to 23 Apr 1730)
Jean de Cros (de Calmefort) † (Major Penitentiary: 21 Oct 1373 to 1378)
Luigi Dadaglio † (Pro-Major Penitentiary: 8 Apr 1984; Major Penitentiary: 27 May 1985 to 6 Apr 1990)
Luigi de Magistris † (Regent: 11 Apr 1979; Pro-Major Penitentiary: 22 Nov 2001 to 4 Oct 2003)
Michele Di Pietro † (Major Penitentiary: 20 May 1814 to 2 Jul 1821)
Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Major Penitentiary: 12 Feb 1547 to 29 Oct 1565)
Gabriele Ferretti † (Major Penitentiary: 18 Mar 1852 to 13 Sep 1860)
Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto † (Major Penitentiary: 7 Apr 1967 to 1 Mar 1973)
Andreas Franz Frühwirth, O.P. † (Major Penitentiary: 8 Jan 1925 to 19 Dec 1927)
Antonio Andrea Galli, C.R.SS.S. † (Major Penitentiary: 21 Jun 1755 to 24 Mar 1767)
Oreste Giorgi † (Major Penitentiary: 12 Mar 1918 to 30 Dec 1924)
Orazio Giustiniani, C.O. † (Major Penitentiary: 4 Dec 1647 to 25 Jul 1649)
Emmanuele de Gregorio † (Major Penitentiary: 31 May 1829 to 7 Nov 1839)
Leonardo Grosso della Rovere † (Major Penitentiary: 5 Oct 1511 to 17 Sep 1520)
Stanislaw Hosius (Hozjusz) † (Major Penitentiary: 8 Jan 1574 to 5 Aug 1579)
Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. † (Major Penitentiary: 13 Aug 1961 to 12 Feb 1962)
Lorenzo Lauri † (Major Penitentiary: 31 Jul 1927 to 8 Oct 1941)
Raffaele Monaco La Valletta † (Major Penitentiary: 12 Feb 1884 to 14 Jul 1896)
Antonio Maria (Niccolò) Panebianco, O.F.M. Conv. † (Major Penitentiary: 17 Jan 1867 to 15 Oct 1877)
Fabrizio Paolucci † (Pro-Major Penitentiary: 25 Jan 1709; Major Penitentiary: 28 Jun 1710 to 11 May 1721)
Giuseppe Paupini † (Major Penitentiary: 21 Mar 1973 to 8 Apr 1984)
Carlo Perosi † (Regent: 7 Dec 1911 to 8 Dec 1916)
Vincenzo Petra † (Major Penitentiary: 12 Jul 1730 to 21 Mar 1747)
Roberto Pucci † (Major Penitentiary: 31 Mar 1545 to 17 Jan 1547)
Giuseppe Rossi † (Regent: 14 Nov 1959 to 1 Dec 1962)
Eleazario da Sabran † (Major Penitentiary: 1378 to 8 Aug 1381)
Giulio Antonio Santorio † (Major Penitentiary: 8 Feb 1592 to 9 May 1602)
Francesco Segna † (Regent: 14 Nov 1888 to 13 Jul 1891)
Pietro de Silvestri † (Regent: 1852 to 15 Mar 1858)
Serafino Vannutelli † (Major Penitentiary: 20 Nov 1899 to 19 Aug 1915)
Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (Major Penitentiary: 1 Oct 1915 to 12 Mar 1918)
Isidoro Verga † (Major Penitentiary: 1 Oct 1896 to 10 Aug 1899)
Francesco Saverio de Zelada † (Major Penitentiary: 8 Sep 1788 to 19 Dec 1801)

Apostolic Penitentiary

Paenitentiaria Apostolica

Bishop(s)

General Information

Past and Present Ordinaries

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

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