The Dean of the Roman Rota (Decanus Rotæ Romanæ) is the senior Auditor of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, the last instance appellate tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church. On 30 March 2021, Pope Francis appointed Msgr. Alejandro Arellano Cedillo to the office.[1] Since 12 December 2016, the pro-dean has been Maurice Monier.[2]
Chronological list of deans
edit- Séraphin Olivier-Razali (c. 1590 – c. 1602)[3]
- Girolamo Pamphili (c. 1604)
- Francisco Peña (1604 – c. 1610)[4]
- Joannis Baptista Coccini (c. 1623)[5]
- Carlo Cerri (1669–1670)[6]
- Jakob de Mathiis Emerix (c. 1686)[7]
- Curzio Origo (c. 1711)
- Carlo Leopoldo Calcagnini (1734–1744)
- Mario Millini (c. 1744)
- Giovanni Maria Riminaldi (c. 1780 — c. 1785)
- Alphonse-Hubert de Latier de Bayane (c. 1802)
- Francesco Cesare Leoni (1802–1804)
- Francesco Serlupi-Crescenzi (1817–1823)[8]
- Joachim-Jean-Xavier d'Isoard (10 March 1823 — 25 June 1827)
- Alessandro Spada (c. 1830)
- Cosimo Corsi (c. 1842)
- Giuseppe Bofondi (24 January 1842 — 1846)[9]
- Pietro de Silvestri (c. 1850 — March 15 1858)
- Michele Lega (20 October 1908 — 25 May 1914)
- Guglielmo Sebastianelli (1914–1920)
- Serafino Many (1920–1921)
- Giovanni Prior (c. 1921 — 28 April 1926)[10]
- Massimo Massimi (1 May 1926 — 16 December 1935)
- Giulio Grazioli (1936 — 30 October 1944)
- André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien (30 October 1944 — 15 December 1958)
- William Theodore Heard (15 December 1958 — 14 December 1959)
- Francis John Brennan (14 December 1959 — 10 June 1967)
- Bolesław Filipiak (26 June 1967 — 24 May 1976)
- Charles Lefebvre (1976–1978)
- Heinrich Ewers (1978 — 28 January 1982)
- Arturo De Jorio (28 January 1982 — 1985)[11]
- Ernesto Maria Fiore (6 June 1985 — 2 July 1993)
- Mario Francesco Pompedda (11 September 1993 — 16 November 1999)
- Raffaello Funghini (11 December 1999 — 31 January 2004)
- Antoni Stankiewicz (31 January 2004 — 22 September 2012); retired
- Pio Vito Pinto (22 September 2012 — 29 March 2021);[12] also appointed President of the Court of Appeal of the State of Vatican City on 10 December 2012
- Maurice Monier (Pro-Dean, 12 December 2016)[13]
- Alejandro Arellano Cedillo (30 March 2021)[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Resignations and Appointments - Appointment of dean of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota" (PDF). No. Daily Bulletin of 30.03.2021. Holy See Press Office. 30 March 2021. pp. 3–4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Other Pontifical Acts, 12.12.2016". No. Daily Bulletin of 12.12.2016. Holy See Press Office. 12 December 2016. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Adams, John Paul. "Sede Vacante 1605". Prof. John Paul Adams. California State University Northridge. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
[Pius IV] made [Razali] Auditor of the Rota for France, a post he held for nearly 40 years. Dean 1590 to August, 1602, and thereafter Auditor again
- ^ Tutino, Stefania (2014). "A Spanish Canonist in Rome: Notes on the Career of Francisco Peña". California Italian Studies. 5 (1): 415. doi:10.5070/C351022566. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Cochran, John (1829). A Catalogue of Manuscripts, in Different Languages on Theology, English and Foreign History, [etc., Etc.] of Various Dates, from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century. United Kingdom: Ibotson & Palmer. p. 51. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
[T]his very copious commentary is dated in 1623, and was probably written by the Pope's authority [...] Coccini, the author, was Dean of the Rota
- ^ Adams, John Paul. "Sede Vacante 1689". Prof. John Paul Adams. California State University Northridge. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
Auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota (1639-1669). Dean of the Sacred Roman Rota (1669).
- ^ Flaiani, Enrico (December 2013). "The Tribunal of the Roman Rota and its archives". Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung. 121 (2): 385. doi:10.7767/miog.2013.121.2.379. S2CID 163612950. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Miranda, Salvador. "Biographical Dictionary - Pope Pius VII (1800-1823) Consistory of March 10, 1823 (XVIII)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Cardinals Created by Pius IX (1846-52)". GCatholic.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "N.C.W.C. Editorial Sheet". National Catholic Welfare Conference). 3 May 1926. p. 20}. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Frazier, Nancy (29 January 1982). "Newsfeeds - 'Don't Grant Annulments Without Proven Facts,' Pope Warns". National Catholic News Service. pp. 8–9. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
The audience marked the beginning of the court's judicial year and the appointment of a new dean of the Roman Rota Msgr Arturo De Jono. He succeeded the retiring dean, Msgr. Heinrich Ewers.
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Father Pio Vito Pinto". Catholic-Hierarchy. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Roman Rota (Tribunal)". Catholic-Hierarchy. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.