List of Camerlengos of the Sacred College of Cardinals

The Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals was the treasurer of the College of Cardinals in the Catholic Church. The title is based on an Italian word for chamberlain, a word no longer used in secular contexts. The position existed from at least 1272 until 1997, when it was allowed to lapse.

The Camerlengo administered all property, fees, funds and revenue belonging to the College of Cardinals, celebrated the requiem mass for a deceased cardinal and was charged with the registry of the Acta Consistoralia.

It is believed that the post was created by Pope Eugene III in 1150, but there is no documentary proof of its existence before the pontificate of Pope Innocent III, or perhaps even before the year 1272.^[1]

List of Camerlengos of the Sacred College of Cardinals

1198 to 1439

Cencio Savelli (1198–1216)^[2]
(1217–1271 – no information found)
Guillaume de Bray (1272–1282)
(1283–1287 no information found)
Pietro Peregrosso (1288–1295)
Hugh Aycelin (1295–1297)
Robert de Pontigny (1298–1305)
Jean Lemoine (1305–1310)
Etienne de Suissy (1310–1311)
Nicolas de Freauville (1312–1313)
Berengar Fredol the Younger (1313–1323)
Guillaume Teste (1323–1326)
Pierre d'Arabloy (1326–1331)
Pedro Gomez de Barroso (1331–1340)
Imbert du Puy (1340–1348)
Guillaume Court (1348–1361)
Hugues Roger (1361–1363)
Guillaume Aigrefeuille (seniore) (1363–1369)
Guillaume Aigrefeuille (iuniore) (from 1369)

Obedient to Rome
- Niccolo Mosquino (1378–1386)
- Francesco Renzio (1386–1390)
- Enrico Minutoli (1390–1412)

Obedient to Avignon
- Guillaume Aigrefeuille (iuniore) (until 1401)
- Martín de Zalba (1401–1403)
- Amedeo Saluzzo (1403–1409)

Amedeo Saluzzo (1409–1419)
Francesco Lando (1419–1427)
Antonio Panciera (1428–1431)
Lucido Conti (1431–1437)
Angelotto Fosco (1437)
Domenico Capranica (1438)
Prospero Colonna (1439)

1700 to 1801

Giacomo Cantelmo (1700–1702)
Toussaint de Forbin-Janson, (1702–1703)
Giambattista Rubini (1703–1704)
Tommaso Maria Ferrari, OP (1704–1705)
Giuseppe Sacripante (1705–1706)
Fabrizio Paolucci (1706–1707)
Andrea Santacroce (1707–1708)
Sperello Sperelli (1708–1709)
Giovanni Maria Gabrielli, OCist (1709–1710)
Lorenzo Corsini (1710–1711)
Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragonia (1711–1712)
Filippo Antonio Gualterio (1712–1713)
Giandomenico Paracciani (1713–1714)
Joseph-Emmanuel de la Trémoille (1714–1715)
Carlo Agostino Fabroni (1715–1716)
Michelangelo dei Conti (1716–1717)
Luigi Pico della Mirandola (1717–1718)
Antonio Felice Zondadari (1718–1719)
Pietro Marcellino Corradini (1719–1720)
Luigi Priuli (1720)
Giovanni Battista Tolomei, SJ (1720–1723)
Bernardino Scotti (1723–1724)
Nicolò Spinola (1724–1726)
Giorgio Spinola (1726–1727)
Cornelio Bentivoglio (1727–1728)
Luis Antonio Belluga y Moncada (1728–1729)
Michael Friedrich von Althann (1729–1730)
Álvaro Cienfuegos Villazón, SJ (1730–1732)
Giambattista Altieri, iuniore (1732–1733)
Vincenzo Petra (1733–1734)
Niccolò Maria Lercari (1734–1735)
Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti (1735–1736)
Leandro Porzia (1736–1737)
Pierluigi Carafa (1737–1738)
Francesco Scipione Maria Borghese (1738–1739)
Vincenzo Bichi (1739–1741)
Giuseppe Firrao (1741–1742)
Antonio Saverio Gentili (1742–1743)
Giovanni Antonio Guadagni, OCD (1743–1744)
Troiano Acquaviva d’Aragona (1744–1745)
Domenico Riviera (1745–1746)
Giovanni Battista Spínola (1746–1747)
Raniero D'Elci (1747–1748)
Domenico Silvio Passionei (1748–1749)
Silvio Valenti Gonzaga (1749–1750)
Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero (1750–1751)
Camillo Paolucci (1751–1752)
Carlo Alberto Guidoboni Cavalchini (1752–1753)
Federico Marcello Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (1753–1754)
Francesco Landi (1754–1755)
Fortunato Tamburini, OSBCas (1755–1756)
Girolamo de Bardi (1756–1757)
Giovanni Battista Mesmer (1757–1758)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Stuart of York (1758–1760)
Giuseppe Maria Feroni (1760–1761)
Luca Melchiore Tempi (1761–1762)
Cosimo Imperiali (1762–1763)
Antonio Andrea Galli, CRSsS (1763–1764)
Carlo Rezzonico (1764–1765)
Ferdinando Maria de Rossi (1765–1766)
Giuseppe Maria Castelli (1766–1767)
Gaetano Fantuzzi (1767–1768)
Pietro Girolamo Guglielmi (1768–1770)
Marcantonio Colonna (1770–1771)
Andrea Corsini (1771–1772)
Simone Buonaccorsi (1772–1773)
Giovanni Carlo Boschi (1773–1774)
Ludovico Calini (1774–1776)
Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicino (1776–1777)
Pietro Pamphilj (1777–1778)
Mario Marefoschi Compagnoni (1778–1779)
Scipione Borghese (1779–1780)
Antonio Eugenio Visconti (1780–1781)
Bernardino Giraud (1781–1782)
Innocenzo Conti (1782–1783)
Francesco Saverio de Zelada (1783–1784)
Leonardo Antonelli (1784–1785)
Giovanni Archinto (1785–1786)
Giacinto Sigismondo Gerdil, B. (1786–1787)
Guglielmo Pallotta (1787–1788)
Franziskus Herzan von Harras (1788–1789)
Giovanni De Gregorio (1789–1790)
Francesco Carrara (1790–1791)
Ignazio Busca (1791–1792)
Stefano Borgia (1792–1793)
Tommaso Antici (1793–1794)
Giovanni Battista Caprara (1794–1795)
Antonio Dugnani (1795–1796)
Aurelio Roverella (1796–1797)
Giulio Maria della Somaglia (1797–1798)
Vincenzo Maria Altieri (1798) (1)
Giulio Maria della Somaglia (1799–1801) (2)

1801 to 1900

Diego Innico Caracciolo di Martina (1801–1802)
Giuseppe Firrao, Jr. (1802–1803)
Ferdinando Maria Saluzzo (1803–1804)
Bartolomeo Pacca (1804–1805)
Giovanni Filippo Gallarati Scotti (1805–1806)
Lorenzo Litta (1806–1807)
Filippo Casoni (1807–1808)
Girolamo della Porta (1808–1809)
Valentino Mastrozzi (1809–1810)
Antonio Despuig y Dameto (1810–1813)
Pietro Francesco Galleffi (1814–1818)
Antonio Doria Pamphili (1818–1819)
Fabrizio Dionigi Ruffo (1819–1820)
Ercole Consalvi (1820–1821)
Giuseppe Albani (1821–1822)
Francesco Guidobono Cavalchini (1822–1823)
Giovanni Caccia-Piatti (1823–1825)
Pietro Vidoni (1825–1826)
Cesare Guerrieri Gonzaga (1826–1827)
Antonio Frosini (1827–1828)
Tommaso Riario Sforza (1828–1830)
Belisario Cristaldi (1830–1831)
Juan Francisco Marco y Catalán (1831–1832)
Domenico de Simone (1832–1833)
Luigi Gazzoli (1833–1834)
Mario Mattei (1834–1835)
Nicola Grimaldi (1835–1836)
Alessandro Spada (1836–1837)
Bartolomeo Pacca (1837–1838)
Emmanuele de Gregorio (1838–1839)
Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa (1839–1840)
Carlo Maria Pedicini (1840–1841)
Antonio Domenico Gamberini (1841–1842)
Giacomo Giustiniani (1842–1843)
Vincenzo Macchi (1843–1844)
Luigi Lambruschini, CRSP (1844–1845)
Pietro Ostini (1845–1846)
Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli (1846–1847)
Mario Mattei (1848–1850)
Giacomo Luigi Brignole (1851–1852)
Costantino Patrizi (1852–1853)
Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso (1853–1854)
Gabriele Ferretti (1854–1855)
Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo (1855–1856)
Benedetto Barberini (1856–1857)
Ugo Pietro Spinola (1857–1858)
Gabriele della Genga Sermattei (1858–1859)
Clarissimo Falconieri Mellini (1859)
Antonio Tosti (1859–1860)
Gaspare Bernardo Pianetti (1861–1862)
Fabio Maria Asquini (1862–1863)
Niccola Paracciani Clarelli (1863–1864)
Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto (1864–1865)
Sisto Riario Sforza (1865–1866)
Camillo di Pietro (1866–1867)
Karl-August von Reisach (1867–1868)
Alessandro Barnabò (1868–1869)
Giuseppe Milesi Pironi Ferretti (1869–1870)
Piero di Silvestri (1870–1871)
Angelo Quaglia (1871–1872)
Antonio Maria Panebianco, OFMConv (1872–1873)
Antonio Saverio De Luca (1873–1874)
Giuseppe Andrea Bizzarri (1874–1875)
Lucien Louis Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte (1876–1877)
Innocenzo Ferrieri (1877–1879)
Edoardo Borromeo (1879–1880)
Raffaele Monaco La Valletta (1880–1881)
Flavio Chigi (1881–1882)
Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (1882–1883)
Tommaso Martinelli, OESA (1883–1884)
Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski (1884–1885)
Giovanni Simeoni (1885–1886)
Domenico Bartolini (1886–1887)
Luigi Serafini (1887–1888)
Lucido Parocchi (1888–1889)
Carlo Laurenzi (1889)
Paul Melchers (1889–1891)
Serafino Vannutelli (1891–1892)
Gaetano Aloisi Masella (1892–1893)
Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (1893–1894)
Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla (1894–1895)
Angelo Di Pietro (1895–1896)
Girolamo Maria Gotti, OCD (1896–1897)
Domenico Jacobini (1897–1898)
Antonio Agliardi (1898–1899)
Domenico Ferrata (1899–1900)

1900 to 1997

Serafino Cretoni (1900–1901)
Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago (1901–1902)
Francesco di Paola Cassetta (1902–1903)
Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella (1903–1905)
François-Désiré Mathieu (1905–1906)
Pietro Respighi (1906–1907)
Sebastiano Martinelli, OESA ( 1907–1909)
Casimiro Gennari (1909–1911)
Rafael Merry del Val (1911–1912)
Aristide Rinaldini (1912–1914)
Pietro Gasparri (1914–1915)
Antonio Vico (1915–1916)
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (1916–1919)
Basilio Pompili (1919–1920)
Giulio Boschi (1920)
Rafael Merry del Val (1920–1922)
1922–1926 (No information found)
Donato Sbarretti (1926–?)
1926–1929 (No information found)
Achille Locatelli (1929–1930)
Luigi Sincero (1930–1931)
Bonaventura Cerretti (1933)
Achille Locatelli (1933–1935)
Luigi Capotosti (1935–1936)
Lorenzo Lauri (1936–1937)
Eugenio Pacelli (1937–1939) (elected Pope Pius XII on March 2, 1939)
1939–1947 (No information found)
Federico Tedeschini (1947–1948)
1948–1949 (No information found)
Massimo Massimi (1949–1950)
Nicola Canali (1950–1951)
Giovanni Mercati (1951–1952)
Giuseppe Bruno (1952–1954)
Alfredo Ottaviani (1954–1958)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant (1958–1960)
Clemente Micara (1960–1961)
Giuseppe Pizzardo (1961–1962)
Benedetto Aloisi Masella (1962–1968)
Giuseppe Ferretto (1968–1973)
Ildebrando Antoniutti (1974)
Franjo Šeper (1974–1977)
Agnelo Rossi (1977–1978)
Gabriel-Marie Garrone (1978–1979)
Egidio Vagnozzi (1979–1980)
1980–1982 (Vacant)
Maximilien de Furstenberg (1982–1984)
Silvio Oddi (1984–1987)
Giuseppe Paupini (1987–1988)
Johannes Willebrands (1988–1997)

Citations

^ I. S. Robinson (1990), The Papacy 1073–1198. Continuity and Innovation, Cambridge University Press, pp. 41 and 253, says that Cardinal Cencio was Camerlengo of the College during pontificate of Innocent III, but W. Maleczek (1984), Papst und Kardinalskolleg von 1191 bis 1216, Vienna, p. 112, doubts it. The first undisputed occupant of that post was Guillaume de Bray in 1272.
^ "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of 1193". cardinals.fiu.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.

General and cited references

Cardinals camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (by S. Miranda)
Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. I-III, 1913.
Johann Peter Kirsch, Die Finanzverwaltung des Kardinalkollegiums im XIII. und XIV. Jahrhundert (Münster 1895).

[1] I. S. Robinson (1990), The Papacy 1073–1198. Continuity and Innovation, Cambridge University Press, pp. 41 and 253, says that Cardinal Cencio was Camerlengo of the College during pontificate of Innocent III, but W. Maleczek (1984), Papst und Kardinalskolleg von 1191 bis 1216, Vienna, p. 112, doubts it. The first undisputed occupant of that post was Guillaume de Bray in 1272.

[2] "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of 1193". cardinals.fiu.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.

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