Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Also known as: Basilika Santa Maria Maggiore (Deutsch) / Basílica de Santa María la Mayor (español) / Basilique Sainte-Marie-Majeure (français) / Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (Italiano) / Bazylika Santa Maria Maggiore (polski) / Basílica de Santa Maria Maior (Português) / 聖母大殿 (正體中文) / サンタ・マリア・マッジョ一レ大聖堂 (日本語) / 산타 마리아 마조레 대성당 (한국어) / Basilica Sancta Mariæ Maior (latine)

Documents: Documents (x 4)

Present Officials

Archpriest (2025.07.04 – ...):LithuaniaCardinal Rolandas Makrickas (54)Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas (54)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio

Vicar of the Archpriest (2026.01.15 – ...):ColombiaBishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera (58)Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera (58)

Titular Bishop of Iubaltiana

Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Delegate for the Administration of the Chapter (2024.09.01 – ...):ItalyDr. Roberto Romano
Delegate for Pastoral Care (2024.08.05 – ...):ItalyMsgr. Ivan Ricupero (44)Msgr. Ivan Ricupero (44)

Priest of Siracusa (Italy)

Chaplain of His Holiness

Past Officials

Archpriest:PolandCardinal Stanisław Ryłko (80)Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko (80) (2016.12.28 – 2025.07.04)
Archpriest:SpainCardinal Santos Abril y Castelló (90)Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló (90) (2011.11.21 – 2016.12.28)
Archpriest:USACardinal Bernard Francis Law (2004.05.27 – 2011.11.21)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Carlo Furno (1997.09.29 – 2004.05.27)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Ugo Poletti (1991.01.17 – 1997.02.25)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Luigi Dadaglio (1986.12.15 – 1990.08.22)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Carlo Confalonieri (1959.11.16 – 1986.08.01)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Alessandro Verde (1939.10.11 – 1958.03.29)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Angelo Maria Dolci (1933.05.22 – 1939.09.13)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Bonaventura Cerretti (1930.07.16 – 1933.05.08)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli (1896.12.16 – 1930.07.09)
Archpriest:GermanyCardinal Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1878.07.15 – 1896.10.30)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Costantino Patrizi Naro (1845.05.24 – 1867.09.21)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Luigi Del Drago (1839.06.29 – 1845.04.28)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giuseppe Antonio Sala (1838.12.11 – 1839.06.23)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Carlo Odescalchi (1832 – 1834.11.21)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Benedetto Naro (1824.01.01 – 1832.10.06)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Annibale della Genga (later Pope Leo XII) (1821.02.10 – 1823.09.28)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Antonio Maria Doria Pamphilj (1819.10.10 – 1821.01.31)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Filippo Gallarati Scotti (1814 – 1819.10.06)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Antonio Despuig y Dameto (1803.12.28 – 1813.05.02)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Gian Francesco Albani (1793 – 1803.09.15)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Emmanuele De Gregorio (1780 – 1821?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Marcantonio Colonna (1763 – 1793.12.04)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra (1743.09.09 – 1763.01.18)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Luigi Pico della Mirandola (1730.07 – 1743.08.10)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1702 – 1730)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giacomo Antonio Morigia, B. (1699.04.20 – 1701)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Fabrizio Spada (1698 – 1717.06.15)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Benedetto Pamphili, O.E.S.S.H. (1694.11.01 – 1699.04.20)
Archpriest:EnglandCardinal Philip Thomas Howard of Norfolk, O.P. (1689 – 1694.06.17)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Felice Rospigliosi (1686? – 1688.05.09)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giacomo Rospigliosi (1671.08 – 1684.02.02)
Archpriest:FranceCardinal Antonio Barberini, S.M.O.M. (1630 – 1671.08.03)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Francesco Barberini (1629.10 – 1630)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Garzia Millini (1627.11 – 1629.10.02)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giambattista Leni (1622.04 – 1627.11.03)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Michelangelo Tonti (1611.08 – 1622.04.21)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Domenico Pinelli (1587.10? – 1611.08.09)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Decio Azzolini (1586.06? – 1587.10.09)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Filippo Boncompagni (1581 – 1586.06.09)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Alessandro Sforza di Santa Fiora (1573? – 1581.05.16)
Archpriest:ItalySaint Cardinal Carlo Borromeo (Charles Borromeo) (1564.10 – 1572.11.03)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora (1553 – 1564.10.06)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Domenico De Cupis (1549? – 1553.12.10)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Alessandro Farnese (1537 – 1543)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Paolo Emilio Cesi (1534.09.05 – 1537.08.05)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Andrea Della Valle (1520 – 1534.08.03)
Archpriest:FranceCardinal Leonardo Grosso della Rovere (1518.02 – 1520.09.17)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Francisco de Remolins (1513 – 1518.02.05)
Archpriest:FranceCardinal Robert Guibé (1511.10.04 – 1513.11.09)
Archpriest:SpainCardinal Pedro Luis de Borja Llançol de Romaní, O.E.S.S.H. (1510.06 – 1511.10.04)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giuliano Cesarini (1503.03.05 – 1510.05.01)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giovanni Battista Orsini (1498.09 – 1502.02.22)
Archpriest:SpainCardinal Giovanni Battista Savelli (1492.09 – 1498.09.18)
Archpriest:SpainCardinal Rodrigo de Borja y Borja (later Pope Alexander VI) (1483 – 1492.08.11)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giuliano della Rovere, O.F.M. (later Pope Julius II) (1477.08 – 1483.08.11)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Prospero Colonna (1462 – 1463.03.24)
Archpriest:FranceCardinal Guillaume d’Estouteville (1443? – ?)
Archpriest:ItalyBlessed Cardinal Niccola Albergati, O. Cart. (1440 – 1443.05.09)
Archpriest:CroatiaCardinal Giovanni Vitelleschi (1439 – 1440.04.02)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Antonio Casini (1437.03 – 1439.02.04)
Archpriest:FranceCardinal Jean de la Rochetaillée (1428.01 – 1437.03.24)
Archpriest ▼:ItalyPseudocardinal Francesco Lando (1427.10 – 1427.12.26)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Rinaldo Brancaccio (1412 – 1427.03.27)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Enrico Minutoli (1396 – 1412.06.17)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Stefano Palosti de Verayneris (1390 – 1396.04.24)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Marino Bulcani (1385 – 1394.08.08)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Marino Giudice (1383 – 1386.01.11)
Archpriest:SpainCardinal Nicola Capocci (1351? – ?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giacomo Colonna (1312 – 1318.08.14)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Francesco Napoleone Orsini (1297 – 1312?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Giacomo Colonna (1278 – 1297.05.10)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Ottobono de Fieschi (later Pope Adrian V) (1259 – 1276.07.11)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Pietro Capocci (1245? – ?)
Archpriest:ItalyCardinal Rolando Paparoni (1187 – 1189?)
Archpriest:Cardinal Matteo (1153 – 1166?)
Archpriest:FranceCardinal Regnier (1125? – ?)
Coadjutor Archpriest:LithuaniaCardinal Rolandas Makrickas (54)Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas (54) (2024.03.20 – 2025.07.04)
Special Commissioner:LithuaniaCardinal Rolandas Makrickas (54)Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas (54) (later Cardinal) (2021.12.15 – 2024.03.20)
Vicar of the Chapter:ItalyArchbishop Piero Marini (84)Archbishop Piero Marini (84) (2017 – 2024.03.20)
Vicar of the Chapter:ItalyArchbishop Francesco Canalini (90)Archbishop Francesco Canalini (90) (? – 2016)

Last updated on 2026.04.11

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