Governorate of Vatican City State

History

• 2000.11.26: Established as Governorate of Vatican City State (English) / Gobierno del Estado de la Ciudad del Vaticano (español) / Gouvernatorat de l’Etat de la Cité du Vatican (français) / Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano (Italiano) / 梵蒂岡城國政府 (正體中文)

Documents: (x 8)

Associated Organizations

• Directorate for Infrastructures and Services of Vatican City State
• Directorate of Security and Civil Protection Services of Vatican City State
• Directorate of Health and Hygiene of Vatican City State
• Directorate of Museums and Cultural Heritage of Vatican City State
• Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems of Vatican City State
• Directorate of the Economy of Vatican City State
• Directorate of Pontifical Villas of Vatican City State
• Judicial Office
• Personnel Office
• Vatican Observatory
• Personnel Commission of Vatican City State
• Disciplinary Commission of Vatican City State
• Commission for the Selection of Lay Personnel of Vatican City State
• Committee for Monetary Matters of Vatican City State
• Laudato si’ Higher Education Center

Present Officials

President (2025.03.01 – ...):	Sr. Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E. (57) President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State President of Committee for Monetary Matters of Vatican City State Member of Commission for Confidential Matters Member of Financial Security Committee
Secretary General (2025.03.01 – ...):	Archbishop Emilio Nappa (53) Titular Archbishop of Satriano
Secretary General (2025.03.01 – ...):	Mr. Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi (59) Member of Financial Security Committee

Past Officials President: Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. (81) (2021.10.01 – 2025.03.01) President: Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello (83) (2011.10.01 – 2021.10.01) President: Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo (91) (2006.09.15 – 2011.10.01) President: Cardinal Edmund Casimir Szoka (2001.02.22 – 2006.09.15) Secretary General: Sr. Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E. (57) (2021.11.04 – 2025.03.01) Secretary General: Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. (81) (later Cardinal) (2013.08.30 – 2021.10.01) Secretary General: Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca (71) (2011.09.03 – 2013.08.24) Secretary General: Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò ▼ (85) (2009.07.16 – 2011.09.03) Secretary General: Archbishop Renato Boccardo (73) (2005.02.22 – 2009.07.16) Secretary General: Bishop Gianni Danzi (later Archbishop) (2001.02.22 – 2005.02.22) Vice Secretary General: Mr. Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi (59) (2021.11.04 – 2025.03.01) Vice Secretary General: Bishop Giorgio Corbellini (1993.04.29 – 2011.09.03)

Last updated on 2026.04.11

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