Senior of the College of the cardinals

The Senior of the College of the cardinals (lat. Decanus Sacri Collegii ) is the president of the Collège of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic church which belongs to the order of the cardinal-bishops.

Election

The Senior is not necessarily any more the cardinal being useful since longest in the Sacré College (which besides will perhaps never become cardinal-bishop).

This was the habit during centuries until Paul VI gave by Motu landlord Sacrum cardinalium consilio , capacity with the six cardinal-bishops to elect their Senior in 1965. This election must be confirmed by the pope.

Cardinal primus inter pares

Although the Senior (or the vice-senior in the event of absence or of incapacity) chairs the Sacré College , it does not have any capacity on the other cardinals. He is regarded as primus inter pares , first of them. There is no limiting age with this function.

Mission

The Senior must reside at Rome.

During the vacancy of the apostolic Seat, it is the Senior who makes share with the universal Church, the diplomatic corps and the governments of died of the pope. He chairs the preparatory general Congregations the election of the new pope. He is responsible to gather the Conclave in Rome to elect a new pope then he chairs this Conclave, unless he is too old to vote.

At the end of does the election, the Senior request the assent of the elected official to the pontifical load by raising the question Acceptasne electionem of you canonice factam in Pontificem Height? and collects the name which it wishes to carry. If the elected official is not yet bishop, the Senior with the right to order it. If the Senior itself is elected, its assent is requested by the cardinal-bishop who has the most seniority.

By decree of Black and white X in 1914, at the time of its nomination, the Senior is seen allotting the diocese of Ostie while keeping its évêché suburbicaire. Before this decree and since 1150, the Senior replaced his évêché suburbicaire by those of Ostie and Velletri.

Seniors of the College of the cardinals since the Council of Constancy

Two seniors decided to take their retirement before their death, four were elected pope (Alexandre VI, Paul III, Paul IV and Benoît XVI).

Each name is followed years of birth and death, then of creation as a cardinal and election as a senior.

Jean Allarmet de Brogny (1342-1426) (1385, 1415)
Angelo of Anna de Sommariva (D. 1428) (1384, 1426)
Giordano Orsini (1360/70-1438) (1405, 1428?)
Antonio Correr (1359-1445) (1408, 1438)
Giovanni Berardi (1380-1449) (1439, 1445)
Amédée VIII of Savoy (1383-1451) (1449, 1449)
Giorgio Fieschi (D. 1461) (1439, 1455)
Isidore the Apostate (1380/90-1463) (1439, 1461)
Basilius Bessarion (1403-1472) (1439, 1463)
Guillaume d' Estouteville (1403-1483) (1439, 1472)
Rodrigo Borgia (1431-1503) (1456, 1483, elected pope Alexandre VI in 1492)
Oliviero Carafa (1430-1511) (1467, 1492)
Raffaele Sansoni Riario (1461-1521) (1477, 1511)
Bernardino Lopez de Carvajal (1456-1523) (1493, 1521)
Francesco Soderini (1453-1524) (1503, 1523)
Niccolò Fieschi (1456-1524) (1503, 1524)
Alessandro Farnese (1468-1549) (1493, 1524, elected pope Paul III in 1534)
Giovanni Piccolomini (1475-1537) (1517, 1534)
Giovanni Domenico de Cupis (1493-1553) (1517, 1537)
Gian Pietro Carafa (1476-1559) (1536, 1553, elected pope Paul IV in 1555)
Jean of Bellay (1492-1560) (1535, 1555)
François II of Tournon (1489-1562) (1530, 1560)
Rodolfo Pio de Carpi (1500-1564) (1536, 1562)
Francesco Pisani (1494-1570) (1517, 1564)
Giovanni Girolamo Morone (1509-1580) (1542, 1570)
Alexandre Farnèse, junior (1520-1589) (1534, 1580)
Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni (1519-1591) (1560, 1589)
Alfonso Gesualdo (1540-1603) (1561, 1591)
Tolomeo Gallio (1526-1607) (1565, 1603)
Domenico Pinelli (1541-1611) (1585, 1607)
François de Joyeuse (1562-1615) (1583, 1611)
Antonio Maria Galli (1553-1620) (1586, 1615)
Antonio Maria Sauli (1541-1623) (1587, 1620)
Francesco Maria Bourbon LED Assembles (1549-1626) (1588, 1623)
Ottavio Bandini (1558-1629) (1596, 1626)
Giovanni Battista Deti (1576-1630) (1599, 1629)
Domenico Ginnasi (1550-1639) (1604, 1630)
Carlo Emmanuele Pio de Savoia, senior (1585-1641) (1604, 1639)
Marcello Lante della Rovere (1561-1652) (1606, 1641)
Giulio Roma (1584-1652) (1621, 1652) for 5 months
Carlo de' Medici (1595-1666) (1615, 1652)
Francesco Barberini, senior (1597-1679) (1623, 1666)
Cesare Facchinetti (1608-1683) (1643, 1679)
Niccolo Albergati-Ludovisi (1608-1687) (1645, 1683)
Alderano Cibo (1613-1700) (1645, 1687)
cardinal Emmanuel-Théodose of the Tower of Auvergne of Bubble (1643-1715) (1669, 1700)
Nicola Acciaiouli (1630-1719) (1669, 1715)
Fulvio Astalli (1655-1721) (1686, 1719)
Sebastiano Antonio Tanara (1650-1724) (1695, 1721)
Francesco del Giudice (1647-1725) (1690, 1724)
Fabrizio Paolucci (1651-1726) (1697, 1725)
Francesco Pignatelli (1652-1734) (1703, 1726?) uncertainty
Francesco Barberini (1662-1738) (1690, 1726 gold 1734)
Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740) (1689, 1738)
Tommaso Ruffo (1663-1753) (1706, 1740)
Pietro Luigi Carafa (1677-1755) (1728, 1753)
Rainiero d' Elci (1670-1761) (1737, 1755)
Giuseppe Spinelli (1694-1763) (1735, 1761)
Carlo Alberto Guidoboni Cavalchini (1683-1774) (1743, 1763)
Fabrizio Serbelloni (1695-1775) (1753, 1774)
Giovanni Francesco Albani (1720-1803) (1747, 1775) more the long period of a senior
Henri Benoit Stuart (1725-1807) (1747, 1803) longest cardinalat
Leonardo Antonelli (1730-1811) (1775, 1807 until 1811)
Alessandro Mattei (1744-1820) (1779, 1814) exiled by Napoleon i
Giulio Maria della Somaglia (1744-1830) (1795, 1820)
Bartolomeo Pacca (1756-1844) (1801, 1830)
Lodovico Micara (1775-1847) (1824, 1844)
Vincenzo Macchi (1770-1860) (1826, 1847)
Mario Mattei (1792-1870) (1832, 1860)
Costantino Patrizi Naro (1798-1876) (1834, 1870)
Luigi Amat di San Filippo E Sorso (1796-1878) (1837, 1876)
Camillo di Pietro (1806-1884) (1853, 1878)
Carlo Sacconi (1808-1889) (1861, 1884)
Raffaele Monaco Valetta (1827-1896) (1868, 1889)
Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano (1828-1913) (1873, 1896)
Serafino Vannutelli (1834-1915) (1887, 1913)
Vincenzo Vannutelli (1836-1930) (1889, 1915)
Gennaro Terrazzo Pignatelli di Belmonte (1851-1948) (1911, 1930)
Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani (1871-1951) (1930, 1948)
Eugene Tisserant (1884-1972) (1936, 1951)
Amleto Cicognani (1883-1973) (1958, 1972)
Luigi Traglia (1895-1977) (1960, 1974)
Carlo Confalonieri (1893-1986) (1958, 1977)
Agnelo Rossi (1913-1995) (1965, 1986, retirement in 1993)
Bernardin Gantin (1922-) (1977, 1993, retirement in 2002)
Joseph Ratzinger (1927-) (1977, 2002, elected pope Benoit XVI in 2005)
Angelo Sodano (1927-) (1991, 2005)

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