Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone
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His Eminence Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone S.D.B. |
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| Cardinal Secretary Emeritus of State | |
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| Appointed | 15 September 2006 |
| Term ended | 15 October 2013 |
| Predecessor | Angelo Sodano |
| Successor | Pietro Parolin |
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Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (2008–present) Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (2007–2014) |
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| Ordination | 1 July 1960 by Albino Mensa |
| Consecration | 1 August 1991 by Albino Mensa |
| Created Cardinal | 21 October 2003 by John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Bishop |
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| Birth name | Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone |
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2 December 1934 Romano Canavese, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
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| Motto | Fidem custodire, concordiam servare (Protect faith, preserve unity) |
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| Ordination history of Tarcisio Bertone | |
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Priestly ordination
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| Ordained by | Albino Mensa (Vercelli) |
| Date of ordination | 1 July 1960 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Albino Mensa (Vercelli emer.) |
| Date of consecration | 1 August 1991 |
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Cardinalate
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| Elevated by | Pope John Paul II |
| Date of elevation | 21 October 2003 |
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Bishops consecrated by Tarcisio Bertone as principal consecrator
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| Mauro Piacenza | 15 November 2003 |
| Luigi Palletti | 16 January 2005 |
| Raffaele Farina SDB | 16 December 2006 |
| Gianfranco Girotti OFM Conv | 16 December 2006 |
| Antoni Stankiewicz | 16 December 2006 |
| Carlo Chenis SDB | 10 February 2007 |
| Leo Boccardi | 18 March 2007 |
| Vincenzo Bertolone SdP | 3 May 2007 |
| Michele Di Ruberto | 30 June 2007 |
| Gaetano Galbusera Fumagalli SDB | 26 August 2007 |
| Vito Rallo | 28 October 2007 |
| Gianni Ambrosio | 16 February 2008 |
| Luciano Suriani | 26 April 2008 |
| Léon Kalenga Badikebele | 1 May 2008 |
| Frans Daneels OPraem | 1 May 2008 |
| Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru | 1 May 2008 |
| Miguel Maury Buendía | 12 June 2008 |
| Paolo De Nicolò | 12 June 2008 |
| Bernardito Auza | 3 July 2008 |
| Piergiuseppe Vacchelli | 3 July 2008 |
| Luis Ladaria Ferrer SJ | 26 July 2008 |
| Ambrogio Spreafico | 26 July 2008 |
| Martin Krebs | 16 November 2008 |
| Luigi Bianco | 25 April 2009 |
| Jan Pawłowski | 30 April 2009 |
| Joseph Spiteri | 24 May 2009 |
| Mario Toso SDB | 12 December 2009 |
| Jean Laffitte | 12 December 2009 |
| Giovanni D’Ercole FDP | 12 December 2009 |
| Petar Rajič | 23 January 2010 |
| Piero Pioppo | 18 March 2010 |
| Novatus Rugambwa | 18 March 2010 |
| Eugene Nugent | 18 March 2010 |
| Valentino Di Cerbo | 1 May 2010 |
| Giorgio Lingua | 9 October 2010 |
| Barthélemy Adoukonou | 8 October 2011 |
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Styles of Tarcisio Bertone |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. (born 2 December 1934) is an Italian prelate and a Vatican diplomat. A cardinal of the Catholic Church, he served as Archbishop of Vercelli from 1991 to 1995, as Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, when Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) was Prefect, Archbishop of Genoa from 2002 to 2006, and as Cardinal Secretary of State from 2006 to 2013. Bertone was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003. On 10 May 2008, he was named Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati.
Cardinal Bertone served as Camerlengo from 2007 to 2014. In the period between Pope Benedict XVI's resignation on 28 February 2013 and the election of Pope Francis on 13 March 2013, he served temporarily as the administrator of the Holy See and acting head of state of the Vatican City State. He was considered a contender to succeed Benedict XVI.
Besides his native Italian, Bertone speaks fluent French, Spanish, German and Portuguese. He has some knowledge of English, although he is not fluent, and he can read Polish, Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
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