Mariano Rampolla

His Eminence

Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro
Official of the Congregation of the Holy Office
Portrait by Philip de László, c. 1900
Appointed30 December 1908
Term ended23 February 1910
PredecessorGiuseppe Pizzardo
SuccessorDonato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza
Other posts
Previous posts
  • President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission (1902–1908)
  • Secretary of the Secretariat of State (1887–1908)
  • Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1882–1887)
  • Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa (1882–1887)
Orders
Ordination1866
Consecration8 December 1882
by Edward Henry Howard
Created cardinal14 March 1887
by Pope Leo XIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
BornMariano Rampolla del Tindaro
(1843-08-17)17 August 1843
Polizzi Generosa, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died16 December 1913(1913-12-16) (aged 70)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
DenominationLatin Catholic
Coat of arms

Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (17 August 1843 – 16 December 1913) was an Italian Cardinal in the Catholic Church, and the last man to have his candidacy for papal election vetoed through jus exclusivae by a Catholic monarch.

Rampolla featured in the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis.

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