Dean of the Roman Rota

The Dean of the Roman Rota is the senior auditor of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, the last instance appellate tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 22 September 2012, the dean is Pio Vito Pinto.

Chronological list of Deans

Girolamo Pamphili (1604–1610) Carlo Cerri (1669–1670) Curzio Origo (1711–17??) Carlo Leopoldo Calcagnini (1734–1744) Mario Millini (1744–17??) Giovanni Maria Riminaldi (178?–178?) Alphonse-Hubert de Latier de Bayane (17??–1802) Francesco Cesare Leoni (1802–1804) Francesco Serlupi-Crescenzi (1814–18??) Joachim-Jean-Xavier d'Isoard (10 March 1823 — 25 June 1827) Alessandro Spada (183?–18??) Cosimo Corsi (18??–1842) Giuseppe Bofondi (1842–18??) Pietro de Silvestri (185?–18??) Michele Lega (20 October 1908 — 1914) Guglielmo Sebastianelli (1914–1920) Serafino Many (1920–1921)

Giovanni Prior (1921–192?) Massimo Massimi (1 May 1926 — 1935) Giulio Grazioli (1936–1944) André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien (30 October 1944 — 15 December 1958) William Theodore Heard (15 December 1958 — 14 December 1959) Francis John Brennan (14 December 1959 — 10 June 1967) Bolesław Filipiak (26 June 1967 — 24 May 1976) Charles Lefebvre (1976–1978) Heinrich Ewers (1978–1982) Arturo De Jorio (1982–1985) Ernesto Maria Fiore (1985–1993) Mario Francesco Pompedda (11 September 1993 — 16 November 1999) Raffaello Funghini (11 December 1999 — 31 January 2004) Antoni Stankiewicz (31 January 2004 — 22 September 2012); retired Pio Vito Pinto (22 September 2012 – present); also named President of the Court of Appeal of the State of Vatican City, 10December 2012