Protopriest
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Protopriest (Italian: protopresbitero, and, rare, Italian: protoprete) — in the College of Cardinals, is the first Cardinal-Priest in the order of precedence. This title is always attached to the most senior Cardinal Priest according to date of his creation. From the 17th century until the end of 19th century Protopriest usually opted for the titulus San Lorenzo in Lucina.[1] The current Protopriest is Brazilian cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns.
Protopriests since 1945 [edit]
- Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, 1938 — 1948;
- Alessio Ascalesi, 1948 — May 1952;
- Michael von Faulhaber, June 1952;
- Alessandro Verde, 1957 — 1958;[2]
- Jozef-Ernest van Roey, 1958 — 1961;
- Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, 1961 — 1977;
- Norman Thomas Gilroy, 1977;
- Josef Frings, 1977 — 1978;
- Antonio Caggiano, 1978 — 1979;
- Carlos Vasconcellos Motta, 1979 — 1982;
- Giuseppe Siri, 1982 — 1989;
- Paul-Émile Léger, 1989 — 1991;
- Franz König, 1991 — 2004;
- Stephen Kim, 2004 — 2009;
- Eugênio Sales, 2009 — 2012;
- Paulo Evaristo Arns, 2012 — present;
Notes [edit]
- ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: Title of S. Lorenzo in Lucina. The last protoprete who opted for that title was Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski in 1896.
- ^ http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-v.htm#Verde
