Mariano Rampolla


Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro
Official of the Congregation of the Holy Office
1900 portrait
Appointed30 December 1908
Term ended23 February 1910
PredecessorGiuseppe Pizzardo
SuccessorDonato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza
Other post(s)
Previous post(s)
  • 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
Born
Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro

(1843-08-17)17 August 1843
Died16 December 1913(1913-12-16) (aged 70)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
DenominationRoman Catholic
Coat of armsMariano Rampolla del Tindaro's coat of arms

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

Rampolla is in the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis.