Mario Francesco Pompedda

His Eminence

Mario Francesco Pompedda
His Eminence; Mario Francesco Pompedda
President of the Commission for Advocates
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	7 March 2000
Term ended	18 October 2006
Predecessor	Zenon Grocholewski
Successor	Agostino Vallini
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Deacon of Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina (2001–06)
Previous post(s)	Papal Master of Ceremonies of the Prefecture for Pontifical Celebrations (1967–69); Prelate Auditor of the Roman Rota (1969–93); Dean of the Roman Rota (1993–99); President of the Appeals Court of the Vatican City State (1993–99); President of the Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia (1997–99); Titular Archbishop of Bisarcio (1997–2001); Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (1999–2004); President of the Supreme Court of the Vatican City State (1999–2004);
Orders
Ordination	23 December 1951
Consecration	6 January 1998; by Pope John Paul II
Created cardinal	21 February 2001; by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-deacon
Personal details
Born	Mario Francesco Pompedda; 18 April 1929; Ozieri, Sardinia, Kingdom of Italy
Died	18 October 2006 (aged 77); Agostino Gemelli University Policlinic, Rome, Italy
Buried	Ozieri Cathedral (since 2010)
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University; Pontifical Biblical Institute; Pontifical Lateran University
Motto	Soli Deo
Coat of arms

Carlo Mario Francesco Pompedda (18 April 1929 – 18 October 2006) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura^[1] for the Roman Curia. He spent nearly fifty years in a variety of posts within the Catholic Church's ecclesiastical court system, from 1955 to 2004.^[2]