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Tarcisio Bertone

1934 - Today

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Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone (born 2 December 1934) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a Vatican diplomat. A cardinal since 2003, he served as Archbishop of Vercelli from 1991 to 1995, as Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop of Genoa from 2002 to 2006, and as Cardinal Secretary of State from 2006 to 2013. On 10 May 2008, he was named Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati. Bertone served as Camerlengo from 2007 to 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tarcisio Bertone is the 476th most popular religious figure (up from 691st in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 862nd in 2019) and the 224th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Tarcisio Bertone is most famous for being the Secretary of State under Pope Benedict XVI.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Tarcisio Bertone ranks 476 out of 3,187Before him are Hannah, Barabbas, Zacchaeus, Sabbatai Zevi, Alphonsus Liguori, and Eber. After him are Mary of Egypt, Isaac of Nineveh, Januarius, Gregory Palamas, Amenhotep I, and Pope Agapetus II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Tarcisio Bertone ranks 23Before him are Giovanni Battista Re, Nana Mouskouri, Judi Dench, Jane Goodall, Daniel Kahneman, and Shirley MacLaine. After him are William F. Sharpe, Manuel Noriega, Stjepan Mesić, Sydney Pollack, Vavá, and Roman Herzog.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Tarcisio Bertone ranks 533 out of 5,161Before him are Joanna I of Naples (1326), Aurelia Cotta (-120), Alphonsus Liguori (1696), Roberto Rossellini (1906), Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835), and Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549). After him are Peter Damian (1007), Trebonianus Gallus (206), Januarius (272), Gaius Gracchus (-154), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), and Salvatore Riina (1930).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Tarcisio Bertone ranks 224Before him are Pope John III (520), Pope Hilarius (415), Pope Stephen VIII (900), Pope Valentine (780), Pope Miltiades (250), and Alphonsus Liguori (1696). After him are Januarius (272), Pope Agapetus II (900), Pope Agapetus I (490), Pope Benedict V (930), Pope Stephen II (715), and Pope Marcellinus (250).