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Pietro Parolin
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Person

Pietro Parolin

b. 1955

Italian Roman Catholic priest, cardinal and Secretary of State of the Holy See (1955-)

Born
17 Jan 1955 · Schiavon

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 82 years
  1. 17 Jan 1955BornBorn in Schiavon
  2. 2005AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  3. 2009 – 2013RoleApostolic Nuncio to Venezuela
  4. 2009 – 2014RoleTitular archbishop of Aquipendium
  5. 2009AwardCommander with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
  6. 2009AwardCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  7. 2013RoleSecretary of state
  8. 2014 – 2018RoleCardinal priest
  9. 2015AwardOrder of the Star of Romania
  10. 2018RoleCardinal-bishop
  11. 2023AwardOrder of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
  12. 2026AwardHonourable Member of the European Order of Merit

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1955 – today).

  1. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  2. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  3. 1956Suez Crisis
  4. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  6. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  8. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  10. 1968Prague Spring
  11. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  12. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  13. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  14. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  16. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  17. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  18. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  19. 1985Schengen Agreement
  20. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  21. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  22. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  24. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  26. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  27. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  28. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  29. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  30. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  31. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  32. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  33. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  34. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  35. 20112011 Norway attacks
  36. 2011Libyan civil war
  37. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  38. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  39. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  40. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war

Biography

Pietro Parolin (born 17 January 1955) is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013, and has served as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal.

Before his tenure as secretary of state, Parolin worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See for 30 years, where his assignments included terms in Nigeria, Mexico and Venezuela, as well as more than six years as Undersecretary of State for Relations with States. Parolin set the Vatican's foreign policy stances under Pope Francis. Parolin was one of the primary architects of the Vatican's 2018 agreement with China, which allows the pope to approve and veto bishops approved by the Chinese Communist Party. During the 2025 conclave, over which he presided as the senior voting cardinal bishop, Parolin was considered papabile, a leading candidate to succeed Francis, and was reportedly the runner-up on the final ballot that elected Pope Leo XIV.

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