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Tarcisio Bertone
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Person

Tarcisio Bertone

b. 1934

Cardinal of the Catholic Church

Born
2 Dec 1934 · Romano Canavese
Part ofKingdom of Italy1785 – 1946

Life timeline

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

Showing 106 years
  1. 2 Dec 1934BornBorn in Romano Canavese
  2. 1989 – 1991RoleRector of the Salesian Pontifical University
  3. 1991 – 1995RoleRoman Catholic Archbishop of Vercelli
  4. 1995 – 2002RoleSecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
  5. 1995AwardVercellese of the Year
  6. 2002 – 2006RoleArchbishop of Genoa
  7. 2003 – 2008RoleCardinal priest
  8. 2006 – 2013RoleCardinal protector
  9. 2006 – 2013RoleCardinal Secretary of State
  10. 2006 – 2013RoleChairperson
  11. 2007 – 2014RoleCamerlengo of the Holy Roman Church
  12. 2008RoleCardinal-Bishop of Frascati
  13. 2008 – 2014RoleChairperson

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1934 – today).

  1. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  2. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  3. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  4. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1938Munich Agreement
  6. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  7. 1939 – 1945World War II
  8. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  9. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  10. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  11. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  12. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  13. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  14. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  15. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  17. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  18. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  20. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  21. 1956Suez Crisis
  22. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  24. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  26. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  28. 1968Prague Spring
  29. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  30. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  31. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  32. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  34. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  35. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  36. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  37. 1985Schengen Agreement
  38. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  39. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  40. 19901990 FIFA World Cup

Biography

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, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1995 to 2002, 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. In the period between Pope Benedict XVI's resignation on 28 February 2013 and the election of Pope Francis on 13 March 2013, he served temporarily as the administrator of the Holy See and acting head of state of the Vatican City State. He was considered a contender to succeed Benedict XVI.

Besides his native Italian, Bertone speaks fluent French, Spanish, German and Portuguese. He has some knowledge of English, although he is not fluent, and he can read Polish, Latin, Greek and Hebrew.

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