Governor of Vatican City

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The Governor (Governatore in Italian) of Vatican City is concurrently the President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State and sometimes called the Mayor of Vatican City (though it is a miniature state enclaved in Rome, not a municipality). He is the state's de facto head of government acting with the powers of a premier or prime minister, administering Vatican City on behalf of its sovereign but essentially ecclesiastic head of state, the Pope.

The current governor is Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, appointed by pope Benedict XVI. The Former governor is Edmund Cardinal Szoka of the United States, appointed to a first term by Pope John Paul II in 1997 and reappointed to remain in that office, for a time, by Pope Benedict XVI on April 21, 2005. On June 22, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation and appointed Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, effective September 15, 2006.

[edit] See also

• Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

[edit] List of Governors

• Marquis Camillo Serafini 1929 - 1952 (Governor of Vatican City State)

• Alberto Cardinal di Jorio (14 August 1961 - 4 November 1968)
• Paul Marcinkus (26 September 1981 - 30 October 1990)
• Sebastino Cardinal Baggio (8 April 1984 - 31 Oct 1990)
• Rosalio José Cardinal Castillo Lara, S.D.B. (31 October 1990 - 14 October 1997)
• Edmund Cardinal Szoka (15 October 1997 - 15 September 2006)
• Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo (15 September 2006 - present)