Dean of the College of Cardinals - wikipedia Dean of the College of Cardinals Angelo Sodano, the current Dean of the College of Cardinals. The Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals ( Latin : Decanus Sacri Collegii ) is the dean ( president ) of the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. The position was established in the early 12th century. The Dean presides over the College of Cardinals, serving as primus inter pares in the college. He always holds the rank of Cardinal Bishop. The Dean of the College of Cardinals is assisted by the Vice-Dean ; in those roles they act as the president and vice-president of the college respectively. Both are elected by and from the Cardinal Bishops who are not Eastern Catholic patriarchs and subject to papal confirmation. Except for presiding, the Dean and Vice-Dean have no power over the other cardinals. In the order of precedence in the Catholic Church as the senior Cardinal Bishops, the Dean and Vice-Dean are placed second and third respectively after the pope. The Dean is often, but not necessarily, the longest - serving member of the whole College. It had been customary for centuries for the longest - serving of the six cardinal bishops of suburbicarian sees to be Dean. This was required by canon law from 1917 until 1965, when Pope Paul VI empowered the six to elect the Dean from among their number. This election was a formality until the time of Pope John Paul II. The Dean holds the position until death or resignation ; there is no mandatory age of retirement. Contents 1 Responsibilities 2 Deans elected Pope 3 List of Deans 3.1 Before the Western Schism 3.2 During the Western Schism 3.3 After the Council of Constance 4 References Responsibilities Part of a series on the Hierarchy of the Catholic Church Saint Peter Ecclesiastical titles ( order of precedence ) Pope Cardinal Cardinal Vicar Moderator of the curia Chaplain of His Holiness Papal legate Papal majordomo Apostolic Nuncio Apostolic Delegate Apostolic Syndic Apostolic visitor Vicar Apostolic Apostolic Exarch Apostolic Prefect Assistant at the Pontifical Throne Eparch Metropolitan Patriarch Bishop Archbishop Bishop Emeritus Diocesan bishop Major archbishop Primate Suffragan bishop Titular bishop Coadjutor bishop Auxiliary bishop Territorial prelate Territorial abbot Liturgical titles Acolyte Consecrator Lector Reader Subdeacon Administrative and pastoral titles Auditor Brother Chancellor Chaplain Military chaplain Military ordinary Coarb Confessor Consultor Curate Deacon Defender of the Bond Definitor Devil 's advocate Diocesan administrator Ecclesiastical judge Episcopal vicar Exorcist Judicial vicar Lay brother Lay cardinal Monsignor Officialis Pastor Assistant pastor Personal prelate Preacher Prefect Presbyter Priest Protonotary Apostolic Saint Blessed Venerable Seminarian Vicar forane Vicar general Consecrated and professed titles Abbess Abbot Consecrated virgin Corrector Custos Friar Dean Grand Master Hermit Master general Master of novices Monk Novice Nun Postulant Oblate Prior Provincial superior Rector Religious Superior general Additional titles Almoner Altar server Archimandrite Archpriest Archdeacon Canon Captain General of the Church Chorbishop Commissary Apostolic Datarius Honorary Prelate Minor canon Notarius Ostiarius Peritus Postulator Precentor Prince - bishop Promotor Fidei Protopriest Protodeacon Protosyncellus Regionarius Organization titles Grand Master Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order of the Holy Sepulchre Teutonic Knights Catholicism portal It is the Dean 's responsibility to summon the conclave for the purposes of electing a new pope following a death or resignation. The Dean presides over the conclave unless he is too old to vote in it. Additionally, the dean has the responsibility of communicating the `` news of the Pope 's death to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See and to the Heads of the respective Nations '' and is the public face of the Holy See during the sede vacante period. It is the Dean, unless he is impeded, who asks the Pope - elect if he accepts the election, and then asks the new Pope what name he wishes to use. According to Canon 355 ( from the Latin Code of Canon Law 1983 ), if the newly elected Supreme Pontiff is not already a bishop, it has always been the right of the Bishop of Ostia to ordain him. The Cardinal Dean has `` the title of the diocese of Ostia, together with that of any other church to which he already has a title, '' such as his suburbicarian diocese. This has been the case since 1914, by decree of Pope Pius X -- previous deans had given up their prior suburbicarian see for the joint title of Ostia and Velletri, which were separated in that same 1914 decree. Deans elected Pope Nine Deans have been elected Pope : Anastasius IV, Lucius III, Gregory IX, Alexander IV, John XXI, Alexander VI, Paul III, Paul IV, Benedict XVI. List of deans This list needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2014 ) The following is the list of Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, separated into three groups to account for the Western Schism, which ended after the Council of Constance. The earliest attested reference to the `` College of Cardinals '' is at the Council of Reims in 1148. Each name in the following list includes years of birth and death, then comma - separated years of cardinalate and deanship. Before the Western Schism Pietro Senex ( d. 1134 ) ( 1102, before 1130 ) Guillaume ( d. 1137 / 39 ) ( 1122, 1130 ) Corrado della Suburra ( 1073 -- 1154 ) ( 1114, 1137 / 39 ) Elected Pope Anastasius IV in 1153 Imar of Tusculum ( d. 1161 ) ( 1142, 1153, deposed 1159 ) Gregorio de Suburra ( d. 1163 ) ( 1140, 1159 ) Ubaldo Allucingoli ( 1097 -- 1185 ) ( 1138, 1163 ) Elected Pope Lucius III in 1181 Konrad von Wittelsbach ( 1120 / 25 -- 1200 ) ( 1165, 1181 ) Ottaviano di Paoli ( d. 1206 ) ( 1182, 1200 ) Pietro Gallocia ( d. 1211 ) ( 1188, 1206 ) Nicola de Romanis ( d. 1219 ) ( 1204, 1211 ) Ugolino Conti di Segni ( ca. 1160 / 70 -- 1241 ) ( 1198, 1219 ) Elected Pope Gregory IX in 1227 Pelagio Galvani ( d. 1230 ) ( 1206 / 07, 1227 ) Jean Halgrin ( 1180 -- 1237 ) ( 1227, 1230 ) Jacques de Vitry ( 1160 / 70 -- 1240 ) ( 1228, 1237 ) Rinaldo Conti ( 1185 -- 1261 ) ( 1227, 1240 ) Elected Pope Alexander IV in 1254 Odo of Châteauroux ( 1190 -- 1273 ) ( 1244, 1254 ) John of Toledo ( d. 1275 ) ( 1244, 1273 ) João Pedro Julião ( 1210 / 15 -- 1276 ) ( 1273, 1275 ) Elected Pope John XXI in 1276 ) Bertrand de Saint - Martin ( d. 1277 ) ( 1273, 1276 ) Ordonho Alvares ( 1198 -- 1285 ) ( 1278, 1278 ) Bentivenga de Bentivengi ( 1230 -- 1289 ) ( 1278, 1285 ) Latino Malabranca Orsini ( d. 1294 ) ( 1278, 1289 ) Gerardo Bianchi ( 1220 / 25 -- 1302 ) ( 1278, 1294 ) Giovanni Boccamazza ( d. 1309 ) ( 1285, 1302 ) Leonardo Patrasso ( 1230 -- 1311 ) ( 1300, 1309 ) Giovanni Minio de Murovalle ( 1250 -- 1312 ) ( 1302, 1311 ) Nicolò Albertini ( 1250 -- 1321 ) ( 1303, 1312 ) Berenger Fredoli ( 1250 -- 1323 ) ( 1305, 1321 ) Berenguer Fredol ( d. 1323 ) ( 1312, 1323 ) Guillaume Godin ( 1260 -- 1336 ) ( 1312, 1323 ) Pierre Desprès ( 1288 -- 1361 ) ( 1320, 1336 ) Élie de Talleyrand - Périgord ( 1301 -- 1364 ) ( 1331, 1361 ) Guy de Boulogne ( 1313 -- 1373 ) ( 1342, 1364 ) Ange de Grimoard ( 1315 / 20 - 1388 ) ( 1366, 1373, deposed by Urban VI in 1378, retained the post in the obedience of Avignon until 1388 ) During the Western Schism See also : Avignon Papacy and Council of Pisa The obedience of Rome ( 1378 -- 1415 ) Tommaso da Frignano ( 1305 -- 1381 ) ( 1378 ) Francesco Moricotti Prignano ( d. 1394 ) ( 1378, 1381 ) Philippe d'Alençon ( 1338 -- 1397 ) ( 1378, 1394 ) Pietro Pileo di Prata ( 1330 -- 1400 ) ( 1378, 1397 ) Angelo Acciaioli ( 1349 -- 1408 ) ( 1384, 1405 ) Enrico Minutoli ( d. 1412 ) ( 1389, 1408 until 1409 ) Antonio Correr ( 1369 -- 1445 ) ( 1408, 1409 until 1415 ) The obedience of Avignon ( 1378 -- 1429 ) Ange de Grimoard ( until 1388 ) Pietro Corsini ( 1335 -- 1405 ) ( 1370, 1388 ) Gui de Malsec ( d. 1412 ) ( 1375, 1405, deposed 1409, retained the post in the obedience of Pisa ) Jean Flandrin ( after 1301 -- 1415 ) ( 1390, 1405 ) Julián Lobera y Valtierra ( d. 1435 ) ( 1423, 1423 until 1429 ) The obedience of Pisa ( 1409 -- 1415 ) Gui de Malsec ( until 1412 ) Jean Allarmet de Brogny ( 1342 -- 1426 ) ( 1385, 1412 until 1415 ) After the Council of Constance Holy See This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the Holy See Supreme Pontiff Pope Francis Conclave Sovereigns of the Vatican City College of Cardinals Camerlengo ( Chamberlain ) Dean Secretariat of State Cardinal Secretary Section for Relations with States Congregations Bishops Catholic Education Causes of Saints Clergy Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments Doctrine of the Faith Evangelization of Peoples Oriental Churches Religious Tribunals Apostolic Penitentiary Apostolic Signatura Roman Rota Pontifical Councils Cor Unum Culture Family Interreligious Dialogue Justice and Peace Laity Legislative Texts Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People Promoting Christian Unity Promoting the New Evangelisation Social Communications Administrative services Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See Apostolic Camera Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See Institutes Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff Prefecture of the Papal Household Foreign relations Concordats Diplomatic missions Multilateral foreign policy Nuncios Status in international law Lateran Treaty The Holy See and the United Nations Canon law 1983 Code of Canon Law Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus Other countries Atlas Vatican City portal Catholicism portal Angelo Correr ( ca. 1330 -- 1417 ) ( 1415, 1415 ) Jean - Allarmet de Brogny ( 1342 -- 1426 ) ( 1385, 1417 ) Baldassare Cossa ( ca. 1360 / 70 -- 1419 ) ( 1419, 1419 ) Jean Allarmet de Brogny ( again ) ( 1342 -- 1426 ) ( 1385, 1419 ) Angelo d'Anna de Sommariva ( d. 1428 ) ( 1384, 1426 ) Giordano Orsini ( 1360 / 70 -- 1438 ) ( 1405, 1428 ) Antonio Correr ( again ) ( 1369 -- 1445 ) ( 1408, 1438 ) Giovanni Berardi ( 1380 -- 1449 ) ( 1439, 1445 ) Amadeo de Savoy ( 1383 -- 1451 ) ( 1449, 1449 ) Francesco Condulmer ( 1390 -- 1453 ) ( 1431, 1451 ) Giorgio Fieschi ( ca. 1395 -- 1461 ) ( 1439, 1453 ) Isidore of Kiev ( 1380 / 90 -- 1463 ) ( 1439, 1461 ) Bessarion ( 1403 -- 1472 ) ( 1439, 1463 ) Guillaume d'Estouteville ( 1403 -- 1483 ) ( 1439, 1472 ) Rodrigo Borgia ( 1431 -- 1503 ) ( 1456, 1483 ) Elected Pope Alexander VI in 1492 ) Oliviero Carafa ( 1430 -- 1511 ) ( 1467, 1492 ) Raffaele Riario ( 1461 -- 1521 ) ( 1477, 1511 ) Bernardino Lopez de Carvajal ( 1456 -- 1523 ) ( 1493, 1521 ) Francesco Soderini ( 1453 -- 1524 ) ( 1503, 1523 ) Niccolò Fieschi ( 1456 -- 1524 ) ( 1503, 1524 ) Alessandro Farnese ( 1468 -- 1549 ) ( 1493, 1524 ) Elected Pope Paul III in 1534 ) Giovanni Piccolomini ( 1475 -- 1537 ) ( 1517, 1535 ) Giovanni Domenico de Cupis ( 1493 -- 1553 ) ( 1517, 1537 ) Gian Pietro Carafa ( 1476 -- 1559 ) ( 1536, 1553 ) Elected Pope Paul IV in 1555 ) Jean du Bellay ( 1492 -- 1560 ) ( 1535, 1555 ) François de Tournon ( 1489 -- 1562 ) ( 1530, 1560 ) Rodolfo Pio de Carpi ( 1500 -- 1564 ) ( 1536, 1562 ) Francesco Pisani ( 1494 -- 1570 ) ( 1517, 1564 ) Giovanni Girolamo Morone ( 1509 -- 1580 ) ( 1542, 1570 ) Alessandro Farnese, juniore ( 1520 -- 1589 ) ( 1534, 1580 ) Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni ( 1519 -- 1591 ) ( 1560, 1589 ) Alfonso Gesualdo ( 1540 -- 1603 ) ( 1561, 1591 ) Tolomeo Gallio ( 1526 -- 1607 ) ( 1565, 1603 ) Domenico Pinelli ( 1541 -- 1611 ) ( 1585, 1607 ) Francois de Joyeuse ( 1562 -- 1615 ) ( 1583, 1611 ) Antonio Maria Galli ( 1553 -- 1620 ) ( 1586, 1615 ) Antonio Maria Sauli ( 1541 -- 1623 ) ( 1587, 1620 ) Francesco Maria del Monte ( 1549 -- 1626 ) ( 1588, 1623 ) Ottavio Bandini ( 1558 -- 1629 ) ( 1596, 1626 ) Giovanni Battista Deti ( 1576 -- 1630 ) ( 1599, 1629 ) Domenico Ginnasi ( 1550 -- 1639 ) ( 1604, 1630 ) Carlo Emmanuele Pio de Savoia, seniore ( 1585 -- 1641 ) ( 1604, 1639 ) Marcello Lante della Rovere ( 1561 -- 1652 ) ( 1606, 1641 ) Giulio Roma ( 1584 -- 1652 ) ( 1621, 1652 ) served less than 5 months Carlo de ' Medici ( 1595 -- 1666 ) ( 1615, 1652 ) Francesco Barberini, seniore ( 1597 -- 1679 ) ( 1623, 1666 ) Cesare Facchinetti ( 1608 -- 1683 ) ( 1643, 1680 ) Niccolò Albergati - Ludovisi ( 1608 -- 1687 ) ( 1645, 1683 ) Alderano Cybo ( 1613 -- 1700 ) ( 1645, 1687 ) Emmanuel -- Theodose de la Tour d'Auvergne de Bouillon ( 1643 -- 1715 ) ( 1669, 1700 ) Nicola Acciaiouli ( 1630 -- 1719 ) ( 1669, 1715 ) Fulvio Astalli ( 1655 -- 1721 ) ( 1686, 1719 ) Sebastiano Antonio Tanara ( 1650 -- 1724 ) ( 1695, 1721 ) Francesco del Giudice ( 1647 -- 1725 ) ( 1690, 1724 ) Fabrizio Paolucci ( 1651 -- 1726 ) ( 1697, 1725 ) Francesco Pignatelli 1635 ( 1652 -- 1734 ) ( 1703, 1726 ) Francesco Barberini ( 1662 -- 1738 ) ( 1690, 1734 ) Pietro Ottoboni ( 1667 -- 1740 ) ( 1689, 1738 ) Tommaso Ruffo ( 1663 -- 1753 ) ( 1706, 1740 ) Pierluigi Carafa ( 1677 -- 1755 ) ( 1728, 1753 ) Rainiero d'Elci ( 1670 -- 1761 ) ( 1737, 1755 ) Giuseppe Spinelli ( 1694 -- 1763 ) ( 1735, 1761 ) Carlo Alberto Guidoboni Cavalchini ( 1683 -- 1774 ) ( 1743, 1763 ) Gian Francesco Albani ( 1720 -- 1803 ) ( 1747, 1774 ) longest deanship Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart ( 1725 -- 1807 ) ( 1747, 1803 ) longest total cardinalate Leonardo Antonelli ( 1730 -- 1811 ) ( 1775, 1807 ) Alessandro Mattei ( 1744 -- 1820 ) ( 1779, 1814 ) vacancy caused by his exile by Napoleon Giulio Maria della Somaglia ( 1744 -- 1830 ) ( 1795, 1820 ) Bartolomeo Pacca ( 1756 -- 1844 ) ( 1801, 1830 ) Lodovico Micara ( 1775 -- 1847 ) ( 1824, 1844 ) Vincenzo Macchi ( 1770 -- 1860 ) ( 1826, 1847 ) Mario Mattei ( 1792 -- 1870 ) ( 1832, 1860 ) Costantino Patrizi Naro ( 1798 -- 1876 ) ( 1834, 1870 ) Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso ( 1796 -- 1878 ) ( 1837, 1877 ) Camillo di Pietro ( 1806 -- 1884 ) ( 1853, 1878 ) Carlo Sacconi ( 1808 -- 1889 ) ( 1861, 1884 ) Raffaele Monaco La Valletta ( 1827 -- 1896 ) ( 1868, 1889 ) Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano ( 1828 -- 1913 ) ( 1873, 1896 ) Serafino Vannutelli ( 1834 -- 1915 ) ( 1887, 1913 ) Vincenzo Vannutelli ( 1836 -- 1930 ) ( 1889, 1915 ) Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte ( 1851 -- 1948 ) ( 1911, 1930 ) Francesco Marchetti - Selvaggiani ( 1871 -- 1951 ) ( 1930, 1948 ) Eugène Tisserant ( 1884 -- 1972 ) ( 1936, 1951 ) Amleto Giovanni Cicognani ( 1883 -- 1973 ) ( 1958, 1972 ) Luigi Traglia ( 1895 -- 1977 ) ( 1960, 1974 ) Carlo Confalonieri ( 1893 -- 1986 ) ( 1958, 1977 ) Agnelo Rossi ( 1913 -- 1995 ) ( 1965, 1986, retired 1993 ) Bernardin Gantin ( 1922 -- 2008 ) ( 1977, 1993, retired 2002 ) Joseph Ratzinger ( born 1927 ) ( 1977, 2002 ) Elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 Angelo Sodano ( born 1927 ) ( 1991, 2005 ) References Jump up ^ Pope John Paul II ( 22 February 1996 ). `` Universi Dominici Gregis, art. 19 ''. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Archived from the original on 2007 - 05 - 06. Retrieved 2007 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ Canon 350, section 4 Jump up ^ For the first half of 12th century the source is Rudolf Hüls, Kardinäle, Klerus und Kirchen Roms : 1049 -- 1130, Tübingen 1977, p. 84, for the rest the respective biographical entries by S. Miranda, with corrections appearing from J.M. Brixius, Die Mitglieder des Kardinalkollegiums von 1130 -- 1181, Berlin 1912 ; Werner Maleczek, Papst und Kardinalskolleg von 1191 bis 1216, Vienna 1984 ; Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, Cardinali di curia e `` familiae '' cardinalizie dal 1227 al 1254, Padova 1972 ; and Richard Sternfeld, Der Kardinal Johann Gaetan Orsini ( Papst Nikolaus III. ) 1244 -- 1277, Berlin 1905, for 12 -- 13th centuries. Jump up ^ John F. Broderick, S.J., `` The Sacred College of Cardinals : Size and Geographical Composition ( 1099 -- 1986 ), '' Archivum Historiae Pontificiae, Vol. 25 ( 1987 ), pp. 7 - 71, at p. 9 note 6. And see : Edith Pasztor, `` Riforma della chiesa nel secolo XI e l'origine del Collegio dei Cardinali : Problemi e ricerche, '' in : Studio sul Medioevo cristiano offerti a Raffaello Morghen, II, ( Roma 1974 ), pp. 609 - 625, arguing that the College of Cardinals did not yet exist at the end of the 11th century. Without the existence of the College, of course, a Dean of the College of Cardinals would be impossible. Jump up ^ Joined the obedience of Antipope Anacletus II in 1130 Jump up ^ He joined the obedience of Antipope Victor IV in 1159 ( 1 ). Jump up ^ He was the only cardinal - bishop in the Roman obedience after 1397. Jump up ^ Former Pope Gregory XII of the Roman obedience Jump up ^ Former Pisan Antipope John XXIII Jump up ^ Although Pierre de Foix, bishop of Albano, was the most senior Cardinal - Bishop 1445 -- 64, he was omitted in filling the post of Dean of the Sacred College, because he resided outside the Roman Curia Jump up ^ Cardinal - bishop of Sabina. Former Antipope Felix V Jump up ^ This cardinal is not referred to as dean by S. Miranda but his occupation of that post appears from the order of seniority Jump up ^ He opted for the see of Ostia e Velletri in November 1503. From that time deans of the College of Cardinals usually opted for that see immediately after assuming that post, although few exceptions to this rule had occurred. Jump up ^ Cardinal - bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina. According to L. Pastor `` History of the Popes vol. XXXIV '', London 1941 p. 303 and Valérie Pirie `` The Triple Crown : An Account of the Papal Conclaves '' he was Dean of the Sacred College in the Papal conclave, 1730. Also G. Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico - ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni, vol. X, p. 15, affirms that he was dean of the Sacred College but never opted for the see of Ostia e Velletri. Jump up ^ Salvador Miranda indicates that Fabrizio Serbelloni was dean of the Sacred College 1774 -- 1775 ( 2 ), but according to G. Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico - ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorn vol. LXIV, p. 173, Serbelloni was named bishop of Ostia e Velletri on 18 April 1774 only for that reason, that Albani, who became dean at the death of Cavalchini, refused to resign the bishopric of Porto e Santa Rufina. However, Cardinal Albani eventually opted for the see of Ostia e Velletri after the death of Serbelloni in the following year Deans of the College of Cardinals R. d'Elci ( 1670 -- 1761 ) ( 1737, 1755 ) G. Spinelli ( 1694 -- 1763 ) ( 1735, 1761 ) C. Cavalchini ( 1683 -- 1774 ) ( 1743, 1763 ) G. Albani ( 1720 -- 1803 ) ( 1747, 1774 ) H. Stuart ( 1725 -- 1807 ) ( 1747, 1803 ) L. Antonelli ( 1730 -- 1811 ) ( 1775, 1807 ) A. Mattei ( 1744 -- 1820 ) ( 1779, 1814 ) G. della Somaglia ( 1744 -- 1830 ) ( 1795, 1820 ) B. Pacca ( 1756 -- 1844 ) ( 1801, 1830 ) L. Micara ( 1775 -- 1847 ) ( 1824, 1844 ) V. Macchi ( 1770 -- 1860 ) ( 1826, 1847 ) M. Mattei ( 1792 -- 1870 ) ( 1832, 1860 ) C. Naro ( 1798 -- 1876 ) ( 1834, 1870 ) L. di San Filippo e Sorso ( 1796 -- 1878 ) ( 1837, 1876 ) C. di Pietro ( 1806 -- 1884 ) ( 1853, 1878 ) C. Sacconi ( 1808 -- 1889 ) ( 1861, 1884 ) R. Monaco La Valletta ( 1827 -- 1896 ) ( 1868, 1889 ) L. Oreglia di Santo Stefano ( 1828 -- 1913 ) ( 1873, 1896 ) S. Vannutelli ( 1834 -- 1915 ) ( 1887, 1913 ) V. Vannutelli ( 1836 -- 1930 ) ( 1889, 1915 ) G. Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte ( 1851 -- 1948 ) ( 1911, 1930 ) F. Marchetti - Selvaggiani ( 1871 -- 1951 ) ( 1930, 1948 ) E. Tisserant ( 1884 -- 1972 ) ( 1936, 1951 ) A.G. Cicognani ( 1883 -- 1973 ) ( 1958, 1972 ) L. Traglia ( 1895 -- 1977 ) ( 1960, 1974 ) C. Confalonieri ( 1893 -- 1986 ) ( 1958, 1977 ) A. Rossi ( 1913 -- 1995 ) ( 1965, 1986 ) B. Gantin ( 1922 -- 2008 ) ( 1977, 1993 ) J. Ratzinger ( 1927 -- ) ( 1977, 2002 ) A. 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Question: who is the dean of the college of cardinals
Answer: Angelo Sodano