Index Paenitentiariorum Maiorum

Paenitentiarius Maior est praefectus Paenitentariae Apostolicae. Hi fuerunt paenitentiarii maiores:

Usque ad saeculum XVI
 Giovanni di San Paolo (ca. 1200–1216)
 Nicola de Romanis (1216–1219) 
 Thomas da Capua (1219–1239 vel 1243) 
 Hugo of Saint-Cher (ca.1245–1263)
 Guido Foucault (1263–1265) postea papa Clemens IV
 Henricus de Segusio (1266–1271)
 (1271–1273 – munus vacabat)
 Petrus de Tarantasia  (1273–1276) postea papa Innocentius V
 (1276–1279 – munus vacabat)
 Bentivenga de Bentivengis (1279–1289)
 Matteo di Aquasparta (1289–1302)
 Gentile Partino (1302–1305) 
 Berenger Fredoli (1306–1323)
 (1323–1327 – munus vacabat)
 Gauscelin de Jean (ca. 1327–1348)
 Stephanus Aubert (1348–1352) postea papa Innocentius VI
 Aegidius Albornotius (1352–1367)
Francesco degli Atti (propaenitentiarius maior ca. 1353–1361)
 Guillaume Bragose (propaenitentiarius maior  1361–1367, propaenitentiarius maior cardinalis 1367)
Galhardus de Boscoviridi (regens Apostolicae Paenitentiariae1367–1369)
 Etienne de Poissy (1369–1373)
 Jean du Cros (1373–1378Hij behield deze post in dienst van Avignon tot zijn dood in 1383. Hij werd opgevolgd door Pierre Amiel de Sarcenas (1383–89) en Pierre Girard (1394–1408).)
Giovanni d'Amelia (regens Apostolicae Paenitentiariae 1378)
 Eleazario da Sabrano (1378–1379)
Augustusin de Lanzano (regens Apostolicae Paenitentiariae 1379–1382)
 Luca Rodolfucci de Gentili (1382–1388)
Augustusin de Lanzano (regens Apostolicae Paenitentiariae 1388–1389)
 Niccolo Caracciolo Moschino (1389)
 Franciscus Carbone Tomacelli (1389–1405)
 Antonius Caetani (1405–1412)Tijdens het Concilie van Pisa behielden grootpenitentiariussen van beide richtingen (Rome en Avignon) hun functies en verdeelden de taken onderling. Zie: William J. Kubelbeck, The Sacred Penitentiaria and Its Relations to Faculties of Ordinaries and Priests, 2004, p. 16
 Petrus Girard (1409–1415)
 Giovanni Dominici (1408Hij was van 1408–1415 grootpenitentiarius van Paus Gregorius XII (Rome). Het Concilie van Konstanz benoemde hem in die functie na de dood van Pierre Girard in 1415/1415–1419)
 Giordano Orsini (1419–1438)
 Nicolaus de Albergatis (1438–1443)
 Iulianus Cesarini (1444)
 Ioannes Berardi (1444–1449)
 Dominicus Capranica (1449–1458)
 Philippus Calandrini (1459–1476)
 Iulianus della Rovere (1476–1503) postea papa Iulius II

Saeculi XVI
 Petrus Ludovicus de Borja-Lanzol de Romaní (1503–1511)
 Leonardus Grosso della Rovere (1511–1520)
 Laurentius Pucci (1520–1529)
 Antonius Pucci (1529–1544)
 Robertus Pucci (1545–1547)
 Ranuccio Farnese, SMHOM (1547–1565)
 Carolus Borromaeus (1565–1572)
 Ioannes Aldobrandini (1572–1573)
 Stanislaus Hozjusz (1574–1579)
 Philippus Boncompagni (1579–1586)
 Ippolitus Aldobrandini (1586–1592) postea papa Clemens VIII
 Iulius Antonius Santori (1592–1602)

Saeculi XVII
 Petrus Aldobrandini (1602–1605)
 Cinzio Passeri Aldobrandini (1605–1610)
 Scipio Caffarelli-Borghese (1610–1633)
 Antonius Marcellus Barberini, OFMCap (1633–1646)
 Oratius Giustiniani, CO (1647–1649)
 Nicolaus Albergati-Ludovisi (1650–1687)
 Leandro Colloredo, CO (1688–1709)

Saeculi XVIII
 Fabritius Paolucci, propaenitentiarius maior (1709–1710); cardinalis paenitentiarius maior (1710–1721)
 Bernardus Maria Conti, OSB Cas. (1721–1730)
 Vincentius Petra, propaenitentiarius maior (1730); cardinalis paenitentiarius maior (1730–1747)
 Ioachimus Besozzi, OCist (1747–1755)
 Antonius Andreas Galli, CSsR (1755–1767)
 Ioannes Carolus Boschi (1767–1788)
 Franciscus Xaverius Zelada (1788–1801)

Saeculi XIX
 Leonardus Antonelli (1801–1811)
 Micheal di Pietro (1811–1821)
 Franciscus Xaverius Castiglioni (1821–1829), postea papa Pius VIII
 Emmanuel de Gregorio (1829–1839)
 Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli (1839–1852)
 Gabriel Ferretti (1852–1860)
 Antonius Maria Cagiano de Azevedo (1860–1867)
 Antonius Maria Panebianco, OFM Conv (1867–1877)
 Ludovicus Bilio, CRSP (1877–1884)
 Raphael Monaco La Valletta (1884–1896)
 Isidorus Verga (1896–1899)

Saeculi XX
Serafino Vannutelli (20 Novembris 1899 – 19 Augusti 1915)
Gulielmus Marinus de Rossum, C.Ss.R. (1 Octobris 1915 – 12 Martii 1918)
Oreste Giorgi (12 Martii 1918 – 30 Decembris 1924)
Andreas Franciscus Frühwirth, O.P. (8 Ianuarii 1925 – 31 Iulii 1927)
Laurentius Lauri (31 Iulii 1927 – 8 Octobris 1941)
Nicolaus Canali (15 Octobris 1941 – 3 Augusti 1961)
Arcadius Maria Larraona Saralegui, CMF (13 Augusti 1961 – 2 Februarii 1962)
Fernandus Cento (12 Februarii 1962 – 7 Aprilis 1967)
Iosephus Antonius Ferretto (7 Aprilis 1967 – 1 Martii 1973)
Iosephus Paupini (21 Martii 1973 – 8 Aprilis 1984)
Ludovicus Dadaglio (propaenitentiarius maior : 8 Aprilis 1984 – 27 Maii 1985; cardinalis paenitentiarius maior : 27 Maii 1985 – 6 Aprilis 1990)
Gulielmus Wakefield Baum (6 Aprilis 1990 – 11 Novembris 2001)

Saeculi XXI
Ludovicus de Magistris (Propaenitentiarius Maior : 22 Novembris 2001 – 4 Octobris 2003)
Iacobus Franciscus Stafford (4 Octobris 2003 – 2 Iunii 2009)
Fortunatus Baldelli (Propaenitentiarius Maior : 2 Iunii 2009 – 20 Novembris 2010; Cardinalis Paenitentiarius Maior: 20 Novembris 2010 – 5 Ianuarii 2012)
 Manuel Monteiro de Castro (a die 5 Ianuarii 2012)

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