Dean of the College of Cardinals

The dean of the College of Cardinals () is in charge over the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. They are the primus inter pares (first among equals). The position was created in the early 12th century. He always holds the rank of a cardinal bishop
The dean is often, but not always, the longest-serving member of the whole College.
In 2019, upon accepting Cardinal Angelo Sodano's resignation as dean of the College of Cardinals, Pope Francis made it that the dean would serve a five-year term that may be renewed once.
List
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)
Niccolo 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)
Francois 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)
Niccolo 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)
Eugene 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 (1927-2022) (1991, 2005, retired 2019)
Giovanni Battista Re (born 1934) (2001, 2020)
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