Tarcisio Bertone

Cardinal of the Catholic Church

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Born 1934
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He held the keys when Benedict XVI stepped down — the Cardinal Secretary of State who became temporary administrator of the Holy See during the sede vacante of 2013, running the smallest state on earth for thirteen days between popes.

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Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone was born 2 December 1934 in Italy and rose through the Vatican's diplomatic and doctrinal ranks: Archbishop of Vercelli from 1991, then Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, then Archbishop of Genoa from 2002. Made cardinal in 2003, he became Cardinal Secretary of State in 2006 — the Holy See's chief diplomat and Benedict XVI's right hand. As Camerlengo from 2007 to 2014, he managed the interregnum after Benedict's resignation on 28 February 2013, serving as acting head of state of Vatican City until the conclave elected Francis thirteen da…

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