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Tarcisio Bertone | |
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| Cardinal Secretary of State Emeritus | |
 Bertone in 2010 | |
| Appointed | 15 September 2006 |
| Term ended | 15 October 2013 |
| Predecessor | Angelo Sodano |
| Successor | Pietro Parolin |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (2008–present) |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1 July 1960 by Albino Mensa |
| Consecration | 1 August 1991 by Albino Mensa |
| Created cardinal | 21 October 2003 by John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone 2 December 1934 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | Salesian Pontifical University (JCD) |
| Motto | Fidem custodire, concordiam servare (Protect faith, preserve unity) |
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| Styles of Tarcisio Bertone | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Frascati (Suburbicarian) |
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone SDB (born 2 December 1934) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a Vatican diplomat. A cardinal since 2003, he served as Archbishop of Vercelli from 1991 to 1995, as Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop of Genoa from 2002 to 2006, and as Cardinal Secretary of State from 2006 to 2013. On 10 May 2008, he was named Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati.
Bertone served as Camerlengo from 2007 to 2014. In the period between Pope Benedict XVI's resignation on 28 February 2013 and the election of Pope Francis on 13 March 2013, he served temporarily as the administrator of the Holy See and acting head of state of the Vatican City State. He was considered a contender to succeed Benedict XVI.[1]
Besides his native Italian, Bertone speaks fluent French, Spanish, German and Portuguese. He has some knowledge of English, although he is not fluent, and he can read Polish, Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
- ^ "Staking a wager on the next pope". CNN. 28 February 2013.