RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pietro Parolin

1955 - Today

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Pietro Parolin (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro paroˈlin], Venetian: [paɾoˈliŋ]; born 17 January 1955) is an Italian Catholic prelate who served as the Vatican's Secretary of State from 2013 to 2025, and has served as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. Before his tenure as secretary of state, Parolin worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See for 30 years, where his assignments included terms in Nigeria, Mexico and Venezuela, as well as more than six years as Undersecretary of State for Relations with States. Parolin set the Vatican's foreign policy stances under Pope Francis. Parolin was one of the primary architects of the Vatican's 2018 agreement with China, which allows the pope to approve and veto bishops approved by the Chinese Communist Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Pietro Parolin is the 796th most popular religious figure (up from 976th in 2019), the 1,101st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,412th in 2019) and the 273rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pietro Parolin ranks 796 out of 3,187. Before him are Athenagoras of Athens, Anastasius of Persia, Hippolytus of Rome, Nicholas of Flüe, Eutyches, and Archduke Rudolf of Austria. After him are Isidore the Laborer, Paul of Samosata, Gemma Galgani, Basilides, Peter Chrysologus, and Papias of Hierapolis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Pietro Parolin ranks 47. Before him are Billy Bob Thornton, Shoko Asahara, Martin Schulz, Roland Emmerich, Brendan Gleeson, and Gary Sinise. After him are Haitham bin Tariq, Denis Mukwege, François Cluzet, Björn Andrésen, Philippe Troussier, and Zucchero Fornaciari.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Parolin ranks 1,101 out of 5,161. Before him are Michele Ferrero (1925), Lucius Aelius (101), Chiara Lubich (1920), Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691), Ascanio Sobrero (1812), and Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788). After him are Ira von Fürstenberg (1940), Palma Vecchio (1480), Francesco Morosini (1619), Paolo Conte (1937), Gemma Galgani (1878), and Giovanni Segantini (1858).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pietro Parolin ranks 273. Before him are Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti (1774), Gerard of Csanád (980), Giovanni Battista Re (1934), Augustine of Canterbury (510), Hippolytus of Rome (170), and Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788). After him are Gemma Galgani (1878), Peter Chrysologus (380), Giuseppe Moscati (1880), Tatiana of Rome (200), Romano Guardini (1885), and Saint Maurus (512).

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