Pietro Parolin

His Eminence Pietro Parolin OMRI
Cardinal Secretary of State
Parolin in 2021
Appointed	15 October 2013
Predecessor	Tarcisio Bertone
Successor	TBD
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela Member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela (2009–2013) Titular Archbishop of Aquipendium (2009–2014)
Orders
Ordination	27 April 1980 by Arnoldo Onisto
Consecration	12 September 2009 by Benedict XVI
Created cardinal	22 February 2014 by Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Born	(1955-01-17) 17 January 1955 (age 70) Schiavon, Veneto, Italy
Denomination	Catholic
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
Motto	Quis nos separabit a caritate Christi? Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
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Pietro Parolin OMRI (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro paroˈlin], Venetian: [paɾoˈliŋ]; born 17 January 1955) is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and 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.^[1] During the 2025 papal conclave, Parolin was considered papabile, a leading candidate to succeed Francis.