Tarcisio Bertone

His Eminence Tarcisio Bertone SDB
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)
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 (1934-12-02) 2 December 1934 (age 89) Romano Canavese, Kingdom of Italy
Nationality	Italian
Previous post(s)	Archbishop of Vercelli (1991–1995) Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1995–2002) Archbishop of Genoa (2002–2006) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana (2003–2008) Cardinal Secretary of State (2006–2013) Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (2007–2014)
Alma mater	Salesian Pontifical University (JCD)
Motto	Fidem custodire, concordiam servare (Protect faith, preserve unity)
Signature
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Styles of Tarcisio Bertone
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.