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{{Short description|Vatican City legislative body}}
{{Infobox legislature
|name           = Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
|coa_pic        = Coat of arms of the Vatican City.svg
|session_room   = Vatikan-Regierungspalast.jpg
|house_type     = Unicameral
|leader1_type   = President
|leader1        = Fernando Vérgez Alzaga
|election1      = 1 October 2021
|structure1     = 
|structure1_res  = 
|members        = 8
|voting_system1 = Appointment by the [[Religion:Pope|Pope]]
|last_election1 = 11 July 2018{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
|meeting_place  = Palace of the Governorate
|website        = {{oweb|http://www.vaticanstate.va/}}
}}
The '''Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State''' ({{lang-la|Pontificia Commissio pro Civitate Vaticana}}, {{lang-it|Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano}}) is the legislative body of [[Religion:Vatican City|Vatican City]].<ref name="fundamental" /> It consists of a president, who also holds the title of '''President of the Governorate of Vatican City State''' and serves as the [[Social:Head of government|head of government]] of Vatican City, as well as seven other [[Religion:Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinals]] appointed by the [[Religion:Pope|pope]] for five-year terms.<ref name="fundamental">{{cite web | url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/NR/rdonlyres/3F574885-EAD5-47E9-A547-C3717005E861/2522/FundamentalLaw1.pdf | title=Fundamental Law of Vatican City State | author=Pope John Paul II |  date=26 November 2000 | access-date=12 August 2007 | publisher=Vatican City State | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226203911/http://www.vaticanstate.va/NR/rdonlyres/3F574885-EAD5-47E9-A547-C3717005E861/2522/FundamentalLaw1.pdf | archive-date=26 February 2008 }}</ref>

The Pontifical Commission was created in 1939 by Pius XII. Laws and regulations proposed by the Commission must be submitted to the Pope through the Secretariat of State prior to being made public and taking effect.<ref name="fundamental" /> Laws, regulations, and instructions enacted by the Commission are published in the ''Acta Apostolicae Sedis''.<ref name="bodies">{{cite web | url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/StateDepartments/Legislative_and_executive_bodies.htm | title=Legislative and executive bodies | publisher=Vatican City State | access-date=12 August 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041035/http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/StateDepartments/Legislative_and_executive_bodies.htm | archive-date=27 September 2007 }}</ref>

== Current members ==
===Current===
As of May 2023, the president and the members are:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Position
!Name<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/stato-governo/struttura-del-governatorato/organi-di-governo.html|title=Organi di Governo|website=www.vaticanstate.va|access-date=2023-05-25}}</ref>
!Country
!Other positions
|-
|President
|Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C.
|<small>{{Flagicon|Spain}} Spain</small>
|<small>President of the Governorate of Vatican City State</small>
|-
| rowspan="7" |Members
|Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell
|<small>{{Flagicon|United States}} United States</small>
|<small>Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church</small><br><small>Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life</small>
|-
|Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi
|<small>{{Flagicon|Italy}} Italy</small>
|<small>Archbishop of L'Aquila</small>
|-
|Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko
|<small>{{Flagicon|Poland}} Poland</small>
|<small>Archpriest of Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore</small>
|-
|Cardinal Leonardo Sandri
|<small>{{Flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina</small>
|[[Religion:Congregation for the Oriental Churches|<small>Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches</small>]]
|-
|Cardinal Arthur Roche
|<small>{{Flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom</small>
|<small>Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments</small>
|-
|Cardinal Mauro Gambetti
|<small>{{Flagicon|Italy}} Italy</small>
|<small>[[Religion:Vicar General for Vatican City|Vicar General for Vatican City]]<br>President of the Fabric of Saint Peter</small>
|-
|Sister Raffaella Petrini
|<small>{{Flagicon|Italy}} Italy</small>
|<small> Secretary-General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State</small>
|}

== President ==
In addition to his legislative role, the President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, who since 1 October 2021 has been Archbishop Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, has been delegated executive authority by the Pope for Vatican City, as the president of the Governorate of Vatican City State. As a senior member of the Roman Curia, the president is usually a cardinal of the [[Organization:Catholic Church|Catholic Church]].<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 8 January 2022 | language = it | url = https://www.avvenire.it/chiesa/pagine/morto-il-cardinale-lvarez-martnez-96enne-pastore-emerito-di-toledo-i-porp | work = Avvenire | date = 6 January 2022 | title = Morto il cardinale Álvarez Martínez, 96enne pastore emerito di Toledo | first = Gianni | last = Cardinale }}</ref>

During a sede vacante, the term of the president ends, as do most other offices in the Curia. However, the holder of the office prior to the death or resignation of the Pope becomes a member of the Commission that handles some of the functions of the [[Social:Head of state|head of state]] until a new pope can be chosen, along with the former Cardinal Secretary of State and the Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_22021996_universi-dominici-gregis_en.html|title=Universi Dominici Gregis|author=Pope John Paul II|date=22 February 1996|access-date=12 October 2007}}</ref>

===Governor of the Vatican City State===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 50%;"
! width="2%" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! width="80px" |Image
! width="20%" |Name<br><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
! Term
! Length of term
|-
|1
| [[File:Camillo Serafini.png|80px]]
| Marquis<br>'''Camillo Serafini'''<br><small>(1864–1952)</small>
| 11 February 1929 – 21 March 1952
| {{age in years and days|11 February 1929|21 March 1952}}
|}

===Presidents of the Governorate of Vatican City State===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 50%;"
! width="2%" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! width="80px" |Image
! width="20%" |Name<br><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
! Term
! Length of term
|-
|1
| [[File:Nicola Canali – 1914.jpg|80px]]
| '''Nicola Canali'''<br><small>(1874–1961)</small>
| 20 March 1939 – 3 August 1961
| {{age in years and days|20 March 1939|3 August 1961}}
|-
|2
| [[File:CICOGNANI AMLETO GIOVANNI (+1973).jpg|80px]]
| '''Amleto Giovanni Cicognani'''<br><small>(1883–1973)</small>
| 12 August 1961 – 30 April 1969
| {{age in years and days|12 August 1961|30 April 1969}}
|-
|3
| [[File:Jean-Marie Villot 1978.jpg|80px]]
| '''Jean-Marie Villot'''<br><small>(1905–1979)</small>
| 2 May 1969 – 9 March 1979
| {{age in years and days|2 May 1969|9 March 1979}}
|-
|4
| [[File:Agostino Casaroli 1 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''Agostino Casaroli'''<br><small>(1914–1998)</small>
| 28 April 1979 – 8 April 1984
| {{age in years and days|28 April 1979|8 April 1984}}
|-
|5
| [[File:Cardinale-sebastiano-baggio.jpg|80px]]
| '''Sebastiano Baggio'''<br><small>(1913–1993)</small>
| 8 April 1984 – 31 October 1990
| {{age in years and days|8 April 1984|31 October 1990}}
|-
|6
|
| '''Rosalio Lara'''<br><small>(1922–2007)</small>
| 31 October 1990 – 15 October 1997
| {{age in years and days|31 October 1990|15 October 1997}}
|-
|7
|
| '''Edmund Szoka'''<br><small>(1927–2014)</small>
| 15 October 1997 – 15 September 2006
| {{age in years and days|15 October 1997|15 September 2006}}
|-
|8
| [[File:Card. Giovanni Lajolo.jpg|80px]]
| '''Giovanni Lajolo'''<br><small>(born 1935)</small>
| 15 September 2006 – 1 October 2011
| {{age in years and days|15 September 2006|1 October 2011}}
|-
|9
| [[File:Giuseppe Bertello 2016.jpg|80px]]
| '''Giuseppe Bertello'''<br><small>(born 1942)</small>
| 1 October 2011 – 1 October 2021
| {{age in years and days|1 October 2011|1 October 2021}}
|-
|10
| [[File:Fernando Vérgez Alzaga.jpg|80px]]
| '''Fernando Vérgez Alzaga'''<br><small>(born 1945)</small>
| 1 October 2021 – present
| {{age in years and days|1 October 2021|{{Date}}}}
|}

== Governorate of Vatican City State ==
The President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State also serves as the [[Social:Head of government|head of government]] of Vatican City, the president of the '''Governorate of Vatican City State''', an office that is distinct from the former title of Governor of Vatican City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en/stato-e-governo/struttura-del-governatorato/presidenza.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313232814/http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en/stato-e-governo/struttura-del-governatorato/presidenza.html |archive-date=13 March 2013 |title=Presidency of the Governorate of Vatican City State}}</ref> In addition to his legislative role, the President is delegated executive authority for Vatican City by the Pope.<ref name="fundamental law">{{cite web| url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/NR/rdonlyres/3F574885-EAD5-47E9-A547-C3717005E861/2522/FundamentalLaw1.pdf | title=Fundamental Law of Vatican City State | date=26 November 2000 | author=Pope John Paul II |  access-date=11 October 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226203911/http://www.vaticanstate.va/NR/rdonlyres/3F574885-EAD5-47E9-A547-C3717005E861/2522/FundamentalLaw1.pdf | archive-date=26 February 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/StateDepartments/Legislative_and_executive_bodies.htm | title=Legislative and Executive Bodies | publisher=Office of the President of Vatican City State | year=2007 | access-date=11 October 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041035/http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/StateDepartments/Legislative_and_executive_bodies.htm | archive-date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> Administrations and departments of Vatican City's government, including the [[Religion:Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City|Corpo della Gendarmeria]], the Vatican Observatory, the [[Organization:Vatican Museums|Vatican Museums]], and the Department of Pontifical Villas, which administers Castel Gandolfo, report to the Governorate.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/Structure_Governorate/Administrations_and_Central_Offices.htm | title=Administrations and Central Offices | publisher=Office of the President of Vatican City State | access-date=11 October 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023001914/http://www.vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/Structure_Governorate/Administrations_and_Central_Offices.htm | archive-date=23 October 2007 }}</ref>

The functions of the Governorate include:
* Legal office
* Office for Personnel
* Office for Civil Records
* Archives
* Accounting Office
* Numismatic and Philatelic office
* Post and Telegraph office
* Shipping office
* Police Department ([[Religion:Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City|Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City]])
* Tourist Information Office
* Department of Museums and Galleries ([[Organization:Vatican Museums|Vatican Museums]])
* Department of Economic Services
* Department of Technical Services
*Vatican Observatory
*Castel Gandolfo
* Office for Archeological Research

==See also==
*Index of Vatican City-related articles
*[[Religion:Politics of Vatican City|Politics of Vatican City]]
*Pontifical Commission

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/stato-governo/struttura-del-governatorato/organi-di-governo.html Vatican City State]
*[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/romancuria/dv1.htm GCatholic.org]


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