GOVERNOR OF VATICAN CITY

The 'Governor (''Governatore'' in Italian) of Vatican City' is concurrently the 'President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State' and sometimes called the 'Mayor of Vatican City' (though it is a miniature state enclaved in Rome, not a municipality).
He is the state's de facto head of government acting with the powers of a premier or prime minister, administering Vatican City on behalf of its sovereign but essentially ecclesiastic head of state, the Pope.
The current Governor is Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, who succeeded the American Cardinal Edmund Cardinal Szoka upon the latter's resignation in 2006. Prior to Cardinal Szoka's tenure, the Governatorate was vacant since the death of Camillo Serafini in 1952.

Contents

List of Governors

See also

List of Governors

★ Camillo Serafini (1929–1952)

★ Edmund Cardinal Szoka (1997–2006)

★ Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo (2006–present)

See also

★ Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State