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Cardinal Pietro Parolin
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Cardinal Pietro Parolin
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

Cardinal Pietro Parolin

Italian, 1955
Secretary of State (15 October 2013 - present)
Pietro Parolin (born 17 January 1955) is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He has served as the Secretary of State since 15 October 2013. He was elevated to the cardinalate in the consistory that occurred on 22 February 2014.