Catholic priest
Pietro Parolin.
Italian Roman Catholic priest, cardinal and Secretary of State of the Holy See (1955-)
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About Pietro Parolin
Pietro Parolin is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013, and has served as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal.
Everything about Pietro Parolin →- Occupation
- Catholic priest, diplomat, archbishop, secretary
- Position held
- secretary of state, cardinal priest, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela, Titular archbishop of Aquipendium
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Born
- January 17, 1955