Dominique Mamberti


Dominique Mamberti
Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
Protodeacon of the College of Cardinals
Mamberti in 2010
Appointed8 November 2014
PredecessorRaymond Leo Burke
Other post(s)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination20 September 1981
by Jean-Charles Thomas
Consecration3 July 2002
by Angelo Sodano
Created cardinal14 February 2015
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal-deacon
Personal details
Born
Dominique François Joseph Mamberti

(1952-03-07) 7 March 1952
NationalityFrench
DenominationRoman Catholic
MottoEritis mihi testes
You shall be My witnesses
Coat of arms
Ordination history of
Dominique Mamberti
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byJean-Charles Thomas
Date20 September 1981
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorAngelo Sodano
Co-consecratorsRobert Sarah André Jean René Lacrampe
Date3 July 2002
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
Date14 February 2015
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Dominique Mamberti as principal consecrator
Luis Mariano Montemayor6 August 2008
Gerardo Antonazzo8 April 2013
Styles of
Dominique Francois Mamberti
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal

Dominique François Joseph Mamberti (French: [dɔminik mɑ̃bɛʁti]; born 7 March 1952) is a French Catholic prelate who has served as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura since 2014. He was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2015. In 2025, serving as the cardinal protodeacon, he was responsible for announcing the election of Pope Leo XIV from the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica following the 2025 papal conclave.