Mariano Rampolla

His Eminence

Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro
His Eminence; Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro
Official of the Congregation of the Holy Office
	1900 portrait
Appointed	30 December 1908
Term ended	23 February 1910
Predecessor	Giuseppe Pizzardo
Successor	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere; Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano; Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives;
Previous post(s)	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission (1902–1908); Secretary of the Secretariat of State (1887–1908); Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1882–1887); Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa (1882–1887);
Orders
Ordination	1866
Consecration	8 December 1882; by Edward Henry Howard
Created cardinal	14 March 1887; by Pope Leo XIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro; 17 August 1843; Polizzi Generosa, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died	16 December 1913 (aged 70); Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Denomination	Latin Catholic
Coat of arms

Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (17 August 1843 – 16 December 1913) was an Italian Cardinal in the Catholic Church, and the last man to have his candidacy for papal election vetoed through jus exclusivae by a Catholic monarch.

Rampolla is in the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis.