camerlengo
noun
cam·er·len·go
ˌka-mər-ˈleŋ-(ˌ)gō 
plural camerlengos
: a cardinal who heads the Apostolic Camera
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The camerlengo has no role or duties if the pope is merely sick or otherwise incapacitated.
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Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
Silvio Orlando returns as Cardinal Angelo Voiello, the Holy See’s camerlengo and secretary of state.
—Mark Dawidziak, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2020
Francis later appointed Tauran as camerlengo, the symbolically important official who runs the Vatican during the period between the death or resignation of one pope and the election of another.
—Nicole Winfield, Fox News, 6 July 2018
Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
Silvio Orlando returns as Cardinal Angelo Voiello, the Holy See’s camerlengo and secretary of state.
—Mark Dawidziak, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2020
Francis later appointed Tauran as camerlengo, the symbolically important official who runs the Vatican during the period between the death or resignation of one pope and the election of another.
—Nicole Winfield, Fox News, 6 July 2018
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“Camerlengo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camerlengo. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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