| Diplomatic posts |
| Preceded byMarco Dino Brogi OFM | Apostolic Delegate to Somalia 18 May 2002 – 15 January 2004 | Succeeded byRamiro Moliner Inglés |
| Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan 18 May 2002 – 15 September 2006 | Succeeded byLeo Boccardi |
| Preceded bySilvano Maria Tomasi | Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea 19 February 2004 – 15 September 2006 |
| Political offices |
| Preceded byGiovanni Lajolo | Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See 15 September 2006 – 8 November 2014 | Succeeded byPaul Richard Gallagher |
| Catholic Church titles |
| New titleTitular see established | — TITULAR — Archbishop of Sagone 18 May 2002 – 14 February 2015 | Succeeded byPaolo Rocco Gualtieri |
| Preceded byRaymond Leo Burke | Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura 8 November 2014 – present | Incumbent |
| Preceded byFiorenzo Angelini | Cardinal-Deacon of Santo Spirito in Sassia 14 February 2015 – present |
| Preceded byRenato Martino | Cardinal Protodeacon 28 October 2024 – present |