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==== Cardinal protodeacon ====

The cardinal protodeacon is the senior cardinal deacon in order of appointment to the College of Cardinals. If he is a cardinal elector and participates in a conclave, he [[Habemus Papam|announces a new pope's election]] and name{{efn|The cardinal protodeacon does not announce a new pope's name until the pope elect has been ordained a bishop.<ref>Ap. Const. [https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_22021996_universi-dominici-gregis_en.html Universi Dominici Gregis, No. 89] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506074146/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_22021996_universi-dominici-gregis_en.html |date=6 May 2007 }}.</ref>}} from the central balcony of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in [[Vatican City]]. The protodeacon also bestows the [[pallium]] on the new pope and crowns him with the [[papal tiara]], although the crowning has not been celebrated since Pope John Paul I opted for a simpler papal inauguration ceremony in 1978.<ref>"Acting in the place of the Roman Pontiff, he also confers the pallium upon [[Metropolitan bishop#Roman Catholic|metropolitan bishops]] or gives the pallium to their proxies." [https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P19.HTM Canon 355 §2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203041419/https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P19.HTM |date=3 December 2010 }}.</ref> The current cardinal protodeacon is [[Dominique Mamberti]].<ref name="MartinoDies">{{Cite web |title=Cardinal Martino, former Vatican envoy to U.N. dies at 91 - Catholic Review |agency=Catholic News Service |work=Catholic Review |date=28 October 2024 |access-date=28 April 2025 |url= https://catholicreview.org/cardinal-martino-former-vatican-envoy-to-u-n-dies-at-91/}}</ref>