Archivists of The Holy Roman Church
- Agostino Ciasca (19 May 1891 – 4 July 1893)
- Luigi Galimberti (25 June 1894 – 7 May 1896)
- Francesco Segna (4 July 1896 – 13 January 1908)
- Francesco Salesio Della Volpe (26 October 1908 – 26 January 1911)
- Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (1912 – 16 December 1913)
- Francesco di Paola Cassetta (14 February 1914–1917)
- Francis Aidan Gasquet (28 November 1917 – 5 April 1929)
- Franz Ehrle (17 April 1929 – 31 March 1934)
- Giovanni Mercati (15 June 1936 – 23 August 1957)
- Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant (14 September 1957 – 27 March 1971)
- Antonio Samore (25 January 1974 – 3 February 1983)
- Alfons Stickler (8 September 1983 – 1 July 1988)
- Antonio María Javierre Ortas (1 July 1988 – 24 January 1992)
- Luigi Poggi (9 April 1992 – 7 March 1998)
- Jorge María Mejía (7 March 1998 – 24 November 2003)
- Jean-Louis Tauran (24 November 2003 – 1 September 2007)
- Raffaele Farina (1 September 2007 – 9 June 2012)
- Jean-Louis Bruguès (since 26 June 2012)
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