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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The 2024 edition of the Vatican yearbook has inserted “Patriarch of the West” as one of the historical titles of the pope.
In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI dropped “Patriarch of the West” from his official titles listed in the Annuario Pontificio, the Vatican yearbook. Vatican officials at the time said the title was removed because it was theologically imprecise and historically obsolete.
In 2019, Pope Francis had all the remaining titles, except for “Bishop of Rome,” moved to another page, and in the 2020 edition of the Annuario they were listed as “historic titles.”
The titles labeled historic were: “Vicar of Jesus Christ. Successor of the Prince of the Apostles. Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church. Primate of Italy. Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Province of Rome. Sovereign of Vatican City State. Servant of the Servants of God.”
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In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI dropped “Patriarch of the West” from his official titles listed in the Annuario Pontificio, the Vatican yearbook. Vatican officials at the time said the title was removed because it was theologically imprecise and historically obsolete.
In 2019, Pope Francis had all the remaining titles, except for “Bishop of Rome,” moved to another page, and in the 2020 edition of the Annuario they were listed as “historic titles.”
The titles labeled historic were: “Vicar of Jesus Christ. Successor of the Prince of the Apostles. Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church. Primate of Italy. Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Province of Rome. Sovereign of Vatican City State. Servant of the Servants of God.”
Reinstating ‘Patriarch of the West‘
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An ancient papal title returns to the Vatican yearbook
The 2024 Annuario, which went on sale in early April, inserted "Patriarch of the West" after "Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church."
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