Paul Marcinkus

The Most Reverend

Paul Marcinkus
The Most Reverend; Paul Marcinkus
Pro-President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	September 26, 1981
Term ended	October 30, 1990
Predecessor	Sergio Guerri
Successor	None; position abolished
Previous post(s)	President, Institute for Works of Religion (1971–1989); Secretary, Administrative Section, Institute for Works of Religion (1969–1971); Titular Archbishop of Horta (1969–2006);
Orders
Ordination	May 3, 1947; by Samuel Alphonsus Stritch
Consecration	January 6, 1969; by Pope Paul VI
Personal details
Born	Paul Casimir Marcinkus; January 15, 1922; Cicero, Illinois, United States
Died	February 20, 2006 (aged 84); Sun City, Arizona, United States
Alma mater	Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary; University of Saint Mary of the Lake; Pontifical Gregorian University; Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy;
Motto	Servite Dominum cum Laetitia

Paul Casimir Marcinkus GCOIH (/mɑːrˈsɪŋkəs/; January 15, 1922 – February 20, 2006) was an American archbishop of the Catholic Church and president of the Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican Bank, from 1971 to 1989.^[1]

^ Fox, Margalit (February 22, 2006). "Archbishop Marcinkus, 84, Banker at the Vatican, Dies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 11, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2021.