In the Catholic Church, a member of the clergy who is created a cardinal is assigned a titular church in Rome, Italy. These are Catholic churches in the city, within the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Rome, that serve as honorary designations signifying the relationship between cardinals and the pope, the bishop of Rome. According to the Code of Canon Law, a cardinal may assist his titular church through counsel or patronage, although "he has no power of governance over it, and he should not for any reason interfere in matters concerning the administration of its good, or its discipline, or the service of the church".
There are two ranks of titular churches: titles and deaconries. A title () is a titular church that is assigned to a cardinal priest, whereas a deaconry () is normally assigned to a cardinal deacon. A cardinal may request that he be transferred to another titular church in a consistory; in addition, when a cardinal deacon opts to become a cardinal priest (usually after ten years), he may request either that his deaconry be elevated pro hac vice ('for this occasion') to a title or that he be transferred from his deaconry to a vacant title. Occasionally, a titular church may be retained in commendam ('in trust') by a cardinal who has been transferred to another titular church or a suburbicarian diocese.
If a cardinal priest or a cardinal deacon is later made a cardinal bishop, he may be transferred from his deaconry or titular church and assigned the title of a suburbicarian diocese in the vicinity of Rome. The only cardinals who are assigned neither a titular church nor the title of a suburbicarian diocese are patriarchs of Eastern Catholic Churches: their respective patriarchates are considered to be their titles.
there are 255 extant titular churches, 184 of which are titles and 71 of which are deaconries, and 7 suburbicarian dioceses. Currently, 23 titular churches (15 titles and 8 deaconries) are vacant. The tables below also indicate the 58 titular churches (45 titles and 13 deaconries) that are designated as basilicas.
Titles there are 184 titles, fifteen of which are vacant.
Title Cardinal Since References Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (basilica) Vacant on the death of Camillo Ruini Sant'Agostino (basilica) Jean-Pierre Ricard Sant'Alberto Magno Virgilio do Carmo da Silva Santi Ambrogio e Carlo (basilica) Vacant on the death of Dionigi Tettamanzi Sant'Anastasia (basilica) Vacant on the death of Eugenio Dal Corso Sant'Andrea al Quirinale Odilo Pedro Scherer Sant'Andrea della Valle (basilica) Dieudonné Nzapalainga Sant'Andrea delle Fratte (basilica) Ennio Antonelli Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio Francesco Montenegro Sant'Angela Merici Sigitas Tamkevičius Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana (basilica) Américo Aguiar Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana Jean Zerbo Sant'Antonio in Campo Marzio Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente Santi Aquila e Priscilla Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez Sant'Atanasio Vacant on the death of Lucian Mureșan Sant'Atanasio a Via Tiburtina Gabriel Zubeir Wako Santa Balbina (basilica) Vacant on the transfer of Péter Erdő San Bartolomeo all'Isola (basilica) Blase Joseph Cupich Beata Maria Vergine Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires Vacant on the death of Estanislao Esteban Karlic Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano Anthony Olubunmi Okogie Santa Bernadette Soubirous Ángel Sixto Rossi San Bernardo alle Terme George Alencherry San Bonaventura da Bagnoregio Joseph Coutts Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio (basilica) Paulo Cezar Costa San Callisto Wim Eijk San Camillo de Lellis (basilica) Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Santa Cecilia (basilica) Gualtiero Bassetti Santa Chiara a Vigna Clara Vinko Puljić Santi Cirillo e Metodio Grzegorz Ryś San Clemente (basilica) Arrigo Miglio San Corbiniano Reinhard Marx San Crisogono (basilica) Andrew Yeom Soo-jung Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (basilica) Juan José Omella Santa Croce in Via Flaminia (basilica) Sérgio da Rocha Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia Jean-Paul Vesco Sacro Cuore di Maria (basilica) Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria a Tor Fiorenza Vacant on the death of Edoardo Menichelli Santi XII Apostoli (basilica) Angelo Scola Santa Dorotea Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal Sant'Egidio Matteo Zuppi Sant'Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza Jean-Pierre Kutwa Sant'Eusebio Daniel DiNardo Santi Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli Carlos Aguiar Retes Sacra Famiglia di Nazareth a Centocelle Luis Cabrera Herrera San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle Vacant on the transfer of Luis Antonio Tagle San Francesco d'Assisi a Ripa Grande Norberto Rivera Carrera San Francesco d'Assisi ad Acilia Wilfrid Napier San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali Robert W. McElroy San Gabriele Arcangelo all'Acqua Traversa Fridolin Ambongo Besungu San Gabriele dell'Addolorata Vacant on the death of Júlio Duarte Langa San Gaetano Diego Padrón Santa Galla Daniel Sturla Santa Gemma Galgani Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla San Gerardo Maiella Rubén Salazar Gómez Gesù Divin Lavoratore Christoph Schönborn Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti Roberto Repole San Giacomo in Augusta Chibly Langlois San Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello Leopoldo Brenes Santi Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano Toribio Ticona Porco Santa Giovanna Antida Thouret Dominique Mathieu San Giovanni a Porta Latina Adalberto Martínez Flores San Giovanni Battista de' Rossi John Ribat San Giovanni Battista de La Salle Stephen Chow San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini (basilica) Giuseppe Petrocchi San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto Jean-Claude Hollerich Santi Giovanni e Paolo (basilica) Jozef De Kesel San Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri Santi Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo San Giovanni Leonardi Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi San Giovanni Maria Vianney Rainer Woelki San Girolamo a Corviale Luis Héctor Villalba San Girolamo dei Croati Josip Bozanić San Giuda Taddeo Apostolo Giorgio Marengo San Giuseppe all'Aurelio Gérald Lacroix San Giuseppe da Copertino José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán San Giustino Vacant on the death of Phạm Minh Mẫn Gran Madre di Dio Angelo Bagnasco San Gregorio VII Baselios Cleemis San Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane Désiré Tsarahazana San Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova Jaime Spengler Immacolata al Tiburtino Raymundo Damasceno Assis Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa Wilton Daniel Gregory Sant'Ippolito John Dew Sant'Ireneo a Centocelle Charles Maung Bo San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio ad Acilia Leonardo Ulrich Steiner San Leone I Cristóbal López Romero San Liborio Peter Turkson San Lorenzo in Damaso (basilica) Antonio María Rouco Varela San Lorenzo in Lucina (basilica) Malcolm Ranjith San Lorenzo in Panisperna Michael Michai Kitbunchu San Luca a Via Prenestina Luis José Rueda Aparicio Santa Lucia a Piazza d'Armi Théodore-Adrien Sarr San Luigi dei Francesi Vacant on the death of André Vingt-Trois San Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel Santi Marcellino e Pietro Vacant on the death of Dominik Duka San Marcello Giuseppe Betori San Marco (basilica) Angelo De Donatis San Marco in Agro Laurentino Domenico Battaglia Santa Maria Addolorata Kriengsak Kovitvanit Santa Maria ai Monti Jean-Marc Aveline Santa Maria Assunta e San Giuseppe a Primavalle Baldassare Reina Santa Maria Causa Nostrae Laetitiae Sebastian Francis Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino Philippe Ouédraogo Santa Maria degli Angeli (basilica) Anders Arborelius Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio Augusto Paolo Lojudice Santa Maria delle Grazie a Casal Boccone Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio Santa Maria del Popolo (basilica) Stanisław Dziwisz Santa Maria della Pace Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa Santa Maria della Presentazione Francisco Robles Ortega Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle Frank Leo Santa Maria della Speranza Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga Santa Maria della Vittoria Seán Patrick O'Malley Santa Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale Joseph W. Tobin Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello Stephen Brislin Santa Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea François-Xavier Bustillo Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (basilica) Salvatore De Giorgi Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli José Cobo Cano Santa Maria in Montesanto (basilica) Protase Rugambwa Santa Maria in Traspontina Marc Ouellet Santa Maria in Trastevere (basilica) Carlos Osoro Sierra Santa Maria in Vallicella Ricardo Blázquez Pérez Santa Maria in Via Filipe Neri Ferrão Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca Joseph Zen Ze-kiun Santa Maria Madre della Provvidenza a Monte Verde Orani João Tempesta Santa Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio Vicente Bokalic Iglic Santa Maria Nuova (basilica) Péter Erdő Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata Orlando Beltran Quevedo Santa Maria Regina Pacis a Monte Verde Oscar Cantoni Santa Maria Regina Pacis in Ostia mare William Goh Santa Maria Stella Maris Ladislav Nemet Santa Maria sopra Minerva (basilica) António Marto Santi Mario e Compagni Martiri Ignace Bessi Dogbo Santi Martiri dell'Uganda a Poggio Ameno Peter Ebere Okpaleke San Mauro Abate Fernando Chomalí Garib Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia Audrys Bačkis Santi Nereo ed Achilleo Celestino Aós Braco Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina Gaudencio Rosales Nostra Signora de La Salette Vacant on the death of Polycarp Pengo Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi Patrick D'Rozario Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario Timothy M. Dolan Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire (basilica) Juan Sandoval Íñiguez Sant'Onofrio Pierbattista Pizzaballa San Pancrazio (basilica) Antonio Cañizares Llovera Santa Paola Romana Soane Patita Paini Mafi San Paolo della Croce a Corviale Oswald Gracias San Patrizio Thomas Collins Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense (basilica) Pedro Barreto San Pietro in Montorio James Stafford San Pietro in Vincoli (basilica) Donald Wuerl San Pio X alla Balduina Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez San Policarpo Alberto Suárez Inda Santa Prassede (basilica) Paul Poupard Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo John Njue Santa Prisca Justin Rigali Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica Anthony Poola Santa Pudenziana (basilica) Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda Santi Quattro Coronati (basilica) Roger Mahony Santi Quirico e Giulitta Seán Brady Santissimo Redentore a Valmelaina Ricardo Ezzati Andrello Santissimo Redentore e Sant'Alfonso in Via Merulana Vincent Nichols Regina Apostolorum (basilica) John Tong Hon San Roberto Bellarmino Mario Aurelio Poli San Romano Martire Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel Santa Sabina (basilica) Vacant on the death of Jozef Tomko Santissimo Sacramento a Tor de' Schiavi Gregorio Rosa Chávez San Saturnino John Onaiyekan San Sebastiano alle Catacombe Lluís Martínez i Sistach Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti (basilica) Kazimierz Nycz San Silvestro in Capite Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun Santa Silvia Jānis Pujats Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela Pietro Parolin San Sisto (basilica) Antoine Kambanda Santa Sofia a Via Boccea (basilica) Mykola Bychok Spirito Santo alla Ferratella Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo Santo Stefano al Monte Celio (basilica) Friedrich Wetter Santa Susanna Vacant on the death of Bernard Francis Law Santa Teresa al Corso d'Italia (basilica) Maurice Piat San Timoteo Arlindo Gomes Furtado San Tommaso Apostolo Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo Pablo Virgilio David Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio Philippe Barbarin Sant'Ugo Emmanuel Wamala San Vigilio Jose Advincula Santi Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio (basilica) Adam Maida
Deaconries there are 71 deaconries, eight of which are vacant.