San Paolo alla Regola, a church in the Regola area of Rome, was made a cardinalate deaconry by

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...

in 1946. Its present Cardinal-Deacon, since 21 November 2010, is Francesco Monterisi, archpriest emeritus of the

Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls The Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ( it, Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura), commonly known as Saint Paul's Outside the Walls, is one of Rome's four major papal basilicas, along with the basilicas of Saint John in the ...

List of Cardinal Deacons

* Alojzije Stepinac (1952-1960; never possessed) * Giuseppe Fietta (1958-1960) * Michael Browne, O.P. (1962-1971) * Francesco Monterisi (2010-) {{DEFAULTSORT:Paolo alla Regola, San Titular churches Roman Catholic churches in Rome Churches of Rome (rione Regola)