Archiwiści Świętego Kościoła Rzymskiego kard. Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese (1609–1618) kard. Scipione Cobelluzzi (1618–1626) kard. Francesco Barberini (1626–1633) kard. Antonio Barberini (1633–1646) kard. Orazio Giustiniani (1646–1649) kard. Luigi Capponi (1649–1659) kard. Flavio Chigi (1659–1681) kard. Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria (1681–1693) kard. Girolamo Casanate (1693–1700) kard. Enrico Noris (1700–1704) kard. Benedetto Pamphili (1704–1730) kard. Angelo Maria Quirini (1730–1755) kard. Domenico Passionei (1755–1761) kard. Alessandro Albani (1761–1779) kard. Francesco Saverio de Zelada (1779–1801) kard. Luigi Valenti Gonzaga (1802–1808) wakat w czasie okupacji Rzymu (1809–1814) kard. Giulio Maria della Somaglia (1826–1830) kard. Giuseppe Albani (1830–1834) kard. Luigi Lambruschini (1834–1853) kard. Angelo Mai (1853–1854) kard. Antonio Tosti (1860–1866) kard. Jean Baptiste François Pitra (1869–1879) kard. Joseph Hergenröther (1879–1890) ks. Luigi Tripepi (1892–1894) kard. Luigi Galimberti (1894–1896) kard. Francesco Segna (1896–1908) kard. Francesco Salesio della Volpe (1908–1911) kard. Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (1912–1913) kard. Francesco di Paola Cassetta (1914–1917) kard. Francis Aidan Gasquet (1917–1929) kard. Franziskus Ehrle (1929–1934) kard. Giovanni Mercati (1936–1957) kard.