Protopriest (protoprete, primoprete) — in the College of Cardinals, is the first Cardinal-Priest in the order of precedence. Traditionally this function is performed by the most senior Cardinal Priest according to date of his creation, but in the past several exceptions to this rule had occurred. From the end of sixteenth century until the end of nineteenth century Protopriest usually opted for the titulus San Lorenzo in Lucina. The current Protopriest is Brazilian cardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales.