Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

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Bishop(s) Ivan Dias, Cardinal, Prefect Henryk Hoser, S.A.C., Official Robert Sarah, Secretary Jozef Tomko, Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C., Official Emeritus

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Congregation Name Changed: 15 August 1967 Curial Office Roman Curia Description: direct and coordinate throughout the world the actual work of spreading the Gospel as well as missionary cooperation, without prejudice to the competence of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. (Pastor Bonus, 85) Official Web Site: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cevang/ Mailing Address: Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, 00187 Roma, Piazza di Spagna, 48 Telephone: 06.69.87.92.99 Fax: 06.69.88.01.18

Historical Details

• Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
  • Latin Name: Propaganda Fide
  • Erected: 22 June 1622
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Antonio Barberini (Jr.) † (Dec 1632 Appointed - 1645 Resigned)
• Giuseppe Spinelli † (11 Sep 1756 Appointed - 12 Apr 1763 Died)
• Leonardo Antonelli † (2 May 1780 Appointed - 25 Jun 1784 Resigned)
• Hyacinthe-Sigismond Gerdil, B. † (27 Feb 1795 Appointed - 1798 Resigned)
• Michele Di Pietro † (24 May 1805 Appointed - 14 Sep 1808 Appointed, Official of Roman Curia - Other)
• Lorenzo Litta † (20 May 1814 Appointed - 28 Sep 1818 Appointed, Official of Roman Curia - Other)
• Francesco Fontana, B. † (24 Sep 1818 Appointed - 19 Mar 1822 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Quarantotti † (10 May 1820 Appointed - 15 Sep 1820 Died)
• Ercole Consalvi † (13 Jan 1824 Appointed - 24 Jan 1824 Died)
• Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (1 Oct 1826 Appointed - 2 Feb 1831 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
• Carlo Maria Pedicini † (4 Feb 1831 Appointed - 1837 Appointed, Prefect of Rites)
• Giacomo Filippo Fransoni † (21 Nov 1834 Appointed - 20 Apr 1856 Died)
• Alessando Barnabó † (20 Jun 1856 Appointed - 13 Mar 1868 Appointed, Official of Roman Curia - Other)
• Alessandro Franchi † (10 Mar 1874 Appointed - 5 Mar 1878 Appointed, Secretary of State)
• Giovanni Simeoni † (5 Mar 1878 Appointed - 1 Jan 1885 Appointed, Official of Roman Curia - Other)
• Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski † (26 Jan 1896 Appointed - 22 Jul 1902 Died)
• Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. † (29 Jul 1902 Appointed - 19 Mar 1916 Died)
• Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. † (24 Mar 1916 Appointed - 5 Mar 1918 Died)
• Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (12 Mar 1918 Appointed - 30 Aug 1932 Died)
• Pietro Fumasoni Biondi † (16 Mar 1933 Appointed - 12 Jul 1960 Died)
• Samual Alphonsius Stritch † (1 Mar 1958 Appointed - 27 May 1958 Died)
• Grégoire-Pierre XV Agagianian † (18 Jun 1958 Appointed - 19 Oct 1970 Retired)
• Agnelo Rossi † (22 Oct 1970 Appointed - 8 Apr 1984 Appointed, President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See)
• Dermot J. Ryan † (8 Apr 1984 Appointed - 21 Feb 1985 Died)
• Jozef Tomko (24 Apr 1985 Appointed - 9 Apr 2001 Retired)
• Crescenzio Sepe (9 Apr 2001 Appointed - 20 May 2006 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Dio Padre misericordioso)
• Ivan Dias (20 May 2006 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
22 June 1622	Erected		Congregation for Propagation of the Faith (erected)
1 May 1917	Territory Lost	Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Congregation for the Oriental Churches (erected)
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
15 August 1967	Name Changed	Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

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Affiliated Bishops

• Grégoire-Pierre XV Agagianian † (Pro-Prefect: 18 Jun 1958; Prefect: 18 Jul 1960 to 19 Oct 1970)
• Andrea Aiuti † (Secretary: 24 Jul 1891 to 7 Jun 1893)
• Leonardo Antonelli † (Prefect: 2 May 1780 to 25 Jun 1784)
• Federico Baldeschi Colonna † (Secretary: 7 May 1668 to 22 Mar 1673)
• Antonio Barberini (Jr.) † (Prefect: Dec 1632 to 1645)
• Alessando Barnabó † (Prefect: 20 Jun 1856 to 13 Mar 1868)
• Gaetano Bedini † (Secretary: 20 Jun 1856 to 18 Mar 1861)
• Filippo Bernardini † (Secretary: 15 Jan 1953 to 26 Aug 1954)
• Cesare Brancadoro † (Secretary: 1797 to 11 Aug 1800)
• Ignazio Giovanni Cadolino † (Secretary: 12 Feb 1838 to 30 Jan 1843)
• Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (Prefect: 1 Oct 1826 to 2 Feb 1831)
• Pietro Caprano † (Secretary: 1824 to 4 Apr 1829)
• Agostino Ciasca, O.S.A. † (Secretary: 4 Jul 1893 to 6 Feb 1902)
• Ercole Consalvi † (Prefect: 13 Jan 1824 to 24 Jan 1824)
• Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini † (Secretary: 20 Dec 1935 to 12 Jan 1953)
• Ivan Dias (Prefect: 20 May 2006)
• Michele Di Pietro † (Prefect: 24 May 1805 to 14 Sep 1808)
• Francesco Fontana, B. † (Prefect: 24 Sep 1818 to 19 Mar 1822)
• Alessandro Franchi † (Prefect: 10 Mar 1874 to 5 Mar 1878)
• Giacomo Filippo Fransoni † (Prefect: 21 Nov 1834 to 20 Apr 1856)
• Pietro Fumasoni Biondi † (Secretary: 16 Jun 1921 to 14 Dec 1922; Prefect: 16 Mar 1933 to 12 Jul 1960)
• Bernardin Gantin (Official: 28 Jun 1971; Secretary: 26 Feb 1973 to 20 Dec 1975)
• Hyacinthe-Sigismond Gerdil, B. † (Prefect: 27 Feb 1795 to 1798)
• Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. † (Prefect: 29 Jul 1902 to 19 Mar 1916)
• Henryk Hoser, S.A.C. (Official: 22 Jan 2005)
• Domenico Maria Jacobini † (Secretary: 30 Mar 1882 to 16 Jun 1891)
• Camillo Laurenti † (Secretary: 12 Aug 1911 to 5 Jul 1922)
• Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski † (Prefect: 26 Jan 1896 to 22 Jul 1902)
• Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. † (Official: 22 May 1924 to 17 Dec 1928)
• Lorenzo Litta † (Prefect: 20 May 1814 to 28 Sep 1818)
• Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (Official: 2 Mar 1971; Secretary: 26 Feb 1973 to 30 Oct 1985)
• Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani † (Secretary: 15 Dec 1922 to 30 Apr 1939)
• Ignazio Masotti † (Secretary: 26 Sep 1879 to 30 Mar 1882)
• Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris †
• Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don (Official: 1 Oct 2001 to 29 Apr 2004)
• Carlo Maria Pedicini † (Prefect: 4 Feb 1831 to 1837)
• Ignatius Camillus William Mary Peter Persico, O.F.M. Cap. † (Secretary: 13 Jun 1891 to 30 May 1893)
• Sergio Pignedoli † (Secretary: 10 Jun 1967 to 6 Mar 1973)
• Giovanni Battista Quarantotti † (Prefect: 10 May 1820 to 15 Sep 1820)
• Agnelo Rossi † (Prefect: 22 Oct 1970 to 8 Apr 1984)
• Dermot J. Ryan † (Pro-Prefect: 8 Apr 1984 to 21 Feb 1985)
• Carlo Salotti † (Secretary: 3 Jul 1930 to 14 Sep 1938)
• José Tomás Sánchez (Secretary: 30 Oct 1985 to 1 Jul 1991)
• Robert Sarah (Secretary: 1 Oct 2001)
• Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. (Official: 10 Feb 1995 to 2000)
• Crescenzio Sepe (Prefect: 9 Apr 2001 to 20 May 2006)
• Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. † (Prefect: 24 Mar 1916 to 5 Mar 1918)
• Pietro Sigismondi † (Secretary: 1954 to 25 May 1967)
• Giovanni Simeoni † (Prefect: 5 Mar 1878 to 1 Jan 1885)
• Giuseppe Spinelli † (Prefect: 11 Sep 1756 to 12 Apr 1763)
• Samual Alphonsius Stritch † (Pro-Prefect: 1 Mar 1958 to 27 May 1958)
• Jozef Tomko (Pro-Prefect: 24 Apr 1985; Prefect: 27 May 1985 to 9 Apr 2001)
• Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac † (Secretary: 21 Jun 1991 to 18 Jan 1998)
• Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (Prefect: 12 Mar 1918 to 30 Aug 1932)
• Marcello Zago, O.M.I. † (Secretary: 28 Mar 1998 to 1 Mar 2001)