Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Basic data | |
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Surname: | Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (Latin Congregatio pro Gentium Evangelizatione ) |
Seat: |
Palazzo di Propaganda Fide Piazza di Spagna, 48 00187 Rome |
Cardinal Prefect : |
Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle (since December 8, 2019) |
Secretary: | Archbishop Protase Rugambwa (since November 9, 2017) |
Assistant Secretary: | Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso (since November 9, 2017) |
Undersecretary: | Ryszard Szmydki OMI (since September 28, 2017) |
The Congregation for the Evangelization of Nations ( Latin : Congregatio pro Gentium Evangelizatione ) is a central authority of the Roman Curia and coordinates the missionary activity of the Catholic Church .
history
The institution goes back to the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide ("Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith"), which Pope Gregory XV. Founded in 1622 primarily with the aim of counteracting the loss of influence caused by the spread of Protestantism . After the end of the Thirty Years War , the newly established equilibrium between the two Christian churches in Europe offered only very limited opportunities for missionary work, but the discoveries in America, Africa and Asia opened up a wide field of activity for Catholic missionaries.
As part of the Pope Paul VI. The curia reform carried out in 1967 gave it its current name.
structure
The congregation is divided into four thematic commissions:
- Commission for theology, spirituality and missionary impulses
- Commission for the Revision of Synods and Bishops' Conferences, the Rules of Religious Institutes and Seminars under the Congregation
- Pastoral Commission for the Study of Mission Principles
- Commission for Catechists and Catechesis.
The Pontifical Urban University is also part of the Congregation. It focuses on the mission training of priests. The in-house printing company "Polyglotta" takes care of the production of missionary writings in the languages of the peoples to be missionized.
As part of the Committee for the Pontifical Mission Societies, the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples is also responsible for the direction and coordination of the four Papal Mission Societies, the Pontifical Work for the Propagation of the Faith , the Work of Saint Peter , the Children's Mission and the Mission Union . The focus is on promoting awareness of mission and the world church as well as securing the financial security of missionary tasks.
On September 21, 2013 the entire leadership of the Congregation was confirmed permanently in office by Pope Francis.
Members
The congregation today consists of 63 members. There are also around 50 permanent employees.
In addition to the prefect, the congregation consists of 35 cardinals, 17 archbishops, a bishop, five national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies and five superiors, who are each appointed by the Pope for five years. Members of the congregation are currently:
Cardinals
- Vinko Puljić
- Polycarp Pengo
- Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM
- Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (since 2003)
- Gabriel Zubeir Wako (since 2003)
- Telesphore Placidus Toppo (since 2003)
- Théodore-Adrien Sarr (since 2008)
- John Njue (since 2008)
- Agostino Vallini (since 2007)
- Leonardo Sandri (since 2008)
- Peter Turkson (since 2009)
- Albert Malcolm Ranjith (since 2010)
- Robert Sarah (since 2010)
- Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (since 2012)
- John Tong Hon (since 2012)
- Santos Abril y Castelló (since 2012)
- Giuseppe Bertello (since 2012)
- Domenico Calcagno (since 2012)
- James Michael Harvey
- George Pell (since 2014)
- Timothy Dolan (since 2014)
- Luis Antonio Tagle (since 2014)
- Jean-Pierre Kutwa (since 2014)
- Orani João Tempesta OCist (since 2014)
- Lorenzo Baldisseri (since 2014)
- Dieudonné Nzapalainga CSSp (since 2014, confirmed in 2017)
- Beniamino Stella (since 2017)
- Giuseppe Versaldi (since 2017)
- Dominique Mamberti (since 2017)
- Jean Zerbo (since 2017)
- Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun (since 2017)
- Giovanni Angelo Becciu (since 2018)
- Désiré Tsarahazana (since 2018)
- Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (since 2020)
- Michael Czerny SJ (since 2020)
Archbishops
- Andreas Choi Chang-mou
- Erwin Josef Ender (since 2009)
- Félix del Blanco Prieto (since 2009)
- Nikola Eterović (since 2009)
- Viktor Skworc
- José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (since 2012)
- Joseph Kalathiparambil (since 2012)
- Agostino Marchetto (since 2014)
- Luigi Travaglino (since 2014)
- Claudio Maria Celli (since 2014)
- Patrick Christopher Pinder (since 2014)
- Giampiero Gloder (since 2014)
- Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi SVD (since 2014)
- Giuseppe Lazzarotto (since 2017)
- Mario Giordana (since 2017)
- Adriano Bernardini (since 2017)
- Vincenzo Paglia (since 2017)
Bishops
- Celmo Lazzari CSI (since 2014)
National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies
- Daniel Lagni
- Jan Pietrowski
- Ignaci Siluvai
- Oscar Zoungrana (since 2009)
- Socrates Mesiona (since 2014)
Superior of the Order
- Gian Battista Zanchi PIME
- Michael Anthony Perry OFM (since 2014)
- Adolfo Nicolás Pachón SJ (since 2009)
- Louis Lougen OMI (since 2014)
- Luzia Premoli SMC (since 2014)
Prefects
The following people were prefects of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide or the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples:
- Antonio Maria Cardinal Sauli (1622)
- Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi (1622-1632)
- Antonio Cardinal Barberini (1632-1645)
- Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni (1671–1698)
- Carlo Cardinal Barberini (1698–1704)
- Giuseppe Cardinal Sacripanti (1704–1727)
- Vincenzo Cardinal Petra (1727-1747)
- Silvio Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga (1747–1756)
- Giuseppe Cardinal Spinelli (1756–1763)
- Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Castelli (1763-1780)
- Leonardo Cardinal Antonelli (1780–1784)
- Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil CRSP (1795–1798)
- Stefano Cardinal Borgia (Pro-Prefect 1798–1800, Prefect 1802–1804)
- Antonio Cardinal Dugnani (1804-1805)
- Michele Cardinal Di Pietro (1805-1814)
- Lorenzo Cardinal Litta (1814-1818)
- Francesco Cardinal Fontana CRSP (1818–1822)
- Ercole Cardinal Consalvi (Pro-Prefect 1822–1823, Prefect 1824)
- Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia (Pro-Prefect 1824–1826)
- Bartolomeo Alberto Cardinal Cappellari (1826–1831)
- Carlo Maria Cardinal Pedicini (1831-1834)
- Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni (1834-1856)
- Alessandro Cardinal Barnabò (1856–1874)
- Alessandro Cardinal Franchi (1874-1878)
- Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni (1878-1892)
- Mieczysław Jan Cardinal Halka-Ledóchowski (1892–1902)
- Girolamo Maria Gotti OCD (1902-1916)
- Domenico Cardinal Serafini OSB (Pro-Prefect 1916, Prefect 1916–1918)
- Wilhelmus Marinus Cardinal van Rossum CSsR (1918–1932)
- Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi (1933-1958)
- Samuel Cardinal Stritch (Pro-Prefect 1958)
- Cardinal Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian (Pro-Prefect 1958–1960, Prefect 1960–1970)
- Agnelo Cardinal Rossi (1970-1984)
- Dermot Ryan (Pro-Prefect 1984–1985)
- Jozef Cardinal Tomko (Pro-Prefect 1985, Prefect 1985-2001)
- Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe (2001-2006)
- Ivan Cardinal Dias (2006-2011)
- Fernando Cardinal Filoni (2011-2019)
- Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle (since 2019)
Secretaries
- Federico Baldeschi Colonna (1668–1673)
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Pietro Luigi Carafa (1717-1724)
- Domenico Silvio Passionei (1720–1721) (Pro-Secretary)
- Bartolomeo Ruspoli (1724-1728)
- Stefano Borgia (1770–1789)
- Antonio Felice Zondadari (1789–1795)
- Cesare Brancadoro (1797–1800)
- Antonio Felice Zondadari (1795–1801)
- Carlo Maria Pedicini (1816-1823)
- Pietro Caprano (1823-1829)
- Gaetano Bedini (1856–1861)
- Annibale Capalti (1861–1868)
- Ignazio Masotti (1879-1882)
- Domenico Maria Jacobini (1882-1891)
- Ignazio Persico OFMCap (1891-1893)
- Agostino Ciasca OESA (1892-1893) (Pro-Secretary)
- Andrea Aiuti (1891-1893)
- Agostino Ciasca OESA (1893–1902)
- Camillo Laurenti (1911-1921)
- Pietro Fumasoni Biondi (1921-1922)
- Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani (1922–1930)
- Carlo Salotti (1930-1935)
- Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (1935–1953)
- Filippo Bernardini (1953–1954)
- Pietro Sigismondi (1954–1967)
- Sergio Pignedoli (1967–1973)
- Bernardin Gantin (1973–1975)
- Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1973–1985)
- José Sánchez (1985–1991)
- Josip Uhač (1991-1998)
- Marcello Zago OMI (1998-2001)
- Robert Sarah (2001-2010)
- Savio Hon Tai-Fai (2010-2017)
- Protase Rugambwa (since 2017)
See also
literature
- Joseph Metzler (ed.): Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide memoria rerum. 350 anni a servizio delle missioni. 1622-1972. Volume 1: 1622-1700. Volume 1. Herder, Rome et al. 1971.
Web links
- Homepage of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
- Archivio Storico della Congregazione per l'Evangelizzazione dei Popoli (Italian)
- Agenzia Fides (Agenzia Fides) - Press organ of the Pontifical Mission Societies
- Entry on Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cevang/documents/rc_con_cevang_20100524_profile_en.html
- ↑ Vatican Radio : Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples ( Memento of October 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Personnel changes in the Curia - Müller confirmed - New Nuncio in Berlin , Vatican Radio , September 21, 2013
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2009 , Città del Vaticano 2009, p. 1215.
- ^ A b c Nomina di Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of November 24, 2003.
- ^ A b c Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of June 12, 2008.
- ↑ Nomina di membri della Congregazione per l'Evangelizzazione dei Popoli , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of January 8, 2007.
- ↑ a b c d e f Nomina di membri della Congregazione per l'Evangelizzazione dei Popoli , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of May 9, 2009.
- ^ A b Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of December 29, 2010.
- ↑ a b c Press Office of the Holy See : Announcement No. 0133 of March 5, 2012 (PDF) (Appointments and dismissals) (Italian).
- ↑ a b c d Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri e degli Organismi della Curia Romana , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of April 21, 2012.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Nomina di Membri e Consultori della Congregazione per l'Evangelizzazione dei Popoli , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of September 13, 2014.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per l'Evangelizzazione dei Popoli. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 4, 2017, accessed October 4, 2017 (Italian).
- ↑ a b Nuovi Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 6, 2018, accessed October 7, 2018 (Italian).
- ^ A b Nomina di Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 21, 2020, accessed February 21, 2020 (Italian).
- ^ Rinuncia e nomina del Gran Maestro dell'Ordine Equestre del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme e nomina del Prefetto della Congregazione per l'Evangelizzazione dei Popoli. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 8, 2019, accessed December 8, 2019 (Italian).
- ^ Cardinal Tagle is the new Prefect of Propaganda Fide. Vatican News, December 8, 2019, accessed December 8, 2019 .