Congregation for Ecclesiastical Immunity
The Congregation for Ecclesiastical Immunity ( Latin Congregatio immunitatis , Italian Congregazione dell'immunità ecclesiastica ) was a congregation of the Roman Curia that watched over the observance of ecclesiastical immunity .
history
Pope Urban VIII founded the congregation vivae vocis oraculo in 1626 . It met for the first time on March 28, 1626.
It had the task of examining the violation of ecclesiastical competences and privileges by secular courts and working towards their removal. The rights of the Congregation were established by the Ex quo Constitutions of Benedict XIII. (June 8, 1875), In supremo by Clemens XII. (February 1, 1735), Officii nostri by Benedict XIV (March 15, 1750) and Praestat Romanum Ponteficem by Clement XIII. (September 27, 1766) strengthened and specified.
The congregation consisted of a cardinal prefect , a secretary, his deputy and nine prelates of the curia .
Due to the progressive loss of importance of the church's immunity and because public law was given precedence, and because it was regulated more and more in concordats , Pope Gregory XVI restricted the in November 1831 by a constitution and on November 10, 1834 by a motu proprio the powers of the congregation.
After the death of Filippo Maria Guidi , the last cardinal prefect, the Congregation was founded by Pope Leo XIII. merged with the Council Congregation . In 1908 the congregation was finally abolished by Pius X.
Prefects of the Congregation
- Ottavio Bandini (May 28, 1626 - August 1, 1629)
- Giovanni Garzia Mellini (August 1, 1629 - October 2, 1629)
- Berlinghiero Gessi (October 2, 1629 - April 6, 1639)
- Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (April 6, 1639 - September 15, 1644)
- Marzio Ginetti (September 15, 1644 - March 1, 1671)
- Federico Borromeo (March 1, 1671 - February 18, 1673)
- Gaspare Carpegna (September 21, 1676 - April 6, 1714)
- Giambattista Spinola (April 6, 1714 - January 1, 1716)
- Sebastiano Antonio Tanara (January 1, 1716 - May 5, 1724)
- Francesco del Giudice (May 5, 1724 - October 10, 1725)
- Fabrizio Paolucci (October 10, 1725 - June 12, 1726)
- Giorgio Spinola (July 4, 1726 - January 17, 1739)
- Giacomo Lanfredini (May 15, 1739 - May 16, 1741)
- Giovanni Battista Spinola (June 15, 1741 - August 20, 1752)
- Raniero d'Elci (August 20, 1752 - June 22, 1761)
- Gaetano Fantuzzi (August 1, 1761 - October 1, 1778)
- Gennaro Antonio de Simone (February 1, 1779 - December 16, 1780)
- Vitaliano Borromeo (July 1, 1781 - June 7, 1793)
- Luigi Valenti Gonzaga (June 7, 1793 - December 29, 1808)
- Bartolomeo Pacca (January 7, 1809 - November 29, 1818)
- Emmanuele De Gregorio (November 29, 1818 - May 6, 1820)
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Annibale della Genga (May 6, 1820 - September 28, 1823)
- Vacancy (1823–1826)
- Carlo Maria Pedicini (October 1, 1826 - July 2, 1830)
- Giacomo Filippo Fransoni (July 2, 1830 - November 21, 1834)
- Benedetto Barberini (November 21, 1834 - April 10, 1863)
- Fabio Maria Asquini (April 24, 1863 - September 6, 1872)
- Filippo Maria Guidi (September 6, 1872 - February 27, 1879)
- Prospero Caterini (February 27, 1879 - October 28, 1881)
- Lorenzo Nina (November 7, 1881 - July 25, 1885)
- Luigi Serafini (July 31, 1885 - June 19, 1893)
- Angelo Di Pietro (June 20, 1893 - June 20, 1902)
- Vincenzo Vannutelli (July 28, 1902 - June 29, 1908)
literature
- Gaetano Moroni: Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica. vol. XVI , Venice 1842, pp. 206-211 (Italian).
- Philippe Bountry: Souverain et Pontife. Recherches prosopographiques sur la Curie Romaine à l'âge de la Restoration (1814–1846). Publications de l'École française de Rome, Rome 2002, pp. 47-50 (French).
- Andrea Ricci: Synopsis decreta et resolutiones sac. congr. immunitatis super controversiis jurisdictionalibus complectens. 2nd edition, Turin 1719 (Latin).