Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (C.E.I.)

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: Episcopal Conference of Italy (English)

Countries: Italy , San Marino , Vatican City State

Address: Circonvallazione Aurelia 50, 00165 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.663.981

Websites:

History

1952.01.08: Established as Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (C.E.I.) (Italiano) / Episcopal Conference of Italy (English)

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Present Officials

President (2022.05.24 – ...):	Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi (70) Cardinal-Priest of S. Egidio in Trastevere Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) Judge of Supreme Court of Vatican City State
Vice-President (2021.05.25 – ...):	Archbishop Erio Castellucci (65) Metropolitan Archbishop of Modena–Nonantola (Italy) Bishop of Carpi (Italy)
Vice-President (2022.05.27 – ...):	Bishop Francesco Savino (71) Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy)
Vice-President (2023.05.23 – ...):	Archbishop Gianpiero Palmieri (60) Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto–Ripatransone–Montalto (Italy) Archbishop-Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy)
General Secretary (2022.07.05 – ...):	Archbishop Giuseppe Andrea Salvatore Baturi (62) Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy)

Past Officials

President: Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti (84) (2017.05.24 – 2022.05.24)
President: Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco (83) (2007.03.07 – 2017.05.24)
President: Cardinal Camillo Ruini (95) (1991.03.07 – 2007.03.07)
President: Cardinal Ugo Poletti (1985.07.03 – 1991.01.17)
President: Cardinal Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. (1979.05.18 – 1985.07.03)
President: Cardinal Antonio Poma (1969.10.04 – 1979.05.18)
President: Cardinal Giovanni Urbani (1966.02.02 – 1969.09.17)
President: Cardinal Giuseppe Siri (1959.10.12 – 1965.08.31)
President: Cardinal Maurilio Fossati, O.Ss.G.C.N. (1954.11.03 – 1958)
President: Cardinal Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. (1953.11.06 – 1954)
President: Blessed Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. Cas. (1952.01.08 – 1953)
Pro-President: Bishop Mario Meini (79) (2020.11 – 2020.12)
Pro-President: Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo (1991.01.17 – 1991.03.07)
Pro-President: Cardinal Luigi Traglia (1964.08.12 – 1965.08.31)
Vice-President: Archbishop Giuseppe Andrea Salvatore Baturi (62) (2021.05.25 – 2022.07.05)
Vice-President: Bishop Antonino Raspanti (66) (2017.05.24 – 2022.05.27)
Vice-President: Bishop Franco Giulio Brambilla (76) (2015.05.21 – 2021.05.25)
Vice-President: Bishop Mario Meini (79) (2014.11.11 – 2021.05.25)
Vice-President: Bishop Angelo Spinillo (74) (2012.05.22 – 2017.05.24)
Vice-President: Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia (2010.05.25 – 2015.05.21)
Vice-President: Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti (84) (2009.11.10 – 2014.11.11)
Vice-President: Archbishop Agostino Superbo (86) (2007.05.22 – 2012.05.22)
Vice-President: Bishop Luciano Monari (84) (2005.05.30 – 2010.05.25)
Vice-President: Archbishop Giuseppe Chiaretti (2005.05.30 – 2009.07.16)
Vice-President: Archbishop Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap. (2002.05.22 – 2007.05.22)
Vice-President: Bishop Renato Corti (later Cardinal) (2000.05.23 – 2005.05.30)
Vice-President: Archbishop Alessandro Plotti (2000.05.23 – 2005.05.30)
Vice-President: Archbishop Giuseppe Costanzo (1997.05.20 – 2002.05.22)
Vice-President: Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi (1995.05.25 – 2000.05.23)
Vice-President: Bishop Alberto Ablondi (1995.05.23 – 2000.05.23)
Vice-President: Archbishop Giuseppe Agostino (1992.05.12 – 1997.05.20)
Vice-President: Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini (1990.05.15 – 1995.05.25)
Vice-President: Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli (1990.05.15 – 1995.05.23)
Vice-President: Archbishop Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. (1984.05.11 – 1990.05.15)
Vice-President: Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo (1981.05.21 – 1992.05.12)
Vice-President: Archbishop Vincenzo Fagiolo (later Cardinal) (1981.05.21 – 1984.05.11)
Vice-President: Cardinal Marco Cé (1979.07.05 – 1990.05.15)
Vice-President: Archbishop Giuseppe Bonfiglioli (1978.05.25 – 1981.05.21)
Vice-President: Archbishop Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero, O.C.D. (later Cardinal) (1978.05.25 – 1979.05.18)
Vice-President: Bishop Giuseppe Carraro (1975.06.05 – 1978.05.25)
Vice-President: Archbishop Guglielmo Motolese (1974.01.08 – 1981.05.21)
Vice-President: Archbishop Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. (1972.06.13 – 1978.05.25)
Vice-President: Cardinal Albino Luciani (later Pope John Paul I, Blessed) (1972.06.13 – 1975.06.05)
Vice-President: Archbishop Enrico Nicodemo (1966.06.22 – 1973.08.27)
General Secretary: Bishop Stefano Russo (64) (2018.09.28 – 2022.05.07)
General Secretary: Bishop Nunzio Galantino (77) (2013.12.28 – 2018.06.26)
General Secretary: Bishop Mariano Crociata (73) (2008.09.25 – 2013.11.19)
General Secretary: Bishop Giuseppe Betori (79) (later Cardinal) (2001.04.05 – 2008.09.08)
General Secretary: Archbishop Ennio Antonelli (89) (later Cardinal) (1995.05.26 – 2001.04.05)
General Secretary: Archbishop Dionigi Tettamanzi (later Cardinal) (1991.03.14 – 1995.04.20)
General Secretary: Archbishop Camillo Ruini (95) (later Cardinal) (1986.06.28 – 1991.03.07)
General Secretary: Bishop Egidio Caporello (1982.07.24 – 1986.06.28)
General Secretary: Bishop Luigi Maverna (later Archbishop) (1976.03.19 – 1982.03.25)
General Secretary: Venerable Archbishop Enrico Bartoletti (1972.09.04 – 1976.03.05)
General Secretary: Archbishop Andrea Pangrazio (1966.08.08 – 1972)
General Secretary: Archbishop Alberto Castelli (1954.08.06 – 1966)
General Secretary: Archbishop Giovanni Urbani (later Cardinal) (1952 – 1953)

Last updated on 2026.04.11