Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

History

• 1701: Established as Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (English) / Päpstliche Diplomatenakademie (Deutsch) / Pontificia Academia Eclesiástica (español) / Académie pontificale ecclésiastique (français) / Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica (Italiano) / 宗座外交學院 (正體中文)

Documents: (x 11)

Present Officials

President (2023.01.25 – ...):	Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio (73) Titular Archbishop of Montemarano
Grand Chancellor (2025.07.30 – ...):	Cardinal Pietro Parolin (71) Cardinal-Bishop of Ss. Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela Secretary of State of Secretariat of State President of Interdicastery Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe President of Interdicastery Commission on Particular Churches President of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations President of Pontifical Commission for the Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Sector Member of Council of Cardinals
Vice-Grand Chancellor (2025.07.30 – ...):	Archbishop Luciano Russo (62) Titular Archbishop of Monteverde Secretary for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State
Cardinal Protector (2013.08.31 – ...):	Cardinal Pietro Parolin (71) Cardinal-Bishop of Ss. Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela Secretary of State of Secretariat of State President of Interdicastery Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe President of Interdicastery Commission on Particular Churches President of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations President of Pontifical Commission for the Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Sector Member of Council of Cardinals

Past Officials President: Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino (73) (2019.10.11 – 2023.01.23) President: Archbishop Giampiero Gloder (67) (2013.09.21 – 2019.10.11) President: Archbishop Beniamino Stella (84) (later Cardinal) (2007.10.13 – 2013.09.21) President: Archbishop Justo Mullor García (2000.02.11 – 2007.10.13) President: Archbishop Giorgio Zur (1998.12.07 – 2000.01.29) President: Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera (1993.04.29 – 1998.12.07) President: Archbishop Karl-Josef Rauber (later Cardinal) (1990.01.22 – 1993.03.16) President: Archbishop Justin Francis Rigali (90) (later Cardinal) (1985.06.08 – 1989.12.21) President: Archbishop Cesare Zacchi (1975.06.01 – 1985.06.08) President: Archbishop Felice Pirozzi (1970.10.17 – 1975.06.01) President: Archbishop Salvatore Pappalardo (later Cardinal) (1969.05.07 – 1970.10.17) President: Bishop Gino Paro (later Archbishop) (1962.08.31 – 1969.05.05) President: Archbishop Giacomo Testa (1959 – 1962.08.31) President: Msgr. Paolo Savino (later Bishop) (1941 – 1959.04.27) President: Archbishop Giovanni Maria Zonghi (1914.12.05 – 1941.08.08) President: Archbishop Francesco Sogaro, F.S.C.I. (1903 – 1912.02.06) President: Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta (1899.10.21 – 1903.11.12) President: Archbishop Filippo Castracane degli Antelminelli (1894.06.18 – 1898) President: Msgr. Augusto Guidi (later Archbishop) (1892 – 1894) President: Archbishop Francesco Satolli (later Cardinal) (1886 – 1891) President: Bishop Luigi Sepiacci, O.E.S.A. (later Cardinal) (1885.08.07 – 1886.06.28) President: Msgr. Domenico Ferrata (later Cardinal) (1884 – 1885.04.14) President: Bishop Placido Maria Schiaffino, O.S.B. Oliv. (later Cardinal) (1878.11.02 – 1884.11.18) President: Bishop Odoardo Agnelli (1875.09 – 1878.09.24) President: Archbishop Venanzio Mobili (1873.04 – 1875.08.22) President: Archbishop Giuseppe Cardoni (1850 – 1873) President: Bishop Giovanni Battista Rosani, Sch. P. (1844.01.22 – 1847) President: Patriarch Giovanni Giacomo Sinibaldi (1814 – 1843.09.02) President: Msgr. Vincenzo Brenciaglia (1802 – 1814) President: Msgr. Paolo Antonio Paoli (1775 – 1798) President: Archbishop Innocenzo Gorgoni, O.S.B. Cel. (1763 – 1764) President: Mr. Pier Matteo Onorati (1744 – 1762) President: Mr. Angelo Granelli (1742 – 1744) President: Mr. Girolamo Formaliani (1739 – 1742) President: Mr. Tommaso Giannini (1729 – 1739) President: Mr. Pellegrino De Negri (1721 – 1728) President: Mr. Francesco Giordanini (1704 – 1720) President: Msgr. Matteo Gennaro Sibilia (later Bishop) (1701 – 1704.05.13) Vice-President: Bishop Elio Sgreccia (later Cardinal) (1994.05 – 2005.01.03) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. (91) (2006.09.15 – 2013.10.15) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Angelo Sodano (1991.06.29 – 2006.09.15) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Agostino Casaroli (1979.04.28 – 1979.07.01) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot (1969.05.02 – 1979.03.09) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (1961.08.12 – 1969.05.02) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Domenico Tardini (1958.12.14 – 1961.07.30) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Luigi Maglione (1939.03.10 – 1944.08.22) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII) (1937 – 1939.03.02) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Gaetano Bisleti (1914 – 1937.08.30) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Domenico Ferrata (1902 – 1914.10.10) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski (1896 – 1902.07.22) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta (1884 – 1896.07.14) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Antonio Saverio De Luca (1877 – 1883.12.28) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Costantino Patrizi Naro (1867 – 1876.12.17) Cardinal Protector: Venerable Cardinal Lodovico Altieri (1850 – 1866) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Carlo Januarius Acton (1844 – 1847.06.23) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Bartolomeo Pacca (1820 – 1844.04.19) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Lorenzo Litta (1817 – 1820.05.01) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Romoaldo Braschi-Onesti (1802 – 1817.04.30) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Giovanni Archinto (1781 – 1798) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Giovanni Costanzio Caracciolo (1775 – 1780.09.22) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Girolamo Colonna di Sciarra (1744 – 1763.01.18) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Giuseppe Firrao (1737 – 1744.10.24) Cardinal Protector: Cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali, S.M.O.M. (1702 – 1737.01.15)

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