Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies

Also known as: Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’Islamistica (Italiano) / 宗座阿拉伯與伊斯蘭學院 (正體中文)

Address: Viale di Trastevere 89, 00153 Roma, Italy

Phone: +39 06.58.39.26.11

Website:

1926: Established as Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (English) / Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’Islamistica (Italiano) / 宗座阿拉伯與伊斯蘭學院 (正體中文)

Present Officials

President (2024.06.10 [2024.11.14] – ...):

Fr. Wasim Salman (49)

Priest of Palestrina (Italy)

Grand Chancellor (2022.09.26 – ...):

Cardinal José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça (60)

Vice-Grand Chancellor (2016.05.27 – ...):

Fr. Stanley Lubungo, M. Afr. (58)

Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

President:	Fr. Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella, M. Afr. (54) (later Bishop) (2018.09 – 2024.06.10)
President:	Fr. Valentino Cottini, M.C.C.J. (2012 – 2018.09)
President:	Fr. Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J. (later Cardinal) (2006 – 2012)
President:	Fr. Justo Lacunza Balda, M. Afr. (2000 – 2006)
Grand Chancellor:	Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi (82) (2015.03.31 – 2022.06.05)
Grand Chancellor:	Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski (1999.11.15 – 2015.03.31)
Vice-Grand Chancellor:	Fr. Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr. (later Cardinal) (2010.05.31 – 2016.02.17)
Vice-Grand Chancellor:	Fr. Gérard Chabanon, M. Afr. (2004.06.02 – 2010.05.31)

Last updated on 2026.04.19