Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Dicastery of the Roman Curia

Also known as: Dikasterium für die Orientalischen Kirchen (Deutsch) / Dicasterio para las Iglesias Orientales (español) / Dicastère pour les Églises orientales (français) / Dicastero per la Chiesa Orientale (Italiano) / Dykasteria dla Kościołów Wschodnich (polski) / Dicastério para as Igrejas Orientais (Português) / 東方教會部 (中文) / 東方教会省 (日本語) / 동방교회성 (한국어) / Dicasterium pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus (latine)

Address: Palazzo del Bramante, Via della Conciliazione, 34, 00193 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.69.88.42.82

Website:

History

1917.05.01: Established as Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches (English) / Kongregation für die Ostkirche (Deutsch) / Sagrada Congregacíon para la Iglesia Oriental (español) / Sacrée Congrégation pour l’Eglise Orientale (français) / S. Congregazione per la Chiesa Orientale (Italiano) / S. Congregação para a Igreja Oriental (Português) / S. Congregatio pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus (latine) (from Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith)
1984: Renamed as Congregation for the Oriental Churches (English) / Kongregation für die Orientalischen Kirchen (Deutsch) / Congregación para las Iglesias Orientales (español) / Congrégation pour les Églises orientales (français) / Congregazione per la Chiesa Orientale (Italiano) / Kongregacja dla Kościołów Wschodnich (polski) / 東方教會部 (中文) / 東方教会省 (日本語) / 동방교회성 (한국어) / Congregação para as Igrejas Orientais (Português) / Congregatio pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus (latine)
2022.06.05: Promoted as Dicastery for the Eastern Churches (English) / Dikasterium für die Orientalischen Kirchen (Deutsch) / Dicasterio para las Iglesias Orientales (español) / Dicastère pour les Églises orientales (français) / Dicastero per la Chiesa Orientale (Italiano) / Dykasteria dla Kościołów Wschodnich (polski) / Dicastério para as Igrejas Orientais (Português) / 東方教會部 (中文) / 東方教会省 (日本語) / 동방교회성 (한국어) / Dicasterium pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus (latine)

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Present Officials

Prefect (2022.11.21 – ...):	Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti (70) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Ambrogio della Massima Member of Council of the Section for Relations with States and International Organisations Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Oriental Institute
Secretary (2023.02.15 – ...):	Archbishop Michel Jalakh, O.A.M. (59) Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Maronites
Undersecretary (2024.04.15 – ...):	Bishop Filippo Ciampanelli (47) Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania
Bureau Chief (2020.10.01 – ...):	Msgr. Giulio Sembeni (64) Priest of Brescia (Italy) Chaplain of His Holiness

Past Officials

Prefect:	Cardinal Leonardo Sandri (82) (2007.06.09 – 2022.11.21)
Prefect:	Cardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud (2000.11.25 – 2007.06.09)
Prefect:	Cardinal Achille Silvestrini (1991.05.24 – 2000.09.07)
Prefect:	Cardinal Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1985.10.30 – 1991.05.24)
Prefect:	Cardinal Władysław Rubin (1980.06.27 – 1985.10.30)
Prefect:	Cardinal Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. (1973.03.06 – 1980.06.27)
Prefect:	Cardinal Maximilien de Fürstenberg (1968.01.15 – 1973.02.28)
Prefect:	Cardinal Gustavo Testa (1967.08.15 – 1968.01.13)
Prefect:	Saint Pope Paul VI (1963.06.21 – 1967.08.15)
Prefect:	Saint Pope John XXIII (1958.10.28 – 1963.06.03)
Prefect:	Pope Pius XII (1939.03.02 – 1958.10.09)
Prefect:	Pope Pius XI (1922.02.06 – 1939.02.10)
Prefect:	Pope Benedict XV (1917.05.01 – 1922.01.22)
Pro-Prefect:	Cardinal Gustavo Testa (1965 – 1967.08.15)
Assessor:	Archbishop Giovanni Battista Scapinelli di Léguigno (1961 – 1965)
Assessor:	Archbishop Valerio Valeri (later Cardinal) (1948.09.01 – 1953.01.12)
Assessor:	Archbishop Antonino Arata (1941 – 1948.08.25)
Assessor:	Msgr. Giuseppe Cesarini (1933 – 1941)
Assessor:	Msgr. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (later Cardinal) (1928.02.16 – 1933.03.17)
Assessor:	Bishop Isaias Papadopulos (1917 – 1928)
Secretary:	Archbishop Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro (78) (2020.02.25 – 2023.02.15)
Secretary:	Archbishop Cyril Vasil’, S.J. (61) (2009.05.07 – 2020.01.20)
Secretary:	Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò (88) (later Cardinal) (2001.04.11 – 2009.02.28)
Secretary:	Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn (1982.09.14 – 2001.04.11)
Secretary:	Archbishop Mario Brini (1965.10.02 – 1982.09.14)
Secretary:	Cardinal Gustavo Testa (1962.08.02 – 1965)
Secretary:	Cardinal Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. (1962.03.24 – 1962.07.29)
Secretary:	Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (1959.11.14 – 1961.08.12)
Secretary:	Cardinal Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant (1936.06.19 – 1959.11.11)
Secretary:	Cardinal Luigi Sincero (1927.02.03 – 1936.02.07)
Secretary:	Cardinal Giovanni Tacci Porcelli (1922.08.08 – 1926)
Secretary:	Cardinal Nicolò Marini (1917.11.29 – 1922)
Honorary Assessor:	Bishop Isaias Papadopulos (1928 – 1932.01.18)
Pro-Secretary:	Archbishop Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. (later Cardinal) (1961.08.04 – 1962.03.19)
Pro-Secretary:	Cardinal Luigi Sincero (1926.02.06 – 1927.02.03)
Undersecretary:	Fr. Flavio Pace (48) (later Archbishop) (2020.02.03 – 2024.02.23)
Undersecretary:	Fr. Lorenzo Lorusso, O.P. (2014.11.15 – 2019.11)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Maurizio Malvestiti (72) (later Bishop) (2009.06.19 – 2014.08.26)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Krzysztof Nitkiewicz (65) (later Bishop) (2002.03.15 – 2009.06.13)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Claudio Gugerotti (70) (later Cardinal) (1997.12.17 – 2001.12.07)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. (later Archbishop) (1991 – 1997.12.13)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Mario Rizzi (later Archbishop) (1982 – 1991.02.28)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Giorgio Mylanyk (1968 – 1982)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Amerigo Giovanelli (1965 – 1968)
Bureau Chief:	Msgr. Arnaud Henri Bérard (2009.12.18 – ?)
Bureau Chief:	Fr. Paolino Rossi, O.F.M. Cap. (2007.03.07 – ?)
Bureau Chief:	Msgr. Maurizio Malvestiti (72) (later Bishop) (2004.06.28 – 2009.06.19)
Bureau Chief:	Bishop-elect Antonios Aziz Mina (71) (2002.11.12 – 2002.12.21)
Bureau Chief:	Msgr. Giovanni Francesco Brugnaro (83) (later Archbishop) (2002.03.28 – 2005.01.31)
Bureau Chief:	Msgr. Đura Džudžar (71) (later Bishop) (? – 2001.03.03)

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Last updated on 2026.04.11