Dicastery for the Clergy

Dicastery of the Roman Curia

Also known as: Dikasterium für den Klerus (Deutsch) / Dicasterio para el Clero (español) / Dicastère pour le clergé (français) / Dicastero per il Clero (Italiano) / Dykasteria ds. Duchowieństwa (polski) / Dicastério para o Clero (Português) / 聖職部 (中文) / 聖職者省 (日本語) / 성직자성 (한국어) / Dicasterium pro Clericis (latine)

Address: Palazzo delle Congregazioni, Piazza Pio XII, 3, 00193 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.69.88.41.51

Website:

History

1564.08.02: Established as Sacred Congregation of the Council (English) / Hl. Konzilskongregation (Deutsch) / Sagrada Congregacíon del Concilio (español) / Sacrée Congrégation du Concile (français) / Sacrée Congrégation du Concile (français) / S. Congregazione del Concilio (Italiano) / S. Congregação do Concílio (Português) / S. Congregatio Cardinalium Concilii Tridentini interpretum (latine)
1908.09.08: Merged with the suppressed Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars
1968.01.01: Renamed as Sacred Congregation for Clergy (English) / Hl. Kongregation für den Klerus (Deutsch) / Sacrée Congrégation pour le clergé (français) / S. Congregazione per il Clero (Italiano) / S. Congregatio pro Clericis (latine)
1984: Renamed as Congregation for Clergy (English) / Kongregation für den Klerus (Deutsch) / Congregación para el Clero (español) / Congrégation pour le clergé (français) / Congregazione per il Clero (Italiano) / Kongregacja ds. Duchowieństwa (polski) / 聖職部 (中文) / 聖職者省 (日本語) / 성직자성 (한국어) / Congregação para o Clero (Português) / Congregatio pro Clericis (latine)
2013.01.16: Merged with Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions) and branched to Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation
2022.06.05: Promoted as Dicastery for the Clergy (English) / Dikasterium für den Klerus (Deutsch) / Dicasterio para el Clero (español) / Dicastère pour le clergé (français) / Dicastero per il Clero (Italiano) / Dykasteria ds. Duchowieństwa (polski) / Dicastério para o Clero (Português) / 聖職部 (中文) / 聖職者省 (日本語) / 성직자성 (한국어) / Dicasterium pro Clericis (latine)

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Associated Organizations

Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations

Present Officials

Prefect (2021.06.11 – ...):	Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik (유흥식 라자로 / 俞興植) (74) Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola President of Interdicastery Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations Bishop emeritus of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea)
Secretary (2026.01.22 – ...):	Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli (69) Apostolic Administrator of Gorizia (Italy) Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gorizia (Italy)
Undersecretary (2022.02.09 – ...):	Msgr. Simone Renna (51) Priest of Lecce (Italy) Chaplain of His Holiness
Adjunct Undersecretary (2024.03.12 – ...):	Msgr. Eamonn McLaughlin (48) Priest of Raphoe (Ireland) Chaplain of His Holiness
Adjunct Undersecretary (2024.03.12 – ...):	Fr. Enrico Massignani (50) Priest of Vicenza (Italy)

Past Officials

Prefect:	Cardinal Beniamino Stella (84) (2013.09.21 – 2021.06.11)
Prefect:	Cardinal Mauro Piacenza (81) (2010.10.07 – 2013.09.21)
Prefect:	Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M. (2006.10.31 – 2010.10.07)
Prefect:	Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1998.02.23 – 2006.10.31)
Prefect:	Cardinal José Tomás Sánchez (1991.07.01 – 1996.06.15)
Prefect:	Cardinal Antonio Innocenti (1986.01.09 – 1991.07.01)
Prefect:	Cardinal Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi (1979.09.29 – 1986.01.09)
Prefect:	Cardinal John Joseph Wright (1969.04.23 – 1979.08.10)
Prefect:	Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot (1967.04.07 – 1969.04.23)
Prefect:	Cardinal Pietro Ciriaci (1954.03.20 – 1966.12.30)
Prefect:	Cardinal Giuseppe Bruno (1949.11.16 – 1954.03.20)
Prefect:	Cardinal Francesco Marmaggi (1939.03.14 – 1949.11.03)
Prefect:	Cardinal Luigi Maglione (1938.07.22 – 1939.03.10)
Prefect:	Cardinal Giulio Serafini (1930.07.04 – 1938.07.16)
Prefect:	Cardinal Donato Sbarretti (1919.03.28 – 1930.07.04)
Prefect:	Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta (1914.02.10 – 1919.03.23)
Prefect:	Cardinal Casimiro Gennari (1908.10.20 – 1914.01.31)
Prefect:	Cardinal Vicenzo Vannutelli (1902.07.30 – 1908.10.20)
Prefect:	Cardinal Angelo Di Pietro (1893.01.16 – 1902.07.20)
Prefect:	Cardinal Luigi Serafini (1885.07.31 – 1893)
Prefect:	Cardinal Lorenzo Nina (1881.11.07 – 1885.07.25)
Prefect:	Cardinal Prospero Caterini (1860.09.26 – 1881.10.28)
Prefect:	Cardinal Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo (1853.06.27 – 1860.09.26)
Prefect:	Cardinal Angelo Mai (1851 – 1853.06.27)
Prefect:	Cardinal Pietro Ostini (1847.05 – 1849.04.04)
Prefect:	Cardinal Paolo Polidori (1841.09.15 – 1847.04.23)
Prefect:	Cardinal Vincenzo Macchi (1834.12.11 – 1840.12.14)
Prefect:	Cardinal Emmanuele De Gregorio (1820.05.06 – 1834.12.11)
Prefect:	Cardinal Giulio Gabrielli (1814.07.26 – 1820.05.09)
Prefect:	Cardinal Filippo Carandini (1800.03 – 1810.08.28)
Prefect:	Cardinal Tommaso Antici (1795.09.25 – 1798.03.07)
Prefect:	Cardinal Guglielmo Pallotta (1785.07.01 – 1795.09.21)
Prefect:	Cardinal Carlo Vittorio Amedeo Delle Lanze (1775.03.22 – 1784.01.25)
Prefect:	Cardinal Ferdinando Maria de Rossi (1759.09.28 – 1775.02.04)
Prefect:	Cardinal Clemente Argenvilliers (1757 – 1758.12.23)
Prefect:	Cardinal Giovanni Giacomo Millo (1756.12.16 – 1757.11.16)
Prefect:	Cardinal Mario Millini (1753 – 1756.07.25)
Prefect:	Cardinal Antonio Saverio Gentili (1737.03.20 – 1753.03.13)
Prefect:	Cardinal Curzio Origo (1721.05.16 – 1737.03.18)
Prefect:	Venerable Cardinal Pier Marcellino Corradini (1718.11.26 – 1721.05.12)
Prefect:	Cardinal Bandino Panciatici (1700.12.04 – 1718.04.21)
Prefect:	Cardinal Giuseppe Sacripante (1696.01.02 – 1700.12.04)
Prefect:	Cardinal Galeazzo Marescotti (1692.05.10 – 1695.12)
Prefect:	Cardinal Federico Baldeschi Colonna (1675.05.04 – 1691.10.04)
Prefect:	Cardinal Vincenzo Maria Orsini de Gravina, O.P. (later Pope Benedict XIII) (1673.01.04 – 1675.01.28)
Prefect:	Cardinal Angelo Celsi (1664 – 1671.11.06)
Prefect:	Cardinal Giulio Cesare Sacchetti (1661.07.28 – 1663.06.28)
Prefect:	Cardinal Francesco Paolucci (1657.04.09 – 1661.07.09)
Prefect:	Cardinal Pier Luigi Carafa (1645 – 1655.02.15)
Prefect:	Cardinal Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri (1644.09 – 1645.10.02)
Prefect:	Cardinal Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (later Pope Innocent X) (1639 – 1644.09.15)
Prefect:	Cardinal Fabrizio Verospi (1627 – 1639.01.27)
Prefect:	Cardinal Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini (1626 – 1627.04.07)
Prefect:	Cardinal Cosimo de Torres (1623.05.22 – 1626)
Prefect:	Cardinal Roberto Ubaldini (1621.01 – 1623.05.22)
Prefect:	Cardinal Orazio Lancellotti (1616 – 1620.12.09)
Prefect:	Cardinal Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria (1606 – 1616)
Prefect:	Cardinal Paolo Emilio Zacchia (1604 – 1605.05.31)
Prefect:	Cardinal Girolamo Mattei (1591.01.14 – 1603.12.08)
Prefect:	Cardinal Antonio Carafa (1586 – 1591.01.13)
Prefect:	Cardinal Filippo Boncompagni (1580 – 1586.06.09)
Prefect:	Cardinal Francesco Alciati (1565.09 – 1580.04.20)
Prefect:	Saint Cardinal Carlo Borromeo (Charles Borromeo) (1564 – 1565.09)
Pro-Prefect:	Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1996.06.15 – 1998.02.23)
Pro-Prefect:	Cardinal Paolo Polidori (1840.07.27 – 1841.09.15)
Pro-Prefect:	Cardinal Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni (1671.11 – 1672.12)
Secretary:	Archbishop Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira (56) (2021.10.01 – 2025.10.31)
Secretary:	Archbishop Joël Mercier (81) (2015.01.08 – 2021.10.01)
Secretary:	Archbishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta (78) (2010.12.29 – 2014.10.08)
Secretary:	Archbishop Mauro Piacenza (81) (later Cardinal) (2007.05.07 – 2010.10.07)
Secretary:	Archbishop Csaba Ternyák (72) (1997.12.11 – 2007.03.15)
Secretary:	Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe (82) (later Cardinal) (1992.04.02 – 1997.11.03)
Secretary:	Archbishop Gilberto Agustoni (later Cardinal) (1986.12.18 – 1992.04.02)
Secretary:	Archbishop Maximino Romero de Lema (1973.03.21 – 1986)
Secretary:	Archbishop Pietro Palazzini (later Cardinal) (1958.12.18 – 1973.03.05)
Secretary:	Msgr. Francesco Roberti (later Cardinal) (1946.03.09 – 1958.12.15)
Secretary:	Msgr. Giuseppe Bruno (later Cardinal) (1930.07.03 – 1946.02.18)
Secretary:	Bishop Giulio Serafini (later Cardinal) (1923.10.28 – 1930.06.30)
Secretary:	Msgr. Bernardo Colombo (1922 – 1923)
Secretary:	Msgr. Giuseppe Mori (later Cardinal) (1916.12.08 – 1922.12.11)
Secretary:	Msgr. Oreste Giorgi (later Cardinal) (1911.12.07 – 1916.12.04)
Secretary:	Msgr. Basilio Pompilj (later Cardinal) (1908.01.31 – 1911.11.27)
Secretary:	Msgr. Gaetano De Lai (later Cardinal) (1903.11.11 – 1907.12.16)
Secretary:	Archbishop Beniamino Cavicchioni (later Cardinal) (1900.01.11 – 1903.06.22)
Secretary:	Msgr. Isidoro Verga (later Cardinal) (1878.07.30 – 1884.11.10)
Secretary:	Cardinal Giacomo Cattani (1875.04.27 – 1879.09.22)
Secretary:	Archbishop Pietro Gianelli (later Cardinal) (1868.03.14 – 1875.03.15)
Secretary:	Msgr. Angelo Quaglia (later Cardinal) (1852.03.18 – 1861.09.27)
Secretary:	Archbishop Girolamo D’Andrea (later Cardinal) (1845.08.30 – 1852)
Secretary:	Msgr. Giacomo Lanfredini (later Cardinal) (1731 – 1734?)
Secretary:	Archbishop Antonio Saverio Gentili (later Cardinal) (1728 – 1731?)
Secretary:	Archbishop Stefano Brancaccio (later Cardinal) (1668 – 1670)
Secretary for Seminaries:	Archbishop Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong (68) (2013.09.21 – 2021.12.08)
Secretary for Seminaries:	Msgr. Gaetano De Lai (later Cardinal) (1903.06.19 – 1903.11.11)
Secretary for Seminaries:	Archbishop Beniamino Cavicchioni (later Cardinal) (1895.10.22 – 1900.01.11)
Secretary for Seminaries:	Msgr. Isidoro Verga (later Cardinal) (1877.01.29 – 1878.07.30)
Secretary for Seminaries:	Archbishop Pietro Gianelli (later Cardinal) (1861.09.30 – 1868.03.14)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Andrea Ripa (54) (later Bishop) (2017.09.12 – 2022.01.26)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Antonio Neri (2011.05.28 – 2017.06.05)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Celso Morga Iruzubieta (78) (later Archbishop) (2009.11.10 – 2010.12.29)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Gianni Carrù (2003.11.05 – 2009.07.18)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Mauro Piacenza (81) (later Cardinal) (2000.03.11 – 2003.10.13)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Antonio Silvestrelli (1996 – 2004)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Milan Simcic (1986 – 1996)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Guglielmo Zannoni (1977 – 1986)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Fiorenzo Romita (1966 – 1977)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Ercole Crovella (1959 – 1966)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Domenico Galletti (1953 – 1959)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Silvio Fagiolo (? – 1953)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Giulio Grazioli (1908 – 1916)
Bureau Chief:	Msgr. Celso Morga Iruzubieta (78) (later Archbishop) (2000.10.14 – 2009.11.10)
Bureau Chief:	Fr. Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.SS.R. (79) (later Archbishop) (2000.03.11 – 2008.03.12)
Bureau Chief:	Msgr. Mauro Piacenza (81) (later Cardinal) (1997.11.25 – 2000.03.11)

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