International Council for Catechesis

Commission or Committee of the Roman Curia

Also known as: Consejo internacional para la catequesis (español) / Conseil international pour la catéchèse (français) / Consiglio Internazionale per la Catechesi (Italiano) / 國際教理講授委員會 (正體中文)

Address: Via della Conciliazione, 5, 00193 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.69.86.95.00

Associated with: Dicastery for Evangelisation

History

1973: Established as International Council for Catechesis (English) / Consejo internacional para la catequesis (español) / Conseil international pour la catéchèse (français) / Consiglio Internazionale per la Catechesi (Italiano) / 國際教理講授委員會 (正體中文)

Documents: (x 1)

Present Officials

President (2013.01.16 – ...):

Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella (Rino) (74)

Titular Archbishop of Voghenza

Pro-Prefect for the Section of New Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation

Delegate (2022.06.05 – ...):

Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst (66)

Delegate for catechesis of Dicastery for Evangelisation

Bishop emeritus of Limburg (Germany)

Past Officials

President:	Cardinal Mauro Piacenza (81) (2010.10.07 – 2013.01.16)
President:	Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M. (2006.10.31 – 2010.10.07)
President:	Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1998.02.23 – 2006.10.31)
Vice-President:	Archbishop Mauro Piacenza (81) (later Cardinal) (2007.05.07 – 2010.10.07)
Vice-President:	Archbishop Csaba Ternyák (72) (1997.12.11 – 2007.03.15)

Last updated on 2026.04.11