Dicastery for the Service of Charity

Dicastery of the Roman Curia

Also known as: Apostolische Almosenverwaltung (Deutsch) / Aumônerie apostolique (français) / Dicastero per il Servizio della Carità (Italiano) / Elemosineria apostolica (Italiano) / Urząd Dobroczynności Apostolskiej (polski) / Dicastério para o Serviço da Caridade (Português) / Esmolaria Apostólica (Português) / 愛德服務部 (正體中文) / 教皇庁支援援助省 (日本語) / Dicasterium ad caritatem fovendam (latine) / Eleemosynaria Apostolica (latine)

Address: 00120, Vatican City State

Phone: 06.69.88.31.35

Website:

History

Established as Office of Papal Charities (English) / Apostolische Almosenverwaltung (Deutsch) / Aumônerie apostolique (français) / Elemosineria Apostolica (Italiano) / Esmolaria Apostólica (Português) / 宗座賑濟所 (正體中文) / Eleemosynaria Apostolica (latine)
2022.06.05: Promoted as Dicastery for the Service of Charity (English) / Apostolische Almosenverwaltung (Deutsch) / Aumônerie apostolique (français) / Dicastero per il Servizio della Carità (Italiano) / Elemosineria apostolica (Italiano) / Urząd Dobroczynności Apostolskiej (polski) / Dicastério para o Serviço da Caridade (Português) / Esmolaria Apostólica (Português) / 愛德服務部 (正體中文) / 教皇庁支援援助省 (日本語) / Dicasterium ad caritatem fovendam (latine) / Eleemosynaria Apostolica (latine)

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Present Officials

Almoner of His Holiness (2026.03.12 – ...):

Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A. (64)

Titular Archbishop of Suliana

Bureau Chief (2025.05.30 [2025.06.01] – ...):

Msgr. Romanus Rocky Mbena

Priest of Morogoro (Tanzania)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Past Officials

Almoner of His Holiness:	Cardinal Konrad Krajewski (62) (2013.08.03 – 2026.03.12)
Almoner of His Holiness:	Archbishop Guido Pozzo (74) (2012.11.03 – 2013.08.03)
Almoner of His Holiness:	Archbishop Félix del Blanco Prieto (2007.07.28 – 2012.11.03)
Almoner of His Holiness:	Archbishop Oscar Rizzato (1989.12.23 – 2007.07.28)
Almoner of His Holiness:	Archbishop Antonio Maria Travia (1968.12.16 – 1989.12.23)
Almoner of His Holiness:	Archbishop Diego Venini (1951.01.12 – 1968.12.12)
Almoner of His Holiness:	Archbishop Giuseppe Migone (1935.12.19 – 1951.01.01)
Almoner of His Holiness:	Archbishop Carlo Cremonesi (later Cardinal) (1921.12.29 – 1935.12.16)
Almoner of His Holiness:	Archbishop Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano (later Cardinal) (1916.12.06 – 1921.11.21)
Almoner of His Holiness:	Archbishop Augusto Silj (later Cardinal) (1906.12.22 – 1916.12.06)
Almoner of His Holiness:	Archbishop Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella (later Cardinal) (1874.07.31 – 1887.08.23)
Almoner of His Holiness:	Archbishop Frédéric-François-Xavier Ghislain de Mérode (1866.07.10 – 1874.07.11)
Bureau Chief:	Fr. Francesco Mazzitelli, F.D.P. (2021.11.27 – 2025.05.30)
Bureau Chief:	Msgr. Diego Giovanni Ravelli (60) (later Archbishop) (2013.10.12 – 2021.10.11)

Last updated on 2026.04.11