Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Institution Associated with the Holy See

Also known as: Pontificia Comisión para la Tutela de los Menores (español) / Commission pontificale pour la protection des mineurs (français) / Pontificia Commissione per la Tutela dei Minori (Italiano) / Pontifícia comissão para a tutela dos menores (Português) / 宗座保護未成年人委員會 (正體中文) / 教皇庁未成年者保護委員会 (日本語) / Pontificia commissio pro tutela minorum (latine)

Address: Largo Giovanni Paolo II, 00120, Vatican City State

Phone: 06.09.88.24.20

Associated with: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Website:

History

2014.03.22: Established as Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (English) / Pontificia Comisión para la Tutela de los Menores (español) / Commission pontificale pour la protection des mineurs (français) / Pontificia Commissione per la Tutela dei Minori (Italiano) / Pontifícia comissão para a tutela dos menores (Português) / 宗座保護未成年人委員會 (正體中文) / 教皇庁未成年者保護委員会 (日本語) / Pontificia commissio pro tutela minorum (latine)

Documents: (x 9)

Present Officials

President (2025.07.05 – ...):	Archbishop Thibault Verny (60) Archbishop of Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise (France)
Secretary (2024.03.15 – ...):	Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera (58) Titular Bishop of Iubaltiana Vicar of the Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major
Member (2018.02.17 – ...):	Sr. Arina Gonsalves, R.J.M.
Member (2018.02.17 – ...):	Prof. Ernesto Caffo
Member (2018.02.17 – ...):	Prof. Benyam Dawit Mezmur
Member (2018.02.17 – ...):	Prof. Neville John Owen
Member (2018.02.17 – ...):	Mr. Nelson Giovanelli Rosendo dos Santos
Member (2018.02.17 – ...):	Ms. Sinalelea Fe’ao
Member (2021.03.24 – ...):	Mr. Juan Carlos Cruz
Member (2022.09.30 – ...):	Fr. Tim Brennan, M.S.C.
Member (2022.09.30 – ...):	Sr. Mary Niluka Perera, R.G.S.
Member (2022.09.30 – ...):	Sr. Annah Theresa Nyadombo, H.L.M.C.
Member (2022.09.30 – ...):	Dr. Anne-Marie Emilie Rivet-Duval
Member (2022.09.30 – ...):	Prof. Irma Patricia Espinosa Hernández
Member (2022.09.30 – ...):	Ms. Teresa Devlin
Member (2022.09.30 – ...):	Ms. Ewa Kusz
Member (2026.03.30 – ...):	Dr. Susan Lynn Bissell
Member (2026.03.30 – ...):	Mr. Laurent Delvolvé

Past Officials

President:	Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. (81) (2014.09.10 – 2025.07.05)
Secretary:	Msgr. Robert W. Oliver (2014.09.10 – 2021.03.24)
Secretary pro tempore:	Fr. Andrew Small, O.M.I. (2021.06.22 – 2024.03.15)
Adjunct Secretary:	Dr. Teresa Morris Kettelkamp (2024.03.15 – 2026.04.01)
Member:	Archbishop Thibault Verny (60) (2022.09.30 – 2025.07.05)
Member:	Bishop Peter Karam (66) (2022.09.30 – 2025.02.11)
Member:	Dr. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio (2022.09.30 – 2024.12.28)
Member:	Dr. Teresa Morris Kettelkamp (2018.02.17 – 2024.03.15)
Member:	Prof. Myriam Wijlens (2018.02.17 – 2022.03.24)
Member:	Sr. Jane Bertelsen, F.M.D.M. (2018.02.17 – 2022.03.24)
Member:	Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera (58) (2014.12.17 – 2024.03.15)
Member:	Dr. Gabriel Dy-Liacco (2014.12.17 – 2022.03.24)
Member:	Sr. Kayula Gertrude Lesa, R.S.C. (2014.12.17 – 2022.03.24)
Member:	Sr. Hermenegild Makoro, C.P.S. (2014.12.17 – 2022.03.24)
Member:	Mr. Bill Kilgallon (2014.12.17 – 2017.12.17)
Member:	Ms. Kathleen McCormack (2014.12.17 – 2017.12.17)
Member:	Mr. Peter Saunders (2014.12.17 – 2017.12.17)
Member:	Dr. Krysten Winter-Green (2014.12.17 – 2017.12.17)
Member:	Fr. Hans Zollner, S.J. (2014.03.22 – 2023.03.14)
Member:	Prof. Hanna Suchocka (2014.03.22 – 2022.03.24)
Member:	Fr. Humberto Miguel Yáñez, S.J. (2014.03.22 – 2017.03.22)
Member:	Prof. Sheila Hollins (2014.03.22 – 2017.03.22)
Member:	Dr. Catherine Bonnet (2014.03.22 – 2017.03.22)
Member:	Ms. Marie Collins (2014.03.22 – 2017.03.01)
Member:	Prof. Claudio Papale (2014.03.22 – 2016.05)
Member:	Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. (81) (2014.03.22 – 2014.09.10)

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