Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Historical Details

• Congregation for Universal Inquisition
  • Erected: 21 July 1542
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

• Congregation of the Holy Office
  • Latin Name: Sancti Officii
  • Name Changed: 1908
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Alfredo Ottaviani † ( 1966 Appointed - 6 Jan 1968 Retired)
• Franjo Šeper † (8 Jan 1968 Appointed - 25 Nov 1981 Retired)
• Joseph Ratzinger (25 Nov 1981 Appointed - 19 Apr 2005 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
• William Joseph Levada (13 May 2005 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Angelo Amato, S.D.B. (Secretary: 19 Dec 2002 to 9 Jul 2008)
• Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. (Secretary: 13 Jun 1995 to 10 Dec 2002)
• Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J. (Secretary: 9 Jul 2008)
• William Joseph Levada (Prefect: 13 May 2005 - )
• Joseph Ratzinger (Prefect: 25 Nov 1981 to 19 Apr 2005)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Antonio (Marcello) Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (Secretary: 1629 to 1633)
• Luigi Maria Bilio, B. † (Secretary: 25 Jan 1883 to 30 Jan 1884)
• Alberto Bovone † (Secretary: 5 Apr 1984 to 13 Jun 1995)
• Nicola Canali † (Official: 27 Jun 1926 to 20 Mar 1939)
• Prospero Caterini † (Secretary: 21 Dec 1876 to 28 Oct 1881)
• Domenico Ferrata † (Secretary: 2 Jan 1914 to 4 Sep 1914)
• Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. † (Secretary: 14 Jun 1973 to 8 Apr 1984)
• Vincenzo Macchi † (Secretary: 25 Apr 1844 to 30 Sep 1860)
• Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani † (Secretary: 30 Apr 1939 to 13 Jan 1951)
• Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta † (Secretary: 14 Oct 1914 to 26 Feb 1930)
• Raffaele Monaco La Valletta † (Secretary: 15 Feb 1884 to 14 Jul 1896)
• Alfredo Ottaviani † (Pro-Secretary: 12 Jan 1953; Secretary: 7 Nov 1959; Pro-Prefect: 1966 to 6 Jan 1968)
• Antonio Maria (Niccolò) Panebianco, O.F.M. Conv. † (Secretary: 30 Mar 1882 to 25 Jan 1883)
• Pietro Parente † (Official: 23 Oct 1959; Secretary: 7 Dec 1965 to 1967)
• Lucido Maria Parocchi † (Secretary: 5 Aug 1896 to 15 Jan 1903)
• Costantino Patrizi Naro † (Secretary: 10 Oct 1860 to 17 Dec 1876)
• Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. † (Secretary: 29 Jun 1967 to 6 Mar 1973)
• Giuseppe Pizzardo † (Secretary: 16 Feb 1951 to 12 Oct 1959)
• Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro † (Secretary: 30 Dec 1908 to 23 Feb 1910)
• Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza † (Secretary: 4 Jul 1930 to 1 Apr 1939)
• Franjo Šeper † (Prefect: 8 Jan 1968 to 25 Nov 1981)
• Serafino Vannutelli † (Secretary: 16 Jan 1903 to 31 Dec 1908)