Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Historical Details

• Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
  • Latin Name: Propaganda Fide
  • Erected: 22 June 1622
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Ludovico Ludovisi † (12 Nov 1622 Appointed - 18 Nov 1632 Died)
• Antonio Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Dec 1632 Appointed - 1645 Resigned)
• Carlo Barberini † (17 Jul 1698 Appointed - 2 Oct 1704 Died)
• Silvio Valenti Gonzaga † (27 Mar 1747 Appointed - 28 Aug 1756 Died)
• Giuseppe Spinelli † (11 Sep 1756 Appointed - 12 Apr 1763 Died)
• Giuseppe Maria Castelli † (26 Apr 1763 Appointed - 9 Apr 1780 Died)
• Leonardo Antonelli † (2 May 1780 Appointed - 25 Jun 1784 Resigned)
• Hyacinthe-Sigismond Gerdil, B. † (27 Feb 1795 Appointed - 12 Aug 1802 Died)
• Stefano Borgia † (25 May 1798 Appointed - 27 Sep 1800 Resigned)
• Michele Di Pietro † (24 May 1805 Appointed - 20 May 1814 Appointed, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary)
• Lorenzo Litta † (20 May 1814 Appointed - 28 Sep 1818 Appointed, Official of the Roman Curia - Other)
• Francesco Luigi Fontana, B. † (24 Sep 1818 Appointed - 19 Mar 1822 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Quarantotti † (10 May 1820 Appointed - 15 Sep 1820 Died)
• Ercole Consalvi † (23 Mar 1822 Appointed - 24 Jan 1824 Died)
• Giulio Maria della Somaglia † (23 Jan 1824 Appointed - 1 Oct 1826 Resigned)
• Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (1 Oct 1826 Appointed - 2 Feb 1831 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
• Carlo Maria Pedicini † (4 Feb 1831 Appointed - 21 Nov 1834 Resigned)
• Giacomo Filippo Fransoni † (21 Nov 1834 Appointed - 20 Apr 1856 Died)
• Alessando Barnabó † (20 Jun 1856 Appointed - 13 Mar 1868 Appointed, Official of the Roman Curia - Other)
• Alessandro Franchi † (10 Mar 1874 Appointed - 5 Mar 1878 Appointed, Secretary of the Secretariat of State)
• Giovanni Simeoni † (5 Mar 1878 Appointed - 14 Jan 1892 Died)
• Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski † (1 Feb 1892 Appointed - 22 Jul 1902 Died)
• Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. † (29 Jul 1902 Appointed - 26 Feb 1916 Resigned)
• Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. † (26 Feb 1916 Appointed - 5 Mar 1918 Died)
• Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (12 Mar 1918 Appointed - 30 Aug 1932 Died)
• Pietro Fumasoni Biondi † (16 Mar 1933 Appointed - 12 Jul 1960 Died)
• Samuel Alphonsus Stritch † (1 Mar 1958 Appointed - 27 May 1958 Died)
• Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian † (18 Jun 1958 Appointed - 19 Oct 1970 Retired)
• Agnelo Rossi † (22 Oct 1970 Appointed - 8 Apr 1984 Appointed, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See)
• Dermot J. Ryan † (8 Apr 1984 Appointed - 21 Feb 1985 Died)
• Jozef Tomko (24 Apr 1985 Appointed - 9 Apr 2001 Retired)
• Crescenzio Sepe (9 Apr 2001 Appointed - 20 May 2006 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Dio Padre misericordioso)
• Ivan Dias (20 May 2006 Appointed - 10 May 2011 Retired)
• Fernando Filoni (10 May 2011 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Ivan Dias (Prefect: 20 May 2006 to 10 May 2011)
• Fernando Filoni (Prefect: 10 May 2011 - )
• Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B. (Secretary: 23 Dec 2010)
• Henryk Hoser, S.A.C. (Official: 22 Jan 2005 to 24 May 2008)
• Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (Official: 5 Mar 1971; Secretary: 19 Dec 1975 to 30 Oct 1985)
• Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don (Official: 1 Oct 2001 to 29 Apr 2004)
• Protase Rugambwa (Official: 26 Jun 2012)
• Robert Sarah (Secretary: 1 Oct 2001 to 7 Oct 2010)
• Crescenzio Sepe (Prefect: 9 Apr 2001 to 20 May 2006)
• Jozef Tomko (Pro-Prefect: 24 Apr 1985; Prefect: 27 May 1985 to 9 Apr 2001)
• Piergiuseppe Vacchelli (Official: 24 May 2008 to 26 Jun 2012)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian † (Pro-Prefect: 18 Jun 1958; Prefect: 18 Jul 1960 to 19 Oct 1970)
• Andrea Aiuti † (Official: 24 Jul 1891 to 7 Jun 1893)
• Leonardo Antonelli † (Prefect: 2 May 1780 to 25 Jun 1784)
• Federico Baldeschi (Ubaldi) Colonna † (Secretary: 7 May 1668 to 22 Mar 1673)
• Antonio Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Prefect: Dec 1632 to 1645)
• Carlo Barberini † (Prefect: 17 Jul 1698 to 2 Oct 1704)
• Alessando Barnabó † (Prefect: 20 Jun 1856 to 13 Mar 1868)
• Gaetano Bedini † (Secretary: 20 Jun 1856 to 18 Mar 1861)
• Filippo Bernardini † (Secretary: 15 Jan 1953 to 26 Aug 1954)
• Stefano Borgia † (Pro-Prefect: 25 May 1798 to 27 Sep 1800; Prefect: 16 Aug 1802 to 23 Nov 1804)
• Cesare Brancadoro † (Secretary: 1797 to 11 Aug 1800)
• Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini † (Secretary: 12 Feb 1838 to 30 Jan 1843)
• Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. † (Prefect: 1 Oct 1826 to 2 Feb 1831)
• Pietro Caprano † (Secretary: 1824 to 4 Apr 1829)
• Giuseppe Maria Castelli † (Prefect: 26 Apr 1763 to 9 Apr 1780)
• Agostino Ciasca, O.S.A. † (Pro-Secretary: 19 Sep 1892; Secretary: 4 Jul 1893 to 6 Feb 1902)
• Ercole Consalvi † (Pro-Prefect: 23 Mar 1822; Prefect: 13 Jan 1824 to 24 Jan 1824)
• Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini † (Secretary: 20 Dec 1935 to 12 Jan 1953)
• Giulio Maria della Somaglia † (Pro-Prefect: 23 Jan 1824 to 1 Oct 1826)
• Michele Di Pietro † (Prefect: 24 May 1805 to 20 May 1814)
• Francesco Luigi Fontana, B. † (Prefect: 24 Sep 1818 to 19 Mar 1822)
• Alessandro Franchi † (Prefect: 10 Mar 1874 to 5 Mar 1878)
• Giacomo Filippo Fransoni † (Prefect: 21 Nov 1834 to 20 Apr 1856)
• Pietro Fumasoni Biondi † (Secretary: 16 Jun 1921 to 14 Dec 1922; Prefect: 16 Mar 1933 to 12 Jul 1960)
• Bernardin Gantin † (Official: 28 Jun 1971; Secretary: 26 Feb 1973 to 20 Dec 1975)
• Hyacinthe-Sigismond Gerdil, B. † (Prefect: 27 Feb 1795 to 12 Aug 1802)
• Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. † (Prefect: 29 Jul 1902 to 26 Feb 1916)
• Domenico Maria Jacobini † (Secretary: 31 Mar 1882 to 16 Jun 1891)
• Camillo Laurenti † (Secretary: 12 Aug 1911 to 5 Jul 1922)
• Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski † (Prefect: 1 Feb 1892 to 22 Jul 1902)
• Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. † (Official: 11 Jun 1924 to 17 Dec 1928)
• Lorenzo Litta † (Prefect: 20 May 1814 to 28 Sep 1818)
• Ludovico Ludovisi † (Prefect: 12 Nov 1622 to 18 Nov 1632)
• Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani † (Secretary: 15 Dec 1922 to 30 Apr 1939)
• Ignazio Masotti † (Secretary: 26 Sep 1879 to 30 Mar 1882)
• Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris †
• Carlo Maria Pedicini † (Prefect: 4 Feb 1831 to 21 Nov 1834)
• Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. † (Secretary: 13 Jun 1891 to 30 May 1893)
• Sergio Pignedoli † (Secretary: 10 Jun 1967 to 6 Mar 1973)
• Giovanni Battista Quarantotti † (Prefect: 10 May 1820 to 15 Sep 1820)
• Agnelo Rossi † (Prefect: 22 Oct 1970 to 8 Apr 1984)
• Dermot J. Ryan † (Pro-Prefect: 8 Apr 1984 to 21 Feb 1985)
• Carlo Salotti † (Secretary: 3 Jul 1930 to 14 Sep 1938)
• José Tomás Sánchez † (Secretary: 30 Oct 1985 to 1 Jul 1991)
• Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. † (Official: 10 Feb 1995 to 2000)
• Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. † (Pro-Prefect: 26 Feb 1916; Prefect: 24 Mar 1916 to 5 Mar 1918)
• Pietro Sigismondi † (Secretary: 27 Sep 1954 to 25 May 1967)
• Giovanni Simeoni † (Prefect: 5 Mar 1878 to 14 Jan 1892)
• Giuseppe Spinelli † (Prefect: 11 Sep 1756 to 12 Apr 1763)
• Samuel Alphonsus Stritch † (Pro-Prefect: 1 Mar 1958 to 27 May 1958)
• Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac † (Secretary: 21 Jun 1991 to 18 Jan 1998)
• Silvio Valenti Gonzaga † (Prefect: 27 Mar 1747 to 28 Aug 1756)
• Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (Prefect: 12 Mar 1918 to 30 Aug 1932)
• Marcello Zago, O.M.I. † (Secretary: 28 Mar 1998 to 1 Mar 2001)