Pontifical Council for Culture

Type of Jurisdiction: Pontifical Council
Established: 20 May 1982
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: fosters relations between the Holy See and the realm of human culture, especially by promoting communication with various contemporary institutions of learning and teaching, so that secular culture may be more and more open to the Gospel, and specialists in the sciences, literature, and the arts may feel themselves called by the Church to truth, goodness, and beauty. (Pastor Bonus, 166)
Section on the Vatican Website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/cultr/
Official Web Site: http://www.cultura.va/
Mailing Address: 00193 Roma, Via della Conciliazione, 5
Telephone: 06.69.89.38.11
Fax: 06.69.88.73.68

Past and Present Ordinaries

Date	Event	From	To
20 May 1982	Established		Pontifical Council for Culture
25 March 1993	Territory Added	Pontifical Council for Dialogue with Non-Believers (suppressed)	Pontifical Council for Culture
30 July 2012	Territory Added	Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church (suppressed)	Pontifical Council for Culture

Barthélemy Adoukonou (Secretary: 3 Dec 2009 to 24 Aug 2017)
Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X. (Official: Aug 2004 to 9 Jul 2014)
Carlos Alberto de Pinho Moreira Azevedo (Official: 11 Nov 2011)
Paul Joseph Jean Poupard (President: 19 Apr 1988 to 3 Sep 2007)
Gianfranco Ravasi (President: 3 Sep 2007 - )
Franc Rodé, C.M. (Secretary: 1993 to 5 Mar 1997)
Paul Tighe (Adjunct Secretary: 19 Dec 2015; Secretary: 28 Oct 2017)

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