Evangelization (Dicastery) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Prefect
Salvatore Rino Fisichella, Pro-Prefect
Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Cardinal, Pro-Prefect
Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Secretary
Samuele Sangalli, Adjunct Secretary
Erwin José Aserios Balagapo, Under Secretary
Graham Bell, Under Secretary
Graziano Borgonovo, Under Secretary
Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, Official
Piergiuseppe Vacchelli, Official Emeritus
José Octavio Ruiz Arenas, Secretary Emeritus
Ryszard Szmydki, O.M.I., Secretary Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Dicastery
United: 5 June 2022
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: Is competent for fundamental questions regarding evangelization in the world and for the establishment, assistance and support of new particular Churches (Praedicate Evangelium, 53)
Official Web Site: http://www.pcpne.va/
Official Web Site: http://www.novaevangelizatio.va/
Mailing Address: Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, 00187 Roma, Piazza di Spagna, 48
Telephone: 06.69.87.92.99
Fax: 06.69.88.01.18; 06.69.88.01.37

Historical Details

Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
- Latin Name: Propaganda Fide
- Established: 22 June 1622
- Curial Office
- Roman Curia
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
- Latin Name: pro Gentium Evangelizatione
- Name Changed: 15 August 1967
- Curial Office
- Roman Curia
- Description: direct and coordinate throughout the world the actual work of spreading the Gospel as well as missionary cooperation, without prejudice to the competence of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. (Pastor Bonus, 85)
- Mailing Address: Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, 00187 Roma, Piazza di Spagna, 48
- Telephone: 06.69.87.92.99
- Fax: 06.69.88.01.18; 06.69.88.01.37

Past and Present Ordinaries

Ludovico Ludovisi † (12 Nov 1622 Appointed - 18 Nov 1632 Died)
Antonio Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † (22 Nov 1632 Appointed - 1645 Resigned)
Luigi Capponi † (27 Oct 1645 Appointed - 6 Apr 1659 Died)
Antonio Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † ( 1649 Appointed - 3 Aug 1671 Died)
Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (2 Aug 1671 Appointed - 29 Jun 1698 Died)
Carlo Barberini † (17 Jul 1698 Appointed - 2 Oct 1704 Died)
Giuseppe Sacripante † (9 Dec 1704 Appointed - 4 Jan 1727 Died)
Vincenzo Petra † (10 Jan 1727 Appointed - 21 Mar 1747 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 - 27 Feb 1795 Appointed, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Gerdil, B. † (27 Feb 1795 Appointed - 12 Aug 1802 Died)
Stefano Borgia † (25 May 1798 Appointed - 27 Sep 1800 Resigned)
Stefano Borgia † (16 Aug 1802 Appointed - 23 Nov 1804 Died)
Antonio Dugnani † (31 Oct 1804 Appointed - 16 May 1805 Resigned)
Michele Di Pietro † (24 May 1805 Appointed - 20 May 1814 Appointed, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary)
Giovanni Battista Quarantotti † ( 1809 Appointed - 1814 Resigned)
Lorenzo Litta † (20 May 1814 Appointed - 24 Sep 1818 Resigned)
Francesco Luigi Fontana, B. † (24 Sep 1818 Appointed - 19 Mar 1822 Died)
Ercole Consalvi † (23 Mar 1822 Appointed - 24 Jan 1824 Died)
Giulio Maria della Somaglia † (23 Jan 1824 Appointed - 1 Oct 1826 Appointed, Librarian of the Vatican Library)
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)
Alessandro Barnabó † (20 Jun 1856 Appointed - 24 Feb 1874 Died)
Alessandro Franchi † (10 Mar 1874 Appointed - 5 Mar 1878 Appointed, Secretary 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 Cornelius Dias † (20 May 2006 Appointed - 10 May 2011 Retired)
Fernando Filoni (10 May 2011 Appointed - 8 Dec 2019 Appointed, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem)
Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle (8 Dec 2019 Appointed - 5 Jun 2022 Appointed, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization)
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. † (5 Jun 2022 Appointed - 21 Apr 2025 Died)
Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (8 May 2025 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
22 June 1622	Established		Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
1 May 1917	Established	Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Congregation for the Oriental Churches
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
15 August 1967	Name Changed	Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Dicastery for Evangelization
5 June 2022	United	Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization	Dicastery for Evangelization