Dicastery for Evangelization

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 Evandelizatione
  • 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 - )

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Graham Bell (Under Secretary: 13 May 2011 - )
• Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. (Prefect: 5 Jun 2022)
• Osório Citora Afonso, I.M.C. (Official: 2017 to 21 Sep 2023)
• Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso (Adjunct Secretary: 9 Nov 2017 to 3 Dec 2022)
• Fernando Filoni (Prefect: 10 May 2011 to 8 Dec 2019)
• Salvatore Rino Fisichella (Pro-Prefect: 5 Jun 2022)
• Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B. (Secretary: 23 Dec 2010 to 28 Sep 2017)
• Emilio Nappa (Adjunct Secretary: 3 Dec 2022)
• Fortunatus Nwachukwu (Secretary: 15 Mar 2023)
• Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don (Official: 1 Oct 2001 to 29 Apr 2004)
• Protase Rugambwa (Adjunct Secretary: 26 Jun 2012; Secretary: 9 Nov 2017 to 15 Mar 2023)
• José Octavio Ruiz Arenas
• Samuele Sangalli (Under Secretary: 25 Apr 2023)
• Robert Sarah (Secretary: 1 Oct 2001 to 7 Oct 2010)
• Crescenzio Sepe (Prefect: 9 Apr 2001 to 20 May 2006)
• Ryszard Szmydki, O.M.I. (Under Secretary: 28 Sep 2017 to 25 Apr 2023)
• Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle (Prefect: 8 Dec 2019 to 5 Jun 2022; Pro-Prefect: 5 Jun 2022)
• Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst (Official: 5 Jun 2022)
• 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 16 May 1893)
• Leonardo Antonelli † (Prefect: 2 May 1780 to 27 Feb 1795)
• Federico Baldeschi (Ubaldi) Colonna † (Secretary: 7 May 1668 to 22 Mar 1673)
• Antonio Barberini (Jr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Prefect: 22 Nov 1632 to 1645)
• Carlo Barberini † (Prefect: 17 Jul 1698 to 2 Oct 1704)
• Alessandro Barnabó † (Pro-Secretary: 12 Jul 1847; Secretary: 13 Aug 1848; Prefect: 20 Jun 1856 to 24 Feb 1874)
• Gaetano Bedini † (Secretary: 16 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: 7 Jun 1797 to 11 Aug 1800)
• Giovanni Brunelli † (Secretary: Jan 1843 to 13 Apr 1847)
• 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)
• Luigi Capponi † (Prefect: 27 Oct 1645 to 6 Apr 1659)
• Pietro Caprano † (Secretary: 10 Mar 1823 to 4 Apr 1829)
• Pier Luigi Carafa (Jr.) † (Secretary: 2 Apr 1717 to Nov 1724)
• Giuseppe Maria Castelli † (Prefect: 26 Apr 1763 to 9 Apr 1780)
• Castruccio Castracane degli Antelminelli † (Secretary: 15 Dec 1828 to 29 Jul 1833)
• Agostino Ciasca, O.E.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)
• Ivan Cornelius Dias † (Prefect: 20 May 2006 to 10 May 2011)
• Michele Di Pietro † (Pro-Prefect: 24 May 1805 to 20 May 1814)
• Antonio Dugnani † (Pro-Prefect: 31 Oct 1804 to 16 May 1805)
• 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 † (Adjunct Secretary: 5 Mar 1971; Secretary: 26 Feb 1973 to 19 Dec 1975)
• Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Gerdil, B. † (Prefect: 27 Feb 1795 to 12 Aug 1802)
• Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. † (Prefect: 29 Jul 1902 to 26 Feb 1916)
• Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. † (Official: 22 Jan 2005 to 24 May 2008)
• 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 24 Sep 1818)
• Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy † (Official: 5 Mar 1971; Secretary: 19 Dec 1975 to 30 Oct 1985)
• Ludovico Ludovisi † (Prefect: 12 Nov 1622 to 18 Nov 1632)
• Angelo Mai † (Secretary: 15 Apr 1833 to 11 Mar 1843)
• 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 †
• Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (Prefect: 2 Aug 1671 to 29 Jun 1698)
• Edoardo Pecoraio † (Under Secretary: 1961 to 28 Dec 1971)
• 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)
• Vincenzo Petra † (Prefect: 10 Jan 1727 to 21 Mar 1747)
• Sergio Pignedoli † (Secretary: 10 Jun 1967 to 6 Mar 1973)
• Giovanni Battista Quarantotti † (Pro-Prefect: 1809 to 1814)
• Agnelo Rossi † (Prefect: 22 Oct 1970 to 8 Apr 1984)
• Dermot J. Ryan † (Pro-Prefect: 8 Apr 1984 to 21 Feb 1985)
• Giuseppe Sacripante † (Prefect: 9 Dec 1704 to 4 Jan 1727)
• 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. † (Adjunct Secretary: 10 Feb 1995 to 11 May 2001)
• 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)
• Jozef Tomko † (Pro-Prefect: 24 Apr 1985; Prefect: 27 May 1985 to 9 Apr 2001)
• 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)
• Antonio Felice Zondadari † (Secretary: 30 Mar 1789 to Aug 1795)