Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Historical Details

• Congregation for Consultations of Regulars
  • Erected: 27 May 1586
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

• Congregation for Consultations of Bishops and Other Prelates
  • United: 1601
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

• Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
  • Latin Name: Negotiis Religiosorum Sodalium Praeposita
  • Name Changed: 1908
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

• Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes
  • Name Changed: 1967
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Ignazio Masotti † (12 Aug 1886 Appointed - 31 Oct 1888 Died)
• Isidoro Verga † (12 Nov 1888 Appointed - 1 Oct 1896 Appointed, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary)
• Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. † (20 Nov 1899 Appointed - 29 Jul 1902 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith)
• José de Calasanz Félix Santiago Vives y Tutó, O.F.M. Cap. † (26 Oct 1908 Appointed - 7 Sep 1913 Died)
• Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo † (12 Jun 1913 Appointed - 6 Dec 1915 Appointed, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery)
• Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. † (27 Jan 1916 Appointed - 26 Feb 1916 Appointed, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith)
• Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. † (26 Feb 1916 Appointed - 8 Feb 1917 Died)
• Giulio Tonti † (13 Feb 1917 Appointed - 11 Dec 1918 Died)
• Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † (19 Dec 1918 Appointed - 6 Mar 1920 Resigned)
• Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo † (6 Mar 1920 Appointed - 25 Jun 1922 Died)
• Camillo Laurenti † (5 Jul 1922 Appointed - 12 Mar 1929 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation of Rites)
• Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. † (17 Dec 1928 Appointed - 31 Dec 1935 Resigned)
• Vincenzo Lapuma † (31 Dec 1935 Appointed - 4 Nov 1943 Died)
• Luigi Lavitrano † (14 May 1945 Appointed - 2 Aug 1950 Died)
• Valerio Valeri † (17 Jan 1953 Appointed - 22 Jul 1963 Died)
• Ildebrando Antoniutti † (26 Jul 1963 Appointed - 13 Sep 1973 Retired)
• Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. † (13 Sep 1973 Appointed - 13 Jun 1975 Died)
• Eduardo Francisco Pironio † (20 Sep 1975 Appointed - 8 Apr 1984 Appointed, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity)
• Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. † (8 Apr 1984 Appointed - 21 Jan 1992 Retired)
• Eduardo Martínez Somalo (21 Jan 1992 Appointed - 11 Feb 2004 Retired)
• Franc Rodé, C.M. (11 Feb 2004 Appointed - 4 Jan 2011 Retired)
• João Bráz de Aviz (4 Jan 2011 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• João Bráz de Aviz (Prefect: 4 Jan 2011 - )
• Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt (Secretary: 22 Dec 1990 to 24 Sep 1996)
• Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. (Secretary: 10 Jul 2006 to 18 Dec 2009)
• Eduardo Martínez Somalo (Prefect: 21 Jan 1992 to 11 Feb 2004)
• Franc Rodé, C.M. (Prefect: 11 Feb 2004 to 4 Jan 2011)
• José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. (Secretary: 6 Apr 2013)
• Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R. (Secretary: 2 Aug 2010 to 18 Oct 2012)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Ildebrando Antoniutti † (Prefect: 26 Jul 1963 to 13 Sep 1973)
• Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo † (Pro-Prefect: 12 Jun 1913; Prefect: 31 Oct 1913 to 6 Dec 1915)
• Vincenzo Fagiolo † (Secretary: 8 Apr 1984 to 15 Dec 1990)
• Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. † (Prefect: 26 Feb 1916 to 8 Feb 1917)
• Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D. † (Prefect: 20 Nov 1899 to 29 Jul 1902)
• Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. † (Pro-Prefect: 8 Apr 1984; Prefect: 27 May 1985 to 21 Jan 1992)
• Edward Louis Heston, C.S.C. † (Secretary: 12 Apr 1969 to 8 Sep 1971)
• Vincenzo Lapuma † (Secretary: 7 Apr 1925; Prefect: 31 Dec 1935 to 4 Nov 1943)
• Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. † (Secretary: 11 Dec 1950 to 14 Dec 1959)
• Camillo Laurenti † (Prefect: 5 Jul 1922 to 12 Mar 1929)
• Luigi Lavitrano † (Prefect: 14 May 1945 to 2 Aug 1950)
• Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. † (Prefect: 17 Dec 1928 to 31 Dec 1935)
• Ignazio Masotti † (Secretary: 30 Mar 1882; Pro-Prefect: 12 Aug 1886; Prefect: Jan 1887 to 31 Oct 1888)
• Antonio Mauro † (Secretary: 4 Jul 1967 to 12 Apr 1969)
• Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. † (Secretary: 8 Sep 1971 to 8 Apr 1984)
• Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. † (Secretary: 27 Nov 1996 to 10 Jul 2006)
• Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. † (Secretary: 20 Dec 1935 to 11 Nov 1950)
• Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. † (Secretary: 14 Dec 1959 to 29 Jun 1967)
• Eduardo Francisco Pironio † (Pro-Prefect: 20 Sep 1975; Prefect: 29 May 1976 to 8 Apr 1984)
• Donato Raffaele Sbarretti Tazza † (Secretary: 29 Oct 1910 to 28 Mar 1919)
• Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † (Prefect: 19 Dec 1918 to 6 Mar 1920)
• Placido Maria Schiaffino, O.S.B. † (Secretary: 18 Nov 1884 to 6 Apr 1888)
• Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. † (Prefect: 27 Jan 1916 to 26 Feb 1916)
• Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. † (Prefect: 13 Sep 1973 to 13 Jun 1975)
• Giulio Tonti † (Prefect: 13 Feb 1917 to 11 Dec 1918)
• Valerio Valeri † (Prefect: 17 Jan 1953 to 22 Jul 1963)
• Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo † (Prefect: 6 Mar 1920 to 25 Jun 1922)
• Isidoro Verga † (Prefect: 12 Nov 1888 to 1 Oct 1896)
• José de Calasanz Félix Santiago Vives y Tutó, O.F.M. Cap. † (Prefect: 26 Oct 1908 to 7 Sep 1913)