Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

Historical Details

• Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law
  • Latin Name: Codici Iuris Canonici authentice interprentando
  • Erected: 15 September 1917
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

• Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law
  • Latin Name: Codici Iuris Canonici recognoscendo
  • Name Changed: 28 March 1963
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

• Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law
  • Latin Name: Codici Iuris Canonici authentice interprentando
  • Name Changed: 2 January 1984
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

• Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts
  • Latin Name: de Legum Textibus Interpretandis
  • Elevated: 28 June 1988
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Pietro Gasparri † (18 Oct 1917 Appointed - 7 Feb 1930 Retired)
• Giulio Serafini † (30 Jun 1930 Appointed - 16 Jul 1938 Died)
• Luigi Sincero † (12 Dec 1934 Appointed - 7 Feb 1936 Died)
• Massimo Massimi † (14 Mar 1939 Appointed - 29 May 1946 Appointed, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura)
• Giuseppe Bruno † (20 Mar 1954 Appointed - 10 Nov 1954 Died)
• Pietro Ciriaci † (31 May 1955 Appointed - 30 Dec 1966 Died)
• Pericle Felici † (21 Feb 1967 Appointed - 22 Mar 1982 Died)
• Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. † (22 May 1982 Appointed - 6 Dec 1989 Appointed, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See)
• Vincenzo Fagiolo † (15 Dec 1990 Appointed - 19 Dec 1994 Retired)
• Julián Herranz Casado (19 Dec 1994 Appointed - 15 Feb 2007 Retired)
• Francesco Coccopalmerio (15 Feb 2007 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru (Secretary: 15 Feb 2007)
• Bruno Bertagna (Secretary: 1994; Vice President: 15 Feb 2007 to 2010)
• Francesco Coccopalmerio (President: 15 Feb 2007 - )
• Julián Herranz Casado (Secretary: 1983; President: 19 Dec 1994 to 15 Feb 2007)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Giuseppe Bruno † (Secretary: 14 Feb 1924 to 22 Feb 1946; Prefect: 20 Mar 1954 to 10 Nov 1954)
• Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. † (Secretary: 12 Feb 1975 to 5 Oct 1981; Pro-President: 22 May 1982; President: 27 May 1985 to 6 Dec 1989)
• Pietro Ciriaci † (President: 31 May 1955 to 30 Dec 1966)
• Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. † (Secretary: 3 Mar 1946 to 4 Aug 1961)
• Vincenzo Fagiolo † (President: 15 Dec 1990 to 19 Dec 1994)
• Pericle Felici † (Pro-President: 21 Feb 1967; President: 26 Jun 1967 to 22 Mar 1982)
• Pietro Gasparri † (President: 18 Oct 1917 to 7 Feb 1930)
• Massimo Massimi † (President: 14 Mar 1939 to 29 May 1946)
• Giulio Serafini † (President: 30 Jun 1930 to 16 Jul 1938)
• Luigi Sincero † (Secretary: 1917 to 1923; President: 12 Dec 1934 to 7 Feb 1936)
• Umberto Tramma † (Official: 25 Mar 1999 to 1 Nov 2000)
• Giacomo Violardo † (Secretary: 2 Apr 1962 to 1963)