Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

Type of Jurisdiction: Pontifical Council
Elevated: 28 June 1988
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: fosters and supervises relations with members and groups of non-Christian religions as well as with those who are in any way endowed with religious feeling. (Pastor Bonus, 159)
Mailing Address: 00193 Roma, Via dell'Erba, 1
Telephone: 06.69.88.43.21; 06.69.88.57.45
Fax: 06.69.88.44.94

Historical Details

Secretariat of Non-Christians
- Latin Name: Pro Non Christianis
- Erected: 19 May 1964
- Curial Office
- Roman Curia

Paolo Marella † (19 May 1964 Appointed - 26 Feb 1973 Retired)
Sergio Pignedoli † (6 Mar 1973 Appointed - 15 Jun 1980 Died)
Jean Jadot † (27 Jun 1980 Appointed - 8 Apr 1984 Retired)
Francis Arinze (8 Apr 1984 Appointed - 1 Oct 2002 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments)
Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. (1 Oct 2002 Appointed - 15 Feb 2006 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of)
Paul Joseph Jean Poupard (11 Mar 2006 Appointed - 25 Jun 2007 Resigned)
Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran (25 Jun 2007 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Secretariat of Non-Christians
19 May 1964	Erected		Secretariat of Non-Christians (erected)
Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
28 June 1988	Elevated	Secretariat of Non-Christians	Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

Francis Arinze (Pro-Prefect: 8 Apr 1984; President: 27 May 1985 to 1 Oct 2002)
Pier Luigi Celata (Secretary: 14 Nov 2002)
Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. (Secretary: 22 Jan 1987; President: 1 Oct 2002 to 15 Feb 2006)
Paul Joseph Jean Poupard (President: 11 Mar 2006 to 25 Jun 2007)
Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran (President: 25 Jun 2007 - )