Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Type of Jurisdiction: Dicastery
Elevated: 5 June 2022
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: Promotes and supervises relations with members and groups of non-Christian religions, with the exception of Judaism (Praedicate Evangelium, 147)
Official Web Site: https://www.dicasteryinterreligious.va
Section on the Vatican Website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/interelg/
Mailing Address: 00193 Roma, Via della Conciliazione, 5
Telephone: 06.69.88.43.21
Fax: 06.69.88.44.94

Historical Details

Secretariat for Non-Christians
- Latin Name: Pro Non Christianis
- Established: 19 May 1964
- Curial Office
- Roman Curia
Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
- Latin Name: pro Dialogo Inter Religiones
- 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)

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 - 5 Jul 2018 Died)
Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I. † (25 May 2019 Appointed - 25 Nov 2024 Died)
George Jacob Koovakad (24 Jan 2025 Appointed - 21 Apr 2025 Ceased)

Date	Event	From	To
Secretariat for Non-Christians
19 May 1964	Established		Secretariat for Non-Christians
Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
28 June 1988	Elevated	Secretariat for Non-Christians	Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
5 June 2022	Elevated	Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue	Dicastery 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 to 2012)
Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr. (Secretary: 22 Jan 1987; President: 1 Oct 2002 to 15 Feb 2006)
Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage (Under Secretary: 12 Jun 2016; Secretary: 3 Jul 2019 - )
George Jacob Koovakad (Prefect: 24 Jan 2025 to 21 Apr 2025)
Paul Joseph Jean Poupard (President: 11 Mar 2006 to 25 Jun 2007)

Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.I. † (Secretary: 30 Jun 2012; President: 25 May 2019; Prefect: 5 Jun 2022 to 25 Nov 2024)
Jean Jadot † (Pro-President: 27 Jun 1980 to 8 Apr 1984)
Paolo Marella † (President: 19 May 1964 to 26 Feb 1973)
Sergio Pignedoli † (President: 6 Mar 1973 to 15 Jun 1980)
Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran † (President: 25 Jun 2007 to 5 Jul 2018)

Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue
- Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 1,195, and Page 1,197

✠