Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Type of Jurisdiction: Pontifical Council
Elevated: 28 June 1988
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: promote justice and peace in the world in accordance with the Gospel and the social teaching of the Church. (Pastor Bonus, 142)
Mailing Address: 00153 Roma, Piazza S. Calisto, 16; 00120 Citta del Vaticano
Telephone: 06.69.87.99.11
Fax: 06.69.88.72.05

Historical Details

Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace
- Erected: 6 January 1967
- Curial Office
- Roman Curia

Maurice Roy † (6 Jan 1967 Appointed - 16 Dec 1976 Resigned)
Bernardin Gantin † (15 Dec 1976 Appointed - 8 Apr 1984 Resigned)
Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray (8 Apr 1984 Appointed - 24 Jun 1998 Retired)
François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán † (24 Jun 1998 Appointed - 16 Sep 2002 Died)
Renato Raffaele Martino (1 Oct 2002 Appointed - 24 Oct 2009 Retired)
Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (24 Oct 2009 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace
6 January 1967	Erected		Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace (erected)
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
28 June 1988	Elevated	Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace	Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (Secretary: 1976 to 5 Apr 1977)
Giampaolo Crepaldi (Secretary: 3 Mar 2001 to 4 Jul 2009)
Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray (President: 8 Apr 1984 to 24 Jun 1998)
Diarmuid Martin (Secretary: 1994 to 17 Jan 2001)
Renato Raffaele Martino (President: 1 Oct 2002 to 24 Oct 2009)
Jorge María Mejía (Official: 8 Mar 1986 to 5 Mar 1994)
Mario Toso, S.D.B. (Secretary: 22 Oct 2009)
Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (President: 24 Oct 2009)

Bernardin Gantin † (Vice President: 20 Dec 1975; Pro-President: 15 Dec 1976; President: 29 Jun 1977 to 8 Apr 1984)
Roger Joseph Heckel, S.J. † (Secretary: 1977 to 27 Mar 1980)
François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán † (President: 24 Jun 1998 to 16 Sep 2002)
Maurice Roy † (President: 6 Jan 1967 to 16 Dec 1976)
Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. † (Secretary: 27 Jun 1980; Vice President: 20 Dec 1983 to 24 Apr 1985)
Ramón Torrella Cascante † (Vice President: 6 Nov 1970 to 20 Dec 1975)