Pontifical Council for the Laity

Type of Jurisdiction: Pontifical Council
Erected: 6 January 1967
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: competent in those matters pertaining to the Apostolic See regarding the promotion and coordination of the apostolate of the laity and, generally, in those matters respecting the Christian life of laypeople as such. (Pastor Bonus, 131)
Mailing Address: 00153 Roma, Piazza S. Calisto, 16; 00120 Citta del Vaticano
Telephone: 06.69.86.93.00
Fax: 06.69.88.72.14

Past and Present Ordinaries

Maurice Roy † (6 Jan 1967 Appointed - 15 Dec 1976 Resigned)
Opilio Rossi † (10 Dec 1976 Appointed - 8 Apr 1984 Appointed, President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses)
Eduardo Francisco Pironio † (8 Apr 1984 Appointed - 20 Aug 1996 Retired)
James Francis Stafford (20 Aug 1996 Appointed - 4 Oct 2003 Appointed, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary)
Stanisław Ryłko (4 Oct 2003 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
6 January 1967	Erected		Pontifical Council for the Laity (erected)

Alberto Castelli † (Vice President: 1966 to 1970)
Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux † (Secretary: 1966 to 19 Sep 1969)
Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. † (Vice President: 7 Mar 1974 to 15 Oct 1979)
Eduardo Francisco Pironio † (President: 8 Apr 1984 to 20 Aug 1996)
Opilio Rossi † (President: 10 Dec 1976 to 8 Apr 1984)
Maurice Roy † (President: 6 Jan 1967 to 15 Dec 1976)
Ramón Torrella Cascante † (Vice President: 6 Nov 1970 to 6 Mar 1974)