Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Type of Jurisdiction: Congregation
Erected: 1 May 1917
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: considers those matters, whether concerning persons or things, affecting the Catholic Oriental Churches. (Pastor Bonus, 56)
Secton on the Vatican Website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/orientchurch/
Mailing Address: Palazzo del Bramante, 00193 Roma, Via della Conciliazione, 34
Telephone: 06.69.88.42.82
Fax: 06.69.88.43.00

Past and Present Ordinaries

Gustavo Testa † (15 Aug 1967 Appointed - 13 Jan 1968 Retired)
Maximilien de Fürstenberg † (15 Jan 1968 Appointed - 28 Feb 1973 Resigned)
Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. † (6 Mar 1973 Appointed - 27 Jun 1980 Retired)
Wladyslaw Rubin † (27 Jun 1980 Appointed - 30 Oct 1985 Resigned)
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (30 Oct 1985 Appointed - 24 May 1991 Resigned)
Achille Silvestrini (24 May 1991 Appointed - 7 Sep 2000 Retired)
Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud (25 Nov 2000 Appointed - 9 Jun 2007 Retired)
Leonardo Sandri (9 Jun 2007 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
1 May 1917	Erected	Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Congregation for the Oriental Churches (erected)

Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud (Prefect: 25 Nov 2000 to 9 Jun 2007)
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (Prefect: 30 Oct 1985 to 24 May 1991)
Miroslav Stefan Marusyn (Secretary: 14 Sep 1982 to 11 Apr 2001)
Leonardo Sandri (Prefect: 9 Jun 2007 - )
Achille Silvestrini (Prefect: 24 May 1991 to 7 Sep 2000)
Antonio Maria Vegliò (Secretary: 11 Apr 2001)

Mario Brini † (Secretary: 1965 to 1982)
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (Secretary: 14 Nov 1959 to 12 Aug 1961)
Gabriel Acacius Coussa, B.A. † (Pro-Secretary: 4 Aug 1961; Secretary: 24 Mar 1962 to 29 Jul 1962)
Maximilien de Fürstenberg † (Prefect: 15 Jan 1968 to 28 Feb 1973)
Nicolò Marini † (Secretary: 29 Nov 1917 to 1922)
Ignatius Camillus William Mary Peter Persico, O.F.M. Cap. † (Secretary: 20 Mar 1889 to 13 Jun 1891)
Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. † (Prefect: 6 Mar 1973 to 27 Jun 1980)
Wladyslaw Rubin † (Prefect: 27 Jun 1980 to 30 Oct 1985)
Luigi Sincero † (Pro-Secretary: 6 Feb 1926; Secretary: 3 Feb 1927 to 7 Feb 1936)
Giovanni Tacci Porcelli † (Secretary: 8 Aug 1922 to Jan 1927)
Gustavo Testa † (Secretary: 2 Aug 1962; Prefect: 15 Aug 1967 to 13 Jan 1968)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant † (Secretary: 19 Jun 1936 to 11 Nov 1959)