Eastern Churches (Dicastery) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Type of Jurisdiction: Dicastery
Elevated: 5 June 2022
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: Deals with those matters involving persons or things, that affect the Eastern Catholic Churches sui iuris (Praedicate Evangelium, 82)
Section on the Vatican Website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/orientchurch/
Official Web Site: https://www.orientchurch.va/

Historical Details

Congregation for the Oriental Churches
- Latin Name: pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus
- Established: 1 May 1917
- Curial Office
- Roman Curia
- Description: considers those matters, whether concerning persons or things, affecting the Catholic Oriental Churches. (Pastor Bonus, 56)
- Mailing Address: Palazzo del Bramante, 00193 Roma, Via della Conciliazione, 34
- Telephone: 06.69.88.42.81

Gustavo Testa † (15 Aug 1967 Appointed - 13 Jan 1968 Retired)
Maximilien de Fürstenberg † (15 Jan 1968 Appointed - 28 Feb 1973 Resigned)
Pierre Charles (Paul) 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 - 21 Nov 2022 Retired)
Claudio Gugerotti (21 Nov 2022 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Congregation for the Oriental Churches
1 May 1917	Established	Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Congregation for the Oriental Churches
Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
5 June 2022	Elevated	Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro (Secretary: 25 Feb 2020 to 15 Feb 2023)
Claudio Gugerotti (Under Secretary: 17 Dec 1997 to 7 Dec 2001; Prefect: 21 Nov 2022 - )
Michel Jalakh, O.A.M. (Secretary: 15 Feb 2023)
Maurizio Malvestiti (Under Secretary: 19 Jun 2009 to 26 Aug 2014)
Flavio Pace (Under Secretary: 3 Feb 2020 - )
Leonardo Sandri (Prefect: 9 Jun 2007 to 21 Nov 2022)
Cyril Vasil’, S.J. (Secretary: 7 May 2009 to 20 Jan 2020)
Antonio Maria Vegliò (Secretary: 11 Apr 2001 to 28 Feb 2009)

Antonino Arata † (Official: 31 Mar 1941 to 25 Aug 1948)
Mario Brini † (Secretary: 2 Oct 1965 to 14 Sep 1982)
Marco Dino Brogi, O.F.M. † (Under Secretary: 12 Jul 1991 to 13 Dec 1997)
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)
Vasile Cristea, A.A. † (Official: 2 Jul 1960)
Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † (Prefect: 25 Nov 2000 to 9 Jun 2007)
Maximilien de Fürstenberg † (Prefect: 15 Jan 1968 to 28 Feb 1973)
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy † (Prefect: 30 Oct 1985 to 24 May 1991)
Nicolò Marini † (Secretary: 29 Nov 1917 to 1922)
Miroslav Stefan Marusyn † (Secretary: 14 Sep 1982 to 11 Apr 2001)
Ignazio Camillo Guglielmo Maria Pietro Persico, O.F.M. Cap. † (Secretary: 20 Mar 1889 to 13 Jun 1891)
Pierre Charles (Paul) Philippe, O.P. † (Prefect: 6 Mar 1973 to 27 Jun 1980)
Wladyslaw Rubin † (Prefect: 27 Jun 1980 to 30 Oct 1985)
Achille Silvestrini † (Prefect: 24 May 1991 to 7 Sep 2000)
Luigi Sincero † (Pro-Secretary: 6 Feb 1926; Secretary: 3 Feb 1927 to 7 Feb 1936)
Giovanni Tacci (Porcelli) † (Secretary: 8 Aug 1922 to 29 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)