Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Dicasterium pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus

Bishop(s)

Claudio Gugerotti, Cardinal, Prefect
Michel Jalakh, O.A.M., Secretary
Filippo Ciampanelli, Under Secretary
Leonardo Sandri, Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro, Secretary Emeritus

General Information

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/
Mailing Address: Palazzo del Bramante, 00193 Roma, Via della Conciliazione, 34
Telephone: 06.69.88.42.81

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

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)
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 - 2 Apr 2005 Ceased)
Leonardo Sandri (9 Jun 2007 Appointed - 28 Feb 2013 Ceased)
Claudio Gugerotti (21 Nov 2022 Appointed - 21 Apr 2025 Ceased)

Historical Summary

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Filippo Ciampanelli (Under Secretary: 15 Apr 2024)
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 to 21 Apr 2025)
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 to 23 Feb 2024)
Leonardo Sandri (Prefect: 9 Jun 2007 to 28 Feb 2013)
Cyril Vasil’, S.J. (Secretary: 7 May 2009 to 20 Jan 2020)
Antonio Maria Vegliò (Secretary: 11 Apr 2001 to 28 Feb 2009)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

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 2 Apr 2005)
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)

Source(s)

Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
- Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 1,165, and Page 1,169

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