Pontifical Biblical Commission

Type of Jurisdiction: Pontifical Commission
Established: 30 October 1902
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Section on the Vatican Website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_index.htm
Mailing Address: Palazzo della Congr. per la Dottrina della Fede, 00120 Citta del Vaticano
Telephone: 06.69.89.59.74

Past and Present Ordinaries

Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro † ( 1902 Appointed - 16 Dec 1913 Died)
Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (13 Jan 1914 Appointed - 30 Aug 1932 Died)
Gaetano Bisleti † (27 Oct 1932 Appointed - 30 Aug 1937 Died)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant † (11 Jul 1938 Appointed - 27 Mar 1971 Retired)
Franjo Šeper † (29 Dec 1970 Appointed - 25 Nov 1981 Retired)
Joseph Ratzinger † (25 Nov 1981 Appointed - 19 Apr 2005 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
William Joseph Levada † (13 May 2005 Appointed - 2 Jul 2012 Retired)
Gerhard Ludwig Müller (2 Jul 2012 Appointed - 1 Jul 2017 Ceased)
Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J. (1 Jul 2017 Appointed - 1 Jul 2023 Retired)
Victor Manuel Fernández (1 Jul 2023 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
30 October 1902	Established		Pontifical Biblical Commission

Pietro Bovati, S.J. (Secretary: 12 Dec 2014 to 2020)
Núria Calduch-Benages, M.H.S.F.N. (Secretary: 9 Mar 2021)
Victor Manuel Fernández (President: 1 Jul 2023 - )
Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J. (President: 1 Jul 2017 to 1 Jul 2023)
Gerhard Ludwig Müller (President: 2 Jul 2012 to 1 Jul 2017)

Gaetano Bisleti † (President: 27 Oct 1932 to 30 Aug 1937)
Albert Louis Descamps † (Secretary: 21 Mar 1973 to 15 Oct 1980)
William Joseph Levada † (President: 13 May 2005 to 2 Jul 2012)
Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro † (President: 1902 to 16 Dec 1913)
Joseph Ratzinger † (President: 25 Nov 1981 to 19 Apr 2005)
Franjo Šeper † (President: 29 Dec 1970 to 25 Nov 1981)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant † (President: 11 Jul 1938 to 27 Mar 1971)
Albert Vanhoye, S.J. † (Secretary: 1990 to 2001)
Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (President: 13 Jan 1914 to 30 Aug 1932)

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