Prefecture of the Papal Household

Type of Jurisdiction: Office
Established: 15 August 1967
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: Responsible for the internal organization of the Papal Household and supervises whatever concerns the conduct and service of all who make up the Papal Chapel and the Papal Family (Praedicate Evangelium, 228)
Section on the Vatican Website: https://www.vatican.va/content/romancuria/en/uffici/prefettura-della-casa-pontificia.index.html
Section on the Vatican Website: https://www.vatican.va/various/prefettura/index_en.html
Mailing Address: 00120 Citta del Vaticano
Telephone: 06.69.88.31.14
Fax: 06.69.88.58.63

Past and Present Ordinaries

Scipione Borghèse † (23 Jul 1766 Appointed - 16 Dec 1771 Resigned)
Guido Calcagnini † (8 Apr 1775 Appointed - 20 May 1776 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Osimo e Cingoli)
Jacques-Paul Martin † (9 Apr 1969 Appointed - 18 Dec 1986 Retired)
Dino Monduzzi † (18 Dec 1986 Appointed - 7 Feb 1998 Retired)
James Michael Harvey (7 Feb 1998 Appointed - 23 Nov 2012 Appointed, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica})
Georg Gänswein (7 Dec 2012 Appointed - 28 Feb 2023 Ceased)

Date	Event	From	To
15 August 1967	Established		Prefecture of the Papal Household

Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap. (Preacher: 23 Jun 1980 to 9 Nov 2024)
Paolo De Nicolò (Official: 10 Mar 1994 to 4 Aug 2012)
Stanisław Dziwisz (Official: 7 Feb 1998 to 3 Jun 2005)
Georg Gänswein (Prefect: 7 Dec 2012 to 28 Feb 2023)
Wojciech Giertych, O.P. (Theologian: 1 Dec 2005)
James Michael Harvey (Prefect: 7 Feb 1998 to 23 Nov 2012)
Roberto Pasolini, O.F.M. Cap. (Preacher: 9 Nov 2024)

Scipione Borghèse † (Prefect: 23 Jul 1766 to 16 Dec 1771)
Guido Calcagnini † (Prefect: 8 Apr 1775 to 20 May 1776)
Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P. † (Theologian: 28 Mar 1968; Pro-Theologian: 27 Jun 1977 to Oct 1989)
Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P. † (Theologian: 22 Aug 1991; Pro-Theologian: 21 Oct 2003 to 1 Dec 2005)
Jacques-Paul Martin † (Prefect: 9 Apr 1969 to 18 Dec 1986)
Dino Monduzzi † (Prefect: 18 Dec 1986 to 7 Feb 1998)

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