Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Historical Details

• Congregation for Consultations of Regulars
  • Established: 27 May 1586
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

• Congregation for Consultations of Bishops and Other Prelates
  • United: 1601
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

• Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
  • Latin Name: Negotiis Religiosorum Sodalium Praeposita
  • Name Changed: 1908
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

• Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes
  • Name Changed: 1967
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

• Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
  • Latin Name: pro Institutis Vitae Consecratae et Societatibus Vitae Apostolicae
  • Name Changed: 28 June 1988
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia
  • Description: to promote and supervise in the whole Latin Church the practice of the evangelical counsels as they are lived in approved forms of consecrated life and, at the same time, the work of societies of apostolic life. (Pastor Bonus, 105)

Past and Present Ordinaries

• José de Calasanz Félix Santiago Vives y Tutó, O.F.M. Cap. † (26 Oct 1908 Appointed - 7 Sep 1913 Died)
• Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo † (12 Jun 1913 Appointed - 6 Dec 1915 Appointed, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery)
• Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. † (27 Jan 1916 Appointed - 26 Feb 1916 Appointed, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith)
• Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (26 Feb 1916 Appointed - 8 Feb 1917 Died)
• Giulio Tonti † (13 Feb 1917 Appointed - 11 Dec 1918 Died)
• Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † (19 Dec 1918 Appointed - 6 Mar 1920 Resigned)
• Teodoro Valfrč di Bonzo † (6 Mar 1920 Appointed - 25 Jun 1922 Died)
• Camillo Laurenti † (5 Jul 1922 Appointed - 12 Mar 1929 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites)
• Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. † (17 Dec 1928 Appointed - 31 Dec 1935 Resigned)
• Vincenzo Lapuma † (31 Dec 1935 Appointed - 4 Nov 1943 Died)
• Luigi Lavitrano † (14 May 1945 Appointed - 2 Aug 1950 Died)
• Clemente Micara † (11 Nov 1950 Appointed - 26 Jan 1953 Resigned)
• Valerio Valeri † (17 Jan 1953 Appointed - 22 Jul 1963 Died)
• Ildebrando Antoniutti † (26 Jul 1963 Appointed - 13 Sep 1973 Retired)
• Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. † (13 Sep 1973 Appointed - 13 Jun 1975 Died)
• Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio † (20 Sep 1975 Appointed - 8 Apr 1984 Appointed, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity)
• Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. † (8 Apr 1984 Appointed - 21 Jan 1992 Retired)
• Eduardo Martínez Somalo † (21 Jan 1992 Appointed - 11 Feb 2004 Retired)
• Franc Rodé, C.M. (11 Feb 2004 Appointed - 2 Apr 2005 Ceased)
• Joăo Bráz de Aviz (4 Jan 2011 Appointed - 28 Feb 2013 Ceased)
• Simona Brambilla, M. C. (6 Jan 2025 Appointed - 21 Apr 2025 Ceased)
• Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. (6 Jan 2025 Appointed - 21 Apr 2025 Ceased)
• Simona Brambilla, M. C. (9 May 2025 Confirmed - )
• Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. (9 May 2025 Confirmed - )

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Joăo Bráz de Aviz (Prefect: 4 Jan 2011 to 28 Feb 2013)
• Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. (Under Secretary: 12 Jun 2004 to 10 Mar 2007)
• Simona Brambilla, M. C. (Secretary: 7 Oct 2023; Prefect: 6 Jan 2025 to 21 Apr 2025)
• Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt (Secretary: 22 Dec 1990 to 24 Sep 1996)
• Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. (Pro-Prefect: 6 Jan 2025 to 21 Apr 2025)
• Aitor Jiménez Echave, C.M.F. (Under Secretary: 29 Feb 2024)
• Tiziana Merletti, S.F.P. (Secretary: 22 May 2025)
• Pier Luigi Nava, S.M.M. (Under Secretary: 27 Nov 2018 - )
• Franc Rodé, C.M. (Prefect: 11 Feb 2004 to 2 Apr 2005)
• José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. (Secretary: 6 Apr 2013 to 31 Oct 2023)
• Carmen Ros Nortes, N.S.C. (Under Secretary: 23 Feb 2018 - )
• Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R. (Secretary: 2 Aug 2010 to 18 Oct 2012)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Ildebrando Antoniutti † (Prefect: 26 Jul 1963 to 13 Sep 1973)
• Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo † (Pro-Prefect: 12 Jun 1913; Prefect: 31 Oct 1913 to 6 Dec 1915)
• Vincenzo Fagiolo † (Secretary: 8 Apr 1984 to 15 Dec 1990)
• Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (Prefect: 26 Feb 1916 to 8 Feb 1917)
• Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. † (Secretary: 10 Jul 2006 to 18 Dec 2009)
• Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. † (Pro-Prefect: 8 Apr 1984; Prefect: 27 May 1985 to 21 Jan 1992)
• Basil (Herman Francis) Heiser, O.F.M. Conv. † (Under Secretary: 21 Nov 1972 to 19 Dec 1984)
• Edward Louis Heston, C.S.C. † (Secretary: 12 Apr 1969 to 8 Sep 1971)
• Vincenzo Lapuma † (Secretary: 7 Apr 1925; Prefect: 31 Dec 1935 to 4 Nov 1943)
• Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. † (Secretary: 11 Dec 1950 to 14 Dec 1959)
• Camillo Laurenti † (Prefect: 5 Jul 1922 to 12 Mar 1929)
• Luigi Lavitrano † (Prefect: 14 May 1945 to 2 Aug 1950)
• Alexis-Henri-Marie Lépicier, O.S.M. † (Prefect: 17 Dec 1928 to 31 Dec 1935)
• Eduardo Martínez Somalo † (Prefect: 21 Jan 1992 to 11 Feb 2004)
• Antonio Mauro † (Secretary: 4 Jul 1967 to 12 Apr 1969)
• Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. † (Secretary: 8 Sep 1971 to 8 Apr 1984)
• Clemente Micara † (Prefect: 11 Nov 1950 to 26 Jan 1953)
• Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. † (Secretary: 27 Nov 1996 to 10 Jul 2006)
• Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto, O.F.M. Cap. † (Secretary: 20 Dec 1935 to 11 Nov 1950)
• Pierre Charles (Paul) Philippe, O.P. † (Secretary: 14 Dec 1959 to 29 Jun 1967)
• Bl. Eduardo Francisco Pironio † (Pro-Prefect: 20 Sep 1975; Prefect: 29 May 1976 to 8 Apr 1984)
• Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) † (Secretary: 29 Oct 1910 to 28 Mar 1919)
• Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † (Prefect: 19 Dec 1918 to 6 Mar 1920)
• Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. † (Prefect: 27 Jan 1916 to 26 Feb 1916)
• Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. † (Prefect: 13 Sep 1973 to 13 Jun 1975)
• Giulio Tonti † (Prefect: 13 Feb 1917 to 11 Dec 1918)
• Adolfo Turchi † (Secretary: 8 Sep 1914 to 17 Jul 1918)
• Valerio Valeri † (Prefect: 17 Jan 1953 to 22 Jul 1963)
• Teodoro Valfrč di Bonzo † (Prefect: 6 Mar 1920 to 25 Jun 1922)
• José de Calasanz Félix Santiago Vives y Tutó, O.F.M. Cap. † (Prefect: 26 Oct 1908 to 7 Sep 1913)

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