In fulfilling his ‘Petrine Ministry’, the Holy Father is assisted by the various dicasteries of the Roman Curia and by other offices and services connected with the Holy See. The following is a partial list of the many bodies which serve the Successor of Peter in his ministry as Pastor of the Universal Church.
The Roman Curia
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Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith
Prefect: Cardinal William Joseph Levada
Piazza del S. Uffizio, 11, 00193-Roma, Italy
Phone : 0039-6-69883357
Fax : 69883409
Secretary: Archbishop Angelo Amato, S.D.B |
Congregation for the Propagation of Faith
His Eminence Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe
Palazzo di Propaganda Fide
Piazza di Spagna, 48, 00187 Roma, Italy
Phone : 0039-6-69879299
Fax : 0039-6-98801118
Secretary: Archbishop Robert Sarah |
Congregation of the Catholic Education
His Eminence Cardinal Grocholewski Zenon
Piazza Pio, XII, 3, 00193, Rome, Italy
Phone : 0039-6-69884167
Fax : 0039-6-69884172
Secretary: Archbishop J. Michael Miller, C.S.B. |
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
His Eminence Cardinal Francis Arinze
Secretary: Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino
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Congregation for the Causes of Saints
His Eminence Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.
Secretary: Archbishop Edward Nowak |
Congregation for Bishops
His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re
Secretary: Archbishop Francesco Monterisi
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Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
His Grace Most Rev. Franc Rode C.M.
Secretary: Archbishop Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. |
Congregation for the Clergy
His Eminence Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos
Secretary: Archbishop Csaba Ternyak |
Congregation for the Oriental Churches
His Beatitude Patriarch Mar Ignathios Mousa Davood
Palazzo del Bramante
Via della Concilliazione - 34,00193
Rome, Italy
Phone : 0011-6889187, 6889184
Fax : 011-6874286
Secretary: Archbishop Antonio Maria Veglio |
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Apostolic Penitentiary
Major Penitentiary: Cardinal James Francis Stafford
Regent: Fr. Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv.
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Supreme Tribunal of Signatura Apostolica
His Grace Most Rev. Agostino Vallini
Palazzo della Cancelleria
Piazza della Cancellerai I
00186, Vatican City
Phone : 0039-6-69887520
Fax : 0039-6-69887553
Secretary: Bishop Velasio De Paolis, C.S. |
Tribunal of Roman Rota
Rt. Rev. Mons. Antoni Stankiewiez
Palazzo della Cancelleria I
00186, Vatican City
Phone : 0039-6-69887502
Fax : 0039-6-69887554 |
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| Pontifical Councils |
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Pontifical Council for the Laity
President: Archbishop Stanislaw Rylko
Secretary: Bishop Josef Clemens |
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
President: Cardinal Walter Kasper
Secretary: Bishop Brian Farrell, L.C. |
Pontifical Council for the Family
President: Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo
Secretary: Bishop Karl Josef Romer |
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
President: Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino
Secretary: Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi |
Pontifical Council ‘Cor Unum’
President: Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes
Secretary: Mons. Karel Kasteel |
Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
President: Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao
Secretary: Archbishop Agostino Marchetto |
Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care
President: Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan
Secretary: Bishop Jose Luis Redrado Marchite, O.H. |
Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
President: Cardinal Julian Herranz
Secretary: Bishop Bruno Bertagna |
Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
President: Archbishop Michael Louis Fitzerald, M.Afr.
Secretary: Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata |
Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims
President: Archbishop Michael Louis Fitzerald, M.Afr.
Secretary: Mons. Khaled Akasheh |
Pontifical Council for Culture
President: Cardinal Paul Poupard
Secretary: Fr. Bernard Ardura, O. Praem.
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Pontifical Council for Social Communications
President: Archbishop John Patrick Foloy
Secretary: Bishop Renato Boccardo |
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Offices
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Apostolic Camera
Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church: Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo
Vice-Camerlengo: Archbishop Ettore Cunial |
Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
President: Cardinal Attilio Nicora
Secretary: Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli |
Prefecture of the Papal Household
Prefect: Archbishop James Michael Harvey
Adjunct Prefect: Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz
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Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff
Master of Ceremonies : Archbishop Piero Marini
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Press Office of the Holy See
Director: Dr. Joaquin Navarro-Valls
Vice-Director: Fr. Ciro Benedettini, C.P. |
Vatican Information Service
Bureau Chief: Dr. Miguel Castellvi Villaescusa |
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| Commissions and Committees |
Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church
President: Bishop Mauro Piacenza
Secretary: Fr. Carlo Chonis, S.D.B |
Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology
President: Cardinal Francesco Marchisano
Secretary: Prof. Fabrizio Bisconti |
Pontifical Bible Commission
Secretary: Fr. Klemens Stock, S.J. |
Pontifical Commission ‘Ecclesia Dei’
President: Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos
Secretary: Mons.Camille Per |
International Theological Commission
President: Cardinal William Joseph Levada
General Secretary: Fr. Luis F. Ladaria, S.J. |
Pontifical Commission for International Eucharistic Congresses
President: Cardinal Josef Tomko
Secretary: Fr. Ferdinand Pratzner, S.S.S. |
Pontifical Commission for Historical Sciences
President: Mons. Walter Brandmuller
Secretary: Fr. Cosimo Semeraro, S.D.B. |
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| Pontifical Swiss Guard |
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Captain Commandant : Colonel Elmar Theodor Mader
Lieutenant: Lt. Colonel Jean Daniel Pitteloud
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