Dicastery for the Clergy
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| Formed | August 2, 1564 |
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| Type | Dicastery |
| Headquarters | Palazzo delle Congregazioni, Piazza Pio XII, Rome, Italy |
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| Website | http://www.clerus.va |
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The Dicastery for the Clergy, formerly named Congregation for the Clergy (
History
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It was first set up as the Sacra Congregatio Cardinalium pro executione et interpretatione concilii Tridentini interpretum by
By 2009, Pope Benedict XVI made the Congregation responsible for managing the guidelines concerning clergy who maintained their clerical status after violating their vows of celibacy.[1] On 25 January 2012, Pope Benedict XVI gave it responsibility for regulating Catholic seminaries, which until then was the responsibility of the Congregation for Catholic Education.[2]
In January 2013, the
In February 2019, Cardinal Beniamino Stella, Prefect of the Congregation, said that the Congregation manages the cases of priests who violate their vows of celibacy for approximately ten years. He said that "In such cases there are, unfortunately, Bishops and Superiors who think that, after having provided economically for the children, or after having transferred the priest, the cleric could continue to exercise the ministry."[1] In February 2020, the Congregation made public its guidelines for managing cases of priests who have fathered children. The guidelines were previously secret, though in 2019 the Congregation offered to provide then to a bishops conference upon request.[3]
On 3 June 2021, Pope Francis tasked Egidio Miragoli, Bishop of Mondovì, with conducting a review of the Congregation in anticipation of the replacement of its prefect in August. He expected it would take at least the month of June to complete.[4][5]
Leadership
| Prefect of Congregation for the Clergy | |
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Carlo Borromeo |
Since 2 August 2021, the prefect of the Congregation has been Archbishop Lazarus You Heung-sik.[6] The secretary of the Congregation has been the Chilean archbishop Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira since October 2021.[7] In February 2022, Simone Renna was named under secretary.[8][9]
Prefects
| No. | Name | From | Until | Appointer | |
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Carlo Borromeo
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1564 | 1565 | Pius IV
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Francesco Alciati | 1565 | 1580 | |
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Filippo Boncompagni | 1580 | 1586 | Gregory XIII
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Antonio Carafa | 1586 | 1591 | Sixtus V
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Girolamo Mattei | 1591 | 1603 | |
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Paolo Emilio Zacchia | 1604 | 1605 | Clement VIII
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| 7 | 
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Francesco Maria del Monte | 1606 | 1616 | Paul V
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| 8 |
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Orazio Lancellotti | 1616 | 1620 | Paul V
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| 9 | 
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Roberto Ubaldini | 1621 | 1623 | |
| 10 | 
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Cosimo de Torres | 1623 | 1626 | |
| 11 |
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Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini |
1626 | 1627 | Urban VIII
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| 12 |
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Fabrizio Verospi | 1627 | 1639 | Urban VIII
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Giambattista Pamphilj | 1639 | 1644 | Urban VIII
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| 14 |
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Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri |
1644 | 1645 | |
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Pier Luigi Carafa | 1645 | 1655 | Innocent X
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| 16 | 
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Francesco Paolucci | 1657 | 1661 | |
| 17 | 
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Giulio Cesare Sacchetti | 1661 | 1663 | Alexander VII
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| 18 | 
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Angelo Celsi | 1664 | 1671 | Alexander VII
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| 19 | 
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Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni |
1671 | 1672 | Clement X
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| 20 | 
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O.P.
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1673 | 1675 | Clement X
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Federico Baldeschi Colonna | 1675 | 1691 | Clement X
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Galeazzo Marescotti | 1692 | 1695 | Innocent XII
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| 23 | 
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Giuseppe Sacripante | 1696 | 1700 | Innocent XII
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| 24 | 
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Bandino Panciatichi
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1700 | 1718 | |
| 25 | 
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Pier Marcellino Corradini
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1718 | 1721 | Clement XI
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| 26 | 
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Curzio Origo | 1721 | 1737 | |
| 27 | 
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Antonio Saverio Gentili | 1737 | 1753 | Clement XII
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| 28 | 
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Mario Millini | 1753 | 1756 | Benedict XIV
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| 29 | 
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Giovanni Giacomo Millo | 1756 | 1757 | Benedict XIV
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| 30 |
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Clemente Argenvilliers | 1757 | 1758 | Benedict XIV
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| 31 | 
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Ferdinando Maria de' Rossi | 1759 | 1775 | Clement XIII
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| 32 | 
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Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze |
1775 | 1784 | |
| 33 | 
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Guglielmo Pallotta | 1785 | 1795 | Pius VI
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| 34 | 
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Tommaso Antici | 1795 | 1798 | Pius VI
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Filippo Carandini | 1800 | 1810 | |
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Giulio Gabrielli | 1814 | 1820 | Pius VII
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| 37 | 
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Emmanuele De Gregorio
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1820 | 1834 | Pius VII
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| 38 | 
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Vincenzo Macchi | 1834 | 1841 | Gregory XVI
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| 39 | 
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Paolo Polidori | 1841 | 1847 | Gregory XVI
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| 40 | 
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Pietro Ostini | 1847 | 1849 | Pius IX
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Angelo Mai | 1851 | 1853 | Pius IX
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Antonio Maria Cagiano de Azevedo |
1853 | 1860 | Pius IX
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Prospero Caterini | 1860 | 1881 | Pius IX
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Lorenzo Nina | 1881 | 1885 | Leo XIII
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| 45 |
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Luigi Serafini
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1885 | 1893 | Leo XIII
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| 46 | 
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Angelo Di Pietro | 1893 | 1902 | Leo XIII
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| 47 | 
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Vincenzo Vannutelli | 1902 | 1908 | Leo XIII
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| 48 |
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Casimiro Gennari | 1908 | 1914 | Pius X
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| 49 |
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Francesco di Paola Cassetta | 1914 | 1919 | |
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Donato Raffaele Sbarretti | 1919 | 1930 | Benedict XV
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Giulio Serafini | 1930 | 1938 | Pius XI
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| 52 | 
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Luigi Maglione | 1938 | 1939 | Pius XI
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| 53 | 
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Francesco Marmaggi | 1939 | 1949 | |
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Giuseppe Bruno | 1949 | 1954 | Pius XII
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| 55 | 
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Pietro Ciriaci | 1954 | 1966 | Pius XII
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Jean-Marie Villot | 1967 | 1969 | |
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John Joseph Wright
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1969 | 1979 | Paul VI
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| 58 | 
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Silvio Oddi | 1979 | 1986 | John Paul II
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| 59 | 
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Antonio Innocenti | 1986 | 1991 | John Paul II
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| 60 | 
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José Tomás Sánchez
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1991 | 1996 | John Paul II
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| 61 | 
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Darío Castrillón Hoyos | 1996 Pro-Prefect |
1998 | John Paul II
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Cláudio Hummes | 2006 | 2010 | Benedict XVI
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| 63 | Mauro Piacenza | 2010 | 2013 | Benedict XVI
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Beniamino Stella | 2013 | 2021 | Francis |
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Lazarus You Heung-sik | 2021 | present | Francis |
Documents
References
- ^ a b Stella, Beniamino (27 February 2019). "For children of priests, the good of the child comes first" (Interview). Interviewed by Andrea Tornielli. Vatican News. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Benedict XVI: New motu proprios affect seminaries, catechesis". Vatican Radio. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ Cairns, Madoc (10 February 2020). "Vatican guidelines for children of priests are released". The Tablet. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ Beltràn, Fernando (7 June 2021). "Confirmado: El Papa ordena una visita a la Congregación para el Clero" (in Spanish). Info Vaticana. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Scola, Paola (7 June 2021). "Una 'missione speciale' di Papa Francesco per il vescovo di Mondovì". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "S.E. Lazzaro You Heung-sik". Congregation for the Clergy (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 08.09.2021" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Bourdin, Anita (9 February 2022). "Congrégation pour le clergé: le p. Renna nommé sous-secrétaire". Zenit (in French). Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 09.02.2022" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
External links
- Official website
- "Congregation for the Clergy". The Roman Curia.
- "Pastor Bonus". John Paul II: Apostolic Constitutions.
