Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

Historical Details

• Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Pontifical Council
  • Elevated: 28 June 1988
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia
  • Description: promote justice and peace in the world in accordance with the Gospel and the social teaching of the Church. (Pastor Bonus, 142)
  • Mailing Address: 00153 Roma, Piazza S. Calisto, 16; 00120 Citta del Vaticano
  • Telephone: 06.69.87.99.11
  • Fax: 06.69.88.72.05

• Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace
  • Established: 6 January 1967
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

Past Ordinaries

• Maurice Roy † (6 Jan 1967 Appointed - 15 Dec 1976 Resigned)
• Bernardin Gantin † (16 Dec 1976 Appointed - 8 Apr 1984 Resigned)
• Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray † (8 Apr 1984 Appointed - 24 Jun 1998 Retired)
• François-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận † (24 Jun 1998 Appointed - 16 Sep 2002 Died)
• Renato Raffaele Martino (1 Oct 2002 Appointed - 24 Oct 2009 Retired)
• Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (24 Oct 2009 Appointed - 1 Jan 2017 Ceased)

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Giampaolo Crepaldi (Secretary: 3 Mar 2001 to 4 Jul 2009)
• Diarmuid Martin (Secretary: 1994 to 17 Jan 2001)
• Renato Raffaele Martino (President: 1 Oct 2002 to 24 Oct 2009)
• Mario Toso, S.D.B. (Secretary: 22 Oct 2009 to 19 Jan 2015)
• Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (President: 24 Oct 2009 to 1 Jan 2017)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo † (Secretary: 15 Dec 1976 to 5 Apr 1977)
• Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray † (President: 8 Apr 1984 to 24 Jun 1998)
• Bernardin Gantin † (Vice President: 19 Dec 1975; Pro-President: 16 Dec 1976; President: 29 Jun 1977 to 8 Apr 1984)
• Roger Joseph Heckel, S.J. † (Secretary: 1 Jun 1977 to 27 Mar 1980)
• Jorge María Mejía † (Vice President: 8 Mar 1986 to 5 Mar 1994)
• François-Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận † (Vice President: 24 Nov 1994; President: 24 Jun 1998 to 16 Sep 2002)
• Maurice Roy † (President: 6 Jan 1967 to 15 Dec 1976)
• Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. † (Secretary: 27 Jun 1980; Vice President: 20 Dec 1983 to 24 Apr 1985)
• Ramón Torrella Cascante † (Vice President: 6 Nov 1970 to 20 Dec 1975)