Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)

Historical Details

• Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Congregation
  • Name Changed: 28 June 1988
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia
  • Mailing Address: Palazzo della Congregazioni, 00193 Roma, Piazza Pio XII, 3
  • Telephone: 06.69.88.41.67
  • Fax: 06.69.88.41.72

• Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
  • Latin Name: de Seminariis et Universitatibus Studiorum
  • Established: 4 November 1915
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

• Congregation of Catholic Education
  • Latin Name: Institutione Catholica
  • Name Changed: 1967
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

Past Ordinaries

• Gaetano Bisleti † (1 Dec 1915 Appointed - 30 Aug 1937 Died)
• Giuseppe Pizzardo † (14 Mar 1939 Appointed - 13 Jan 1968 Retired)
• Gabriel-Marie Garrone † (26 Jan 1966 Appointed - 15 Jan 1980 Retired)
• William Wakefield Baum † (15 Jan 1980 Appointed - 6 Apr 1990 Appointed, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary)
• Pio Laghi † (6 Apr 1990 Appointed - 15 Nov 1999 Retired)
• Zenon Grocholewski † (15 Nov 1999 Appointed - 31 Mar 2015 Retired)
• Giuseppe Versaldi (31 Mar 2015 Appointed - 5 Jun 2022 Ceased)

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P. (Secretary: 10 Nov 2007 to 26 Jun 2012)
• Philippe Curbelié (Official: Sep 2012 to 5 Jun 2022)
• John Michael Miller, C.S.B. (Secretary: 25 Nov 2003 to 1 Jun 2007)
• José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. (Secretary: 26 May 1988 to 30 May 1998)
• Giuseppe Versaldi (Prefect: 31 Mar 2015 to 5 Jun 2022)
• Angelo Vincenzo Zani (Secretary: 9 Nov 2012 to 5 Jun 2022)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• William Wakefield Baum † (Prefect: 15 Jan 1980 to 6 Apr 1990)
• Gaetano Bisleti † (Prefect: 1 Dec 1915 to 30 Aug 1937)
• Carlo Confalonieri † (Secretary: 25 Jan 1950 to 14 Mar 1961)
• Gabriel-Marie Garrone † (Pro-Prefect: 26 Jan 1966; Prefect: 17 Jan 1968 to 15 Jan 1980)
• Zenon Grocholewski † (Prefect: 15 Nov 1999 to 31 Mar 2015)
• Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. † (Secretary: 20 May 1976 to 1 Jul 1988)
• Pio Laghi † (Pro-Prefect: 6 Apr 1990; Prefect: 1 Jul 1991 to 15 Nov 1999)
• Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. † (Secretary: 11 Jul 1998 to 25 Nov 2003)
• Giuseppe Pizzardo † (Prefect: 14 Mar 1939 to 13 Jan 1968)
• Giuseppe Rossino † (Secretary: 9 Mar 1946 to 31 Dec 1949)
• Ernesto Ruffini † (Secretary: 28 Oct 1928 to 11 Oct 1945)
• Joseph Schröffer † (Secretary: 17 May 1967 to 24 May 1976)
• Giacomo Sinibaldi † (Secretary: 16 Dec 1915 to 19 Aug 1928)
• Dino Staffa † (Secretary: 18 Dec 1958 to 7 Apr 1967)