Bishops (Congregation) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Type of Jurisdiction: Congregation
Name Changed: 1 August 1967
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: examines what pertains to the establishment and provision of particular Churches and to the exercise of the episcopal office in the Latin Church, without prejudice to the competence of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. (Pastor Bonus, 75)
Secton on the Vatican Website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cbishops/
Mailing Address: Palazzo della Congregazioni, 00193 Roma, Piazza Pio XII, 10
Telephone: 06.69.88.42.17
Fax: 06.69.88.53.03

Historical Details

Sacred Consistorial Congregation
- Latin Name: Consistorialis
- Erected: 22 January 1588
- Curial Office
- Roman Curia

Niccola Clarelli Parracciani † (10 Oct 1860 Appointed - 24 Apr 1863 Appointed, Secretary of the Roman Curia - Other)
Carlo Confalonieri † ( 1966 Appointed - 25 Feb 1973 Retired)
Sebastiano Baggio † (26 Feb 1973 Appointed - 8 Apr 1984 Appointed, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State)
Bernardin Gantin † (8 Apr 1984 Appointed - 25 Jun 1998 Retired)
Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. † (25 Jun 1998 Appointed - 16 Sep 2000 Retired)
Giovanni Battista Re (16 Sep 2000 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Sacred Consistorial Congregation
22 January 1588	Erected		Sacred Consistorial Congregation (erected)
Congregation for Bishops
1 August 1967	Name Changed	Sacred Consistorial Congregation	Congregation for Bishops
28 June 1988	Territory Lost	Congregation for Bishops	Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (erected)

Jorge María Mejía (Secretary: 5 Mar 1994 to 7 Mar 1998)
Manuel Monteiro de Castro (Secretary: 3 Jul 2009)
Francesco Monterisi (Secretary: 7 Mar 1998 to 3 Jul 2009)
Giovanni Battista Re (Secretary: 9 Oct 1987 to 12 Dec 1989; Prefect: 16 Sep 2000 - )
Justin Francis Rigali (Secretary: 21 Dec 1989 to 25 Jan 1994)

Sebastiano Baggio † (Prefect: 26 Feb 1973 to 8 Apr 1984)
Angelo Bianchi † (Secretary: 8 Jun 1877 to 30 Sep 1879)
Francesco Carpino † (Official: 19 Jan 1961 to 7 Apr 1967)
Ernesto Civardi † (Secretary: 17 May 1967 to 30 Jun 1979)
Niccola Clarelli Parracciani † (Prefect: 10 Oct 1860 to 24 Apr 1863)
Carlo Confalonieri † (Secretary: 14 Mar 1961; Pro-Prefect: 1966; Prefect: 15 Aug 1967 to 25 Feb 1973)
Gaetano De Lai † (Secretary: 20 Oct 1908 to 24 Oct 1928)
Bernardin Gantin † (Prefect: 8 Apr 1984 to 25 Jun 1998)
Carmine Gori-Merosi † (Secretary: 30 Mar 1882 to 15 Sep 1886)
Paul-Gaston Laperrine d'Hautpoul † (Official: 10 Apr 1910 to 24 Nov 1919)
Marcello Mimmi † (Secretary: 15 Dec 1957 to 6 Mar 1961)
Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. † (Secretary: 15 Oct 1979 to 9 Jul 1987; Prefect: 25 Jun 1998 to 16 Sep 2000)
Carlo Nocella † (Secretary: 21 Mar 1892 to 22 Jun 1899)
Carlo Perosi † (Secretary: 10 Feb 1928 to 22 Feb 1930)
Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. † (Secretary: 1 Oct 1948 to 30 Nov 1957)
Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. † (Official: 7 Jul 1923; Secretary: 4 Jul 1930 to 17 Sep 1948)