Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (Congregation) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Type of Jurisdiction: Congregation
United: 28 June 1988
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: does whatever pertains to the Apostolic See concerning the regulation and promotion of the sacred liturgy, primarily of the sacraments, without prejudice to the competence of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. (Pastor Bonus, 62)
Secton on the Vatican Website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/
Mailing Address: Palazzo delle Congregazioni, 00193 Roma, Piazza Pio XII, 10
Telephone: 06.69.88.43.16; 06.69.88.43.18
Fax: 06.69.88.34.99

Historical Details

Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
- Latin Name: de Disciplina Sacramentorum
- Erected: 29 June 1908
- Curial Office
- Roman Curia
Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship
- United: 11 July 1975
- Curial Office
- Roman Curia
Congregation of the Sacraments
- Split: 5 April 1984
- Curial Office
- Roman Curia

Domenico Ferrata † (26 Oct 1908 Appointed - 2 Jan 1914 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office)
Filippo Giustini † (14 Oct 1914 Appointed - 18 Mar 1920 Died)
Michele Lega † (20 Mar 1920 Appointed - 16 Dec 1935 Died)
Domenico Jorio † (20 Dec 1935 Appointed - 21 Oct 1954 Died)
Benedetto Aloisi Masella † (27 Oct 1954 Appointed - 11 Jan 1968 Retired)
Francesco Carpino † (7 Apr 1967 Appointed - 26 Jun 1967 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
Francis John Brennan † (15 Jan 1968 Appointed - 2 Jul 1968 Died)
Antonio Samorè † (1 Nov 1968 Appointed - 25 Jan 1974 Appointed, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives)
James Robert Knox † (1 Aug 1975 Appointed - 4 Aug 1981 Appointed, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family)
Giuseppe Casoria † (24 Aug 1981 Appointed - 8 Apr 1984 Retired)
Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. (8 Apr 1984 Appointed - 1 Jul 1988 Resigned)
Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1 Jul 1988 Appointed - 21 Jan 1992 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life)
Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. † (24 Jan 1992 Appointed - 21 Jun 1996 Retired)
Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez (21 Jun 1996 Appointed - 1 Oct 2002 Retired)
Francis Arinze (1 Oct 2002 Appointed - 9 Dec 2008 Retired)
Antonio Cañizares Llovera (9 Dec 2008 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
29 June 1908	Erected	Congregation of Rites	Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments (erected)
8 May 1969	Territory Lost	Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Congregation for Divine Worship (erected)
Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship
11 July 1975	United	Congregation for Divine Worship Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship
Congregation of the Sacraments
5 April 1984	Split	Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship	Congregation of the Sacraments Congregation for Divine Worship
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
28 June 1988	United	Congregation of the Sacraments Congregation for Divine Worship	Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Geraldo Majella Agnelo (Secretary: 16 Sep 1991 to 13 Jan 1999)
Francis Arinze (Prefect: 1 Oct 2002 to 9 Dec 2008)
Antonio Cañizares Llovera (Prefect: 9 Dec 2008)
Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P. (Secretary: 16 Jun 2009)
Eduardo Martínez Somalo (Prefect: 1 Jul 1988 to 21 Jan 1992)
Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. (Pro-Prefect: 8 Apr 1984; Prefect: 27 May 1985 to 1 Jul 1988)
Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez (Pro-Prefect: 21 Jun 1996; Prefect: 23 Feb 1998 to 1 Oct 2002)
Virgilio Noè (Official: 30 Jan 1982 to 24 May 1989)
Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don (Secretary: 10 Dec 2005 to 16 Jun 2009)
Domenico Sorrentino (Secretary: 2 Aug 2003 to 19 Nov 2005)
Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B. (Secretary: 27 Apr 1999 to 2 Aug 2003)

Benedetto Aloisi Masella † (Prefect: 27 Oct 1954 to 11 Jan 1968)
Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. † (Secretary: 1965 to 7 May 1969)
Francesco Bracci † (Secretary: 30 Dec 1935 to 15 Dec 1958)
Francis John Brennan † (Prefect: 15 Jan 1968 to 2 Jul 1968)
Luigi Capotosti † (Secretary: 8 Jun 1914 to 21 Jun 1926)
Francesco Carpino † (Pro-Prefect: 7 Apr 1967 to 26 Jun 1967)
Giuseppe Casoria † (Secretary: 9 Apr 1969 to 2 Feb 1973; Pro-Prefect: 24 Aug 1981; Prefect: 3 Feb 1983 to 8 Apr 1984)
Luigi Dadaglio † (Secretary: 4 Oct 1980 to 8 Apr 1984)
Domenico Ferrata † (Prefect: 26 Oct 1908 to 2 Jan 1914)
Filippo Giustini † (Secretary: 20 Oct 1908; Prefect: 14 Oct 1914 to 18 Mar 1920)
Antonio Innocenti † (Secretary: 26 Feb 1973 to 4 Oct 1980)
Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. † (Prefect: 24 Jan 1992 to 21 Jun 1996)
Domenico Jorio † (Secretary: 5 Jan 1928; Prefect: 20 Dec 1935 to 21 Oct 1954)
Lajos Kada † (Secretary: 8 Apr 1984 to 22 Aug 1991)
James Robert Knox † (Prefect: 1 Aug 1975 to 4 Aug 1981)
Michele Lega † (Prefect: 20 Mar 1920 to 16 Dec 1935)
Antonio Samorè † (Prefect: 1 Nov 1968 to 25 Jan 1974)
Giacomo Violardo † (Secretary: 26 Jan 1965 to 28 Apr 1969)
Cesare Zerba † (Secretary: 18 Dec 1958 to 22 Feb 1965)