Dicastery for Bishops

Dicasterium pro Episcopis

Bishop(s)

Vacant
Ilson de Jesus Montanari, Secretary
Ivan Kovač, Under Secretary
Marc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S., Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Dicastery
Elevated: 5 June 2022
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: Responsible for all matters pertaining to the establishment and provision of particular Churches and to the exercise of the episcopal office in the Latin Church (Praedicate Evangelium, 103)
Official Web Site: http://www.congregazionevescovi.va
Section on the Vatican Website: https://www.vatican.va/content/romancuria/en/dicasteri/dicastero-vescovi.index.html
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
- Established: 22 January 1588
- Curial Office
- Roman Curia
Congregation for Bishops
- Latin Name: pro Episcopis
- 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)

Past and Present Ordinaries

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 (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. † (25 Jun 1998 Appointed - 16 Sep 2000 Retired)
Giovanni Battista Re (16 Sep 2000 Appointed - 2 Apr 2005 Ceased)
Marc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S. (30 Jun 2010 Appointed - 28 Feb 2013 Ceased)
Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (30 Jan 2023 Appointed - 21 Apr 2025 Ceased)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Sacred Consistorial Congregation
22 January 1588	Established		Sacred Consistorial Congregation
Congregation for Bishops
1 August 1967	Name Changed	Sacred Consistorial Congregation	Congregation for Bishops
28 June 1988	Established	Congregation for Bishops Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People	Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
Dicastery for Bishops
5 June 2022	Elevated	Congregation for Bishops	Dicastery for Bishops

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Lorenzo Baldisseri (Secretary: 11 Jan 2012 to 21 Sep 2013)
Ivan Kovač (Official: 1 Jan 2012; Under Secretary: 29 Jun 2023)
Ilson de Jesus Montanari (Secretary: 12 Oct 2013 - )
Manuel Monteiro de Castro (Secretary: 3 Jul 2009 to 5 Jan 2012)
Francesco Monterisi (Secretary: 7 Mar 1998 to 3 Jul 2009)
Marc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S. (Prefect: 30 Jun 2010 to 28 Feb 2013)
Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (Prefect: 30 Jan 2023 to 21 Apr 2025)
Giovanni Battista Re (Secretary: 9 Oct 1987 to 12 Dec 1989; Prefect: 16 Sep 2000 to 2 Apr 2005)
Justin Francis Rigali (Secretary: 21 Dec 1989 to 25 Jan 1994)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Ruggero Luigi Emidio Antici Mattei † (Secretary: 1850 to 1875)
Sebastiano Baggio † (Prefect: 26 Feb 1973 to 8 Apr 1984)
Angelo Bianchi † (Secretary: 15 May 1877 to 19 Sep 1879)
Alessandro Bosco † (Secretary: 27 Feb 1624 to 10 Jun 1629)
Francesco Carpino † (Official: 19 Jan 1961 to 7 Apr 1967)
Ernesto Civardi † (Secretary: 17 May 1967 to 30 Jun 1979)
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)
Jorge María Mejía † (Secretary: 5 Mar 1994 to 7 Mar 1998)
Marcello Mimmi † (Secretary: 15 Dec 1957 to 6 Mar 1961)
Lucas (Luiz) 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: 1 Jun 1923; Secretary: 4 Jul 1930 to 17 Sep 1948)

Source(s)

Dicastery for Bishops
- Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 1,178, and Page 1,181

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