Pontifical Council for the Laity

Historical Details

• Pontifical Council for the Laity
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Pontifical Council
  • Erected: 6 January 1967
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia
  • Description: competent in those matters pertaining to the Apostolic See regarding the promotion and coordination of the apostolate of the laity and, generally, in those matters respecting the Christian life of laypeople as such. (Pastor Bonus, 131)
  • Mailing Address: 00153 Roma, Piazza S. Calisto, 16; 00120 Citta del Vaticano
  • Telephone: 06.69.86.93.00
  • Fax: 06.69.88.72.14

Past Ordinaries

• Maurice Roy † (6 Jan 1967 Appointed - 15 Dec 1976 Resigned)
• Opilio Rossi † (10 Dec 1976 Appointed - 8 Apr 1984 Appointed, President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses)
• Eduardo Francisco Pironio † (8 Apr 1984 Appointed - 20 Aug 1996 Retired)
• James Francis Stafford (20 Aug 1996 Appointed - 4 Oct 2003 Appointed, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary)
• Stanisław Ryłko (4 Oct 2003 Appointed - 1 Sep 2016 Ceased)

Historical Summary

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Josef Clemens (Secretary: 25 Nov 2003 to 1 Sep 2016)
• Paul Josef Cordes (Vice President: 11 Mar 1980 to 2 Dec 1995)
• Stanisław Ryłko (Secretary: 20 Dec 1995; President: 4 Oct 2003 to 1 Sep 2016)
• James Francis Stafford (President: 20 Aug 1996 to 4 Oct 2003)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Alberto Castelli † (Vice President: 1966 to 1970)
• Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux † (Secretary: 1966 to 19 Sep 1969)
• Lucas (Luiz) Moreira Neves, O.P. † (Vice President: 7 Mar 1974 to 15 Oct 1979)
• Eduardo Francisco Pironio † (President: 8 Apr 1984 to 20 Aug 1996)
• Opilio Rossi † (President: 10 Dec 1976 to 8 Apr 1984)
• Maurice Roy † (President: 6 Jan 1967 to 15 Dec 1976)
• Ramón Torrella Cascante † (Vice President: 6 Nov 1970 to 6 Mar 1974)