Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

Type of Jurisdiction: Dicastery
Elevated: 5 June 2022
Curial Office
Roman Curia
Description: To engage in timely ecumenical initiatives and activities, both within the Catholic Church and in relations with other Churches and Ecclesial Communities, in order to restore unity among Christians (Praedicate Evangelium, 142)
Official Web Site: http://www.christianunity.va/
Mailing Address: 00193 Roma, Via della Conciliazione, 5
Telephone: 06.69.88.30.74
Fax: 06.69.88.53.65

Historical Details

Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
- Latin Name: ad Christianorum Unitatem Fovendam
- Established: 5 June 1960
- Curial Office
- Roman Curia
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
- Latin Name: ad Unitatem Christianorum Fovendam
- Elevated: 28 June 1988
- Curial Office
- Roman Curia
- Description: engage in ecumenical work through timely initiatives and activities, labouring to restore unity among Christians. (Pastor Bonus, 135)

Augustin Bea, S.J. † (6 Jun 1960 Appointed - 16 Nov 1968 Died)
Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands † (12 Apr 1969 Appointed - 12 Dec 1989 Retired)
Edward Idris Cassidy † (12 Dec 1989 Appointed - 3 Mar 2001 Retired)
Walter Kasper (3 Mar 2001 Appointed - 2 Apr 2005 Ceased)
Kurt Koch (1 Jul 2010 Appointed - 28 Feb 2013 Ceased)

Date	Event	From	To
Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
5 June 1960	Established		Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
28 June 1988	Elevated	Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity	Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
5 June 2022	Elevated	Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity

Brian Farrell, L.C. (Secretary: 19 Dec 2002 to 23 Feb 2024)
Walter Kasper (Secretary: 16 Mar 1999; President: 3 Mar 2001 to 2 Apr 2005)
Kurt Koch (President: 1 Jul 2010 to 28 Feb 2013; Prefect: 5 Jun 2022 to 21 Apr 2025)
Marc Armand Ouellet, P.S.S. (Secretary: 3 Mar 2001 to 15 Nov 2002)
Flavio Pace (Secretary: 23 Feb 2024)
Andrea Palmieri (Under Secretary: 4 Sep 2012)
Jean-Claude Périsset (Official: 16 Nov 1996 to 12 Nov 1998)

Augustin Bea, S.J. † (President: 6 Jun 1960 to 16 Nov 1968)
Edward Idris Cassidy † (President: 12 Dec 1989 to 3 Mar 2001)
Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. † (Secretary: 25 Apr 1983 to 16 Mar 1999)
Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. † (Secretary: 12 Apr 1969 to 14 Jun 1973)
Ramón Torrella Cascante † (Vice President: 20 Dec 1975 to 11 Apr 1983)
Johannes Gerardus Maria Willebrands † (Secretary: 28 Jun 1960; President: 12 Apr 1969 to 12 Dec 1989)

Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
- Annuario Pontificio, Year 2023, Page 1,192, and Page 1,194

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