Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)

Historical Details

• Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Congregation
  • Name Changed: 28 June 1988
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia
  • Mailing Address: Palazzo della Congregazioni, 00193 Roma, Piazza Pio XII, 3
  • Telephone: 06.69.88.41.67
  • Fax: 06.69.88.41.72

• Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
  • Latin Name: de Seminariis et Universitatibus Studiorum
  • Established: 4 November 1915
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

• Congregation of Catholic Education
  • Latin Name: Institutione Catholica
  • Name Changed: 1967
  • Curial Office
  • Roman Curia

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Past Ordinaries

• Gaetano Bisleti † (1 Dec 1915 Appointed - 30 Aug 1937 Died)
• Giuseppe Pizzardo † (14 Mar 1939 Appointed - 13 Jan 1968 Retired)
• Gabriel-Marie Garrone † (26 Jan 1966 Appointed - 15 Jan 1980 Retired)
• William Wakefield Baum † (15 Jan 1980 Appointed - 6 Apr 1990 Appointed, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary)
• Pio Laghi † (6 Apr 1990 Appointed - 15 Nov 1999 Retired)
• Zenon Grocholewski † (15 Nov 1999 Appointed - 31 Mar 2015 Retired)
• Giuseppe Versaldi (31 Mar 2015 Appointed - 5 Jun 2022 Ceased)

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
4 November 1915	Established		Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
Congregation of Catholic Education
1967	Name Changed	Congregation of Seminaries and Universities	Congregation of Catholic Education
Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
28 June 1988	Name Changed	Congregation of Catholic Education	Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
5 June 2022	United	Pontifical Council for Culture Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)	Dicastery for Culture and Education

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P. (Secretary: 10 Nov 2007 to 26 Jun 2012)
• Philippe Curbelié (Official: Sep 2012 to 5 Jun 2022)
• John Michael Miller, C.S.B. (Secretary: 25 Nov 2003 to 1 Jun 2007)
• José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. (Secretary: 26 May 1988 to 30 May 1998)
• Giuseppe Versaldi (Prefect: 31 Mar 2015 to 5 Jun 2022)
• Angelo Vincenzo Zani (Secretary: 9 Nov 2012 to 5 Jun 2022)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• William Wakefield Baum † (Prefect: 15 Jan 1980 to 6 Apr 1990)
• Gaetano Bisleti † (Prefect: 1 Dec 1915 to 30 Aug 1937)
• Carlo Confalonieri † (Secretary: 25 Jan 1950 to 14 Mar 1961)
• Gabriel-Marie Garrone † (Pro-Prefect: 26 Jan 1966; Prefect: 17 Jan 1968 to 15 Jan 1980)
• Zenon Grocholewski † (Prefect: 15 Nov 1999 to 31 Mar 2015)
• Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. † (Secretary: 20 May 1976 to 1 Jul 1988)
• Pio Laghi † (Pro-Prefect: 6 Apr 1990; Prefect: 1 Jul 1991 to 15 Nov 1999)
• Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. † (Secretary: 11 Jul 1998 to 25 Nov 2003)
• Giuseppe Pizzardo † (Prefect: 14 Mar 1939 to 13 Jan 1968)
• Giuseppe Rossino † (Secretary: 9 Mar 1946 to 31 Dec 1949)
• Ernesto Ruffini † (Secretary: 28 Oct 1928 to 11 Oct 1945)
• Joseph Schröffer † (Secretary: 17 May 1967 to 24 May 1976)
• Giacomo Sinibaldi † (Secretary: 16 Dec 1915 to 19 Aug 1928)
• Dino Staffa † (Secretary: 18 Dec 1958 to 7 Apr 1967)

Source(s)

Congregation of Seminaries and Universities Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 7, Page 493, to Page 495

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