Synod of Bishops

Past and Present Ordinaries

Wladyslaw Rubin † (27 Feb 1967 Appointed - 12 Jul 1979 Resigned)
Jozef Tomko † (12 Jul 1979 Appointed - 24 Apr 1985 Appointed, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples)
Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. † (24 Apr 1985 Appointed - 11 Feb 2004 Retired)
Nikola Eterović (11 Feb 2004 Appointed - 21 Sep 2013 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Germany)
Lorenzo Baldisseri (21 Sep 2013 Appointed - 15 Sep 2020 Retired)
Mario Grech (15 Sep 2020 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
15 September 1965	Established		Synod of Bishops

Lorenzo Baldisseri (Secretary General: 21 Sep 2013 to 15 Sep 2020)
Nathalie Becquart, Xavière (Under Secretary: 6 Feb 2021)
Nikola Eterović (Secretary General: 11 Feb 2004 to 21 Sep 2013)
Fabio Fabene (Under Secretary: 8 Feb 2014 to 18 Jan 2021)
Fortunato Frezza (Under Secretary: 23 Jun 1997 to 6 Feb 2014)
Mario Grech (Pro-Secretary General: 2 Oct 2019; Secretary General: 15 Sep 2020 - )
Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A. (Under Secretary: 6 Feb 2021)

Wladyslaw Rubin † (Secretary: 15 Sep 1965 to 27 Jun 1980; Secretary General: 27 Feb 1967 to 12 Jul 1979)
Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. † (Secretary General: 24 Apr 1985 to 11 Feb 2004)
Jozef Tomko † (Secretary General: 12 Jul 1979 to 24 Apr 1985)

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