Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants

The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (Latin Pontifical Consilium de Spirituali Migrantium atque Itinerantium Cura ) was born on March 19, 1970 by the Motu Proprio Apostolicae Caritatis Pope Paul VI. built.

The task of the Council is the " pastoral care of the people on the move ". This applies to

" Migrants, exiles, refugees, fishermen and sailors, passengers, road transport workers, gypsies, circus people, and showmen, pilgrims and tourists, as well as any group of people who are affected for various reasons of the phenomenon of human mobility, such as foreign students, workers and technicians who for professional reasons or for scientific research at international level, having to go to another of a country. "

President

Secretaries

  • Giulivo Tessarolo CS (1963-1969)
  • Zagon József (1970-1975)
  • Silvano Maria Tomasi CS (27 June 1989-27. June 1996)
  • Francesco Gioia, OFM Cap (8 July 1996-25. July 2001
  • Agostino Marchetto (6 November 2001-25. August 2010)
  • Joseph Kalathiparambil, since February 22, 2011

Under Secretaries

  • Pietro Fanto (1971-1986)
  • Peter Paul Prabhu ( 1987-13. November 1993)
  • Giuseppe De Andrea ( 1994-2. December 1999)
  • Michael August Blume, SVD (6 April 2000-24. August 2005)
  • Novatus Rugambwa (June 28, 2007-6. February 2010)
  • Gabriele Ferdinando Bentoglio, since 6 May 2010 and

Members

  • Daniel DiNardo
  • Antoine Audo
  • Adam Joseph Maida
  • Keith Patrick O'Brien
  • Stephen Fumio Hamao
  • Paul Hinder
  • Renato Raffaele Martino
  • Lucio Andrice Muandula
  • Béchara Pierre Raï
  • Luis Antonio Tagle

Consultors

  • Cyril Vasiľ
  • Brigitte Proksch
  • Marco Impagliazzo
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