Sacred Congregation of Rites
The Sacred Congregation of Rites (Latin Sacra Rituum Congregation, also known in short as Congregation of Rites ) was until 1969 a central authority of the Vatican. Pope Sixtus V established in 1588 with the Apostolic Constitution Dei Immensa Aeterni the Congregation per sacris ritibus et caeremoniis used. The Congregation caeremonialis was in the 17th century and independently responsible for the ceremonies of the papal chapel and the papal court (now the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Pope ). The object of the Congregation of Rites was the establishment of standards for the practice of worship ( rites ) and the implementation of canonization.
Pope Paul VI. solved in 1969 with the Apostolic Constitution Sacra Rituum the Congregation Congregation of Rites on their tasks and distributed to two new congregations, namely the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship (Latin Sacred Congregation per Cultu Divino ) and the Sacred Congregation for Saints (Latin Sacred Congregation per Causis Sanctorum ).
Cardinal Prefect
- Flavio Chigi (1759 - 1771)
- Giulio Maria della Somaglia (1800 - 1814)
- Giorgio Doria Pamphili Landi (1821 - 1837)
- Carlo Maria Pedicini (1837 - 1843)
- Ludovico Micara, OFM Cap (1843 - 1844)
- Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Lambruschini, B (1847 - 1854)
- Costantino Patrizi Naro (1854 - 1860)
- Luigi Bilio, B (1876 - 1877)
- Tommaso Martinelli, OSA (1877 - 1878)
- Domenico Bartolini (1878 - 1886)
- Angelo Bianchi (1887 - 1897)
- Carlo Laurenzi (1889 - 1895)
- Camillo Mazzella, SJ (1897 - 1900)
- Gaetano Aloisi Masella (1899 - 1902)
- Domenico Ferrata (1900 - 1902)
- Serafino Cretoni (1903 - 1909)
- Luigi Tripepi (1903 - 1906)
- Sebastiano Martinelli, OESA (1909 - 1918)
- Scipione Tecchi (1914 - 1915)
- Antonio Vico (1915 - 1929)
- Camillo Laurenti (1929 - 1938)
- Carlo Salotti (1938 - 24 October 1947)
- Clemente Micara (1950 - 1953)
- Gaetano Cicognani (1953 - 1954)
- Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, CMF (1962 - 1968)
- Benno Gut, OSB (1967 - 1969)