Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (Latin: Congregation per institutis vitae consecratae et Societatibus vitae Apostolicae ), for simplicity also called the Congregation for Religious, is a Vatican Central Authority ( Curia authority ). The duties of the Congregation include the recognition of legal regulation and disciplinary supervision of all the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

History and tasks

The Congregation was founded by Pope Sixtus V. as Congregation per consultationibus episcoporum et regularium on May 21, 1556 and confirmed in the Constitution Immensa on January 21, 1588. With the coming of June 28, 1908 Constitution Sapienti consilio Pope Pius X divided the congregation into the Congregation for Bishops and the Congregation for Religious, the. After Pope Paul VI. the name gave her with the Apostolic Constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae on August 15, 1967 the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes, she received on 28 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II with the Constitution Pastor Bonus, its current name.

The responsibilities of the Congregation include all approved institutes of apostolic and consecrated life. Its members are collectively known as religious - hence the earlier name for Religious. For the religious among addition to members of religious and secular institutes and societies even apostolic consecrated virgins and hermits. However, for the supervision of individuals who are not affiliated to an association, usually not directly the Roman Congregation, but the respective bishop in charge.

The Congregation acts on behalf of the Pope as the highest judicial body for the governance, discipline and training, property and the rights and privileges of their subordinate institutions and societies of pontifical right. Ecclesiastical institutions or religious communities episcopal law are, however, directly by the bishop ( or its principal or agent appointed diocesan level ) controls, in whose diocese they operate or were established; they are subject to the Congregation only indirectly, insofar as these general rules may be adopted on religious life or other forms of consecrated life, to which the Bishop is bound.

The institutes and societies of pontifical right are obliged to submit annual reports to the Roman religious congregation. Significant economic transactions and the establishment, amalgamation or dissolution of these associations can be made only with the approval of the Congregation. She is also responsible for the granting of Austrittindulten for eternal professed and other decisions that are in accordance with the general canon law or the proper law of associations reserved to the pope. The Superiors General or head of its subordinate communities are directly responsible for their office lead over the congregation.

Members

The congregation is led by a Cardinal Prefect. In addition to the prefect of the Congregation include cardinals, archbishops and bishops and religious superiors, who are appointed by the pope for five years. Members of the Congregation are currently:

Cardinals

• Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez Cardinal ( confirmed 2014)
• Francis Cardinal George, OMI ( confirmed 2014)
• Wilfrid Fox Napier, OFM, Cardinal ( confirmed 2014)
• Philippe Cardinal Barbarin (since 2003; confirmed 2014)
• Sean Patrick O'Malley, OFM Cap Cardinal (since 2006; confirmed 2014)
• Cardinal Paolo Sardi (since 2010; confirmed 2014)
• Dominik Duka OP ( confirmed 2014)
• Giuseppe Versaldi ( confirmed 2014)
• Norberto Rivera Carrera ( appointed 2014)
• Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga SDB ( appointed 2014)
• George Pell ( appointed 2014)
• Marc Ouellet ( appointed 2014)
• Luis Antonio Tagle ( appointed 2014)
• Gianfranco Ravasi ( appointed 2014)
• Fernando Filoni ( appointed 2014)
• Domenico Calcagno ( appointed 2014)

Archbishops / Bishops

• Thomas Menamparampil SDB ( confirmed 2014)
• Pierre Raffin, OP ( confirmed 2014)
• Francesco Cacucci ( appointed 2014)
• Leo June Ikenaga SJ ( appointed 2014)
• Francisco Chimoio, OFM Cap ( appointed 2014)
• Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, OFM Conv ( appointed 2014)
• Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera OFM ( appointed 2014)
• Ricardo Blázquez Pérez ( appointed 2014)
• Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R. ( appointed 2014)
• Jaime Spengler OFM ( appointed 2014)
• José Francisco Ulloa Rojas ( appointed 2014)
• Lucas Van Looy SDB ( appointed 2014)
• Vicente Jiménez Zamora ( appointed 2014)
• Gregor Maria Hanke OSB ( appointed 2014)
• John Corriveau, OFM Cap Dennis ( appointed 2014)
• Kieran O'Reilly SMA ( appointed 2014)
• Eusebio Hernández Sola OAR ( appointed 2014)
• Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzález SJ ( appointed 2014)

Religious superiors

• Adolfo Nicolás SJ (since 2008; confirmed 2014)
• Bruno Marin, Congregation of Subiaco ( appointed 2014)
• Bruno Cadore OP ( appointed 2014)
• Mauro Jöhri OFM Cap ( appointed 2014)
• Enrique Sánchez González MCCJ ( appointed 2014)
• Emili Turú Rofes FMS ( appointed 2014)
• Jacob Nampudakam SAC ( appointed 2014)
• Giorgio Mario Mazzola Istituto secolare Cristo Re ( appointed 2014)

Prefect

• Ignazio Cardinal Masotti (1886-1888)
• Cardinal Isidoro Verga (1888-1896)
• Girolamo Maria Cardinal Gotti OCD (1899-1902)
• José Cardinal Vives y Tuto Calassanç OFM Cap (1908-1913)
• Ottavio Cardinal Cagiano de Azevedo (Pro - Prefect in 1913, Prefect 1913-1915 )
• Cardinal Domenico Serafini, OSB (1916 )
• Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio, OFM, Cardinal (1916-1917)
• Cardinal Giulio Tonti (1917-1918)
• Cardinal Raffaele Di Scapinelli Leguigno (1918-1920)
• Teodoro Cardinal Valfrè di Bonzo (1920-1922)
• Cardinal Camillo Laurenti (1922-1928)
• Alexis Cardinal Lepicier OSM (1928-1935)
• Vincenzo Cardinal lapuma (Pro - Prefect in 1935, Prefect 1935-1943 )
• Luigi Cardinal Lavitrano (1945-1950)
• Clemente Cardinal Micara (1950-1953)
• Valerio Cardinal Valeri (1953-1963)
• Ildebrando Cardinal Antoniutti (1963-1973)
• Arturo Cardinal Tabera Araoz CMF (1973-1975)
• Eduardo Francisco Cardinal Pironio (Pro - Prefect 1975-1976, Prefect 1976-1984 )
• Jean Jérôme Hamer Cardinal OP ( Pro- Prefect 1984-1985, Prefect 1985-1992 )
• Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo (1992-2004)
• Cardinal Franc Rode CM (2004-2011)
• João Cardinal Bráz de Aviz (Pro - Prefect of January 2011, Cardinal Prefect February 2012 to March 2013, confirmed 2013, confirmed 2014)

Secretaries

• Donato Sbarretti (1910-1916)
• Adolfo Turchi (1916-1918)
• Mauro Serafini (1918-1925)
• Vincenzo lapuma (1925-1935)
• Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto (1935-1950)
• Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, CMF (1950-1959)
• Paul -Pierre Philippe OP (1959-1967)
• Antonio Mauro (1967-1969)
• Edward Louis Heston, CSC (1969-1971)
• Paul Augustin Mayer, OSB (1971-1984)
• Vincenzo Fagiolo (1984-1990)
• Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa estimated intelligence (1990-1996)
• Piergiorgio Nesti CP (1996-2006)
• Gianfranco Gardin, OFM Conv (2006-2009)
• Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R. (2010-2012)
• José Rodríguez Carballo, OFM (since 2013)

Under Secretaries

• Oreste Giorgi (1907-1911)
• Francesco Cherubini (1910-1915)
• Vincenzo La Puma (1915-1925)
• Enrico Caiazzo (1925-1935)
• Vincenzo Padovani (1935-1943)
• Arcadio María Larraona CMF (1943-1950)
• Giovanni Battista di Scapinelli Leguigno (1950-1956)
• Pietro Palazzini (1956-1958)
• Giovanni Battista verdelli (1958-1971)
• Dorio -Marie Huot SMM (1967-1971)
• Basil Mary Heiser, OFM Conv (1972-1984)
• Mario Albertini (1974-1988)
• Jesús Llorente Torres CMF (1984-2004)
• Joseph Anthony Galante (1986-1992)
• Juan José Dorronsoro Allo (1988-2003)
• Josef Clemens (2003 - November 2003)
• Enrica Rosanna FMA (2004-2011)
• Vincenzo Bertolone Sudeten (2004-2007)
• Sebastiano Paciolla OCist (since 2008)
• Nicoletta Vittoria Spezzati ASC ( since 2011 )