Congregation for the Clergy

The Congregation for the Clergy (Latin: Congregation per Clericis ) is a central authority of the Vatican ( Curia authority ); it finds its origin in the set of Pope Pius IV on 2 August 1564 the constitution Alias Nos Congregation for the interpretation of and compliance with the Council of Trent. Even after the interpretation of the conciliar canons always continued to decline and, over time, other tasks have been added, which displaced the original task, the congregation kept the name in Holy Congregation Council. It was only on August 15, 1967, Pope Paul VI changed. their name from the Apostolic Constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae on today.

2.1 studies
2.2 International Council for Catechesis
2.3 Institute and the journal " Sacrum Ministry "

Structure of the Congregation

The Congregation for the Clergy is divided into three sections:

Department of the Clergy

This department is active in the promotion of spirituality, as well as contemporary intellectual and pastoral formation of priests and deacons. The affairs of cathedral chapters, priests ' councils, parish priests and parishes belong to their affairs. Everything belongs to the pastoral ministry, including measuring scholarships, foundations, pilgrimage sites, archives and libraries to the affairs of this department.

Department of catechesis

This department deals with the promotion of religious education of all believers. To this end, it monitors the correct formation of catechists, approved the national catechisms and directorates. Also assistance in specific situations, these include.

Department of Management

This department is responsible for the organization and administration of ecclesiastical goods, provided they belong to the church public legal entities. The approval of taxes and fees, monitoring a reasonable salary, health insurance and a pension provision of the priests and deacons are also assigned to their area of work.

Members

The Congregation is in addition to the prefect of the 22 cardinals, archbishops 2 and 3 bishops who are appointed by the pope for five years. Members of the Congregation are currently:

Cardinals

Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, SDB ( since 2003)
Cardinal Joachim Meisner (since 1991)
Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez
Cardinal Jaime Ortega
Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela (since 1998)
Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi (since 1999)
Polycarp Cardinal Pengo (since 2008)
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera (since 1999)
Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga SDB ( since 2001)
Cardinal Marc Ouellet PSS ( since 2008)
Cardinal Jorge Urosa (since 2008)
Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe (since 2001)
Cardinal Angelo Scola (since 2003)
Sean Patrick O'Malley, OFM Cap Cardinal (since 2006)
Odilo Pedro Scherer Cardinal (since 2008)
John Cardinal Njue (since 2008)
Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke ( since 2008)
Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes (since 2008)
Willem Jacobus Eijk Cardinal (since 2008)
Cardinal André Vingt -Trois (since 2010)
Donald Cardinal Wuerl (since 2010)
Kazimierz Cardinal Nycz (since 2010)

Archbishops

Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz
Tomasz Peta (since 2008)

Bishops

Fernando Antônio Figueiredo OFM (since 1999)
Klaus Küng (since 1999)
Heinrich Mussinghoff (since 1999)

Affiliated institutions

The following institutions are connected to the Congregation:

Study

The old " study " was in 1919 by Pope Benedict XV. built. This device is intended to get young priests knowledge in the processing of ecclesiastical affairs, in the application of canon law and the administration.

International Council for Catechesis

The International Council for Catechesis was a result of the Second Vatican Council in 1976 by Paul VI. founded, which had advanced the Catechism of the Catholic Church during his tenure. The Pontifical Council supports the exchange of experiences, it worked for the Holy See and the Episcopal Conferences important catechetical issues and offers suggestions and ideas.

Institute and the journal " Sacrum Ministry "

This institute was 1994/95 assigned to the Congregation. It is responsible for the training of officers and for the ongoing formation of priests. The magazine of the same name should be a help for the professors, priests, clerics and educational institutions in the pastoral ministry. It serves as the training in the field of catechesis.

Prefect

Cardinal Carlo Borromeo (1564-1565)
Francesco Cardinal Alciati (1565-1580)
Filippo Cardinal Boncompagni (1580-1586)
Cardinal Antonio Carafa (1586-1591)
Cardinal Girolamo Mattei (1591-1603)
Paolo Emilio Cardinal Zacchia (1604-1605)
Francesco Maria Cardinal Bourbon del Monte (1606-1616)
Orazio Cardinal Lancellotti (1616-1620)
Roberto Cardinal Ubaldini (1621-1623)
Cosmo Cardinal de Torres (1623-1626)
Bonifacio Cardinal Bevilacqua (1626-1627)
Fabrizio Cardinal Verospi (1627-1639)
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Pamphili (1639-1644)
Cardinal Francesco Cennini (1644-1645)
Pier Luigi Cardinal Carafa (1645-1655)
Cardinal Francesco Paolucci (1657-1661)
Cardinal Giulio Cesare Sacchetti (1661-1663)
Angelo Cardinal Celsius (1664-1671)
Paluzzo Cardinal Altieri (1671-1672)
Vincenzo Maria Orsini, Cardinal (1673-1675)
Federico Cardinal Baldeschi Colonna (1675-1691)
Galeazzo Cardinal Marescotti (1692-1695)
Giuseppe Cardinal Sacripanti (1696-1700)
Bandino Cardinal Panciatici (1700-1718)
Pietro Marcellino Corradini Cardinal (1718-1721)
Curzio Cardinal Origo (1721-1737)
Antonio Saverio Cardinal Gentili (1737-1753)
Mario Cardinal Millini (1753-1756)
Gian Giacomo Cardinal Millo (1756-1757)
Clemente Cardinal Argenvilliers (1757-1758)
Ferdinando Maria Cardinal de Rossi (1759-1775)
Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lance Cardinal (1775-1784)
Guglielmo Cardinal Pallotta (1785-1795)
Tommaso Cardinal antici (1795-1798)
Filippo Cardinal Carandini (1800-1810)
Cardinal Giulio Gabrielli (1814-1820)
Cardinal Emmanuele de Gregorio (1820-1834)
Vincenzo Cardinal Macchi (1834-1840)
Cardinal Paolo Polidori (1841-1847)
Pietro Cardinal Ostini (1847-1849)
Angelo Cardinal May (1851-1853)
Antonio Maria Cardinal Cagiano de Azevedo (1853-1860)
Prospero Cardinal Caterini (1860-1881)
Lorenzo Cardinal Nina (1881-1885)
Cardinal Luigi Serafini (1885-1893)
Cardinal Angelo Di Pietro (1893-1895)
Vincenzo Cardinal Vannutelli (1902-1908)
Casimiro Gennari Cardinal (1908-1914)
Francesco di Paola Cassetta Cardinal (1914-1919)
Donato Raffaele Cardinal Sbarretti Tazza (1919-1930)
Cardinal Giulio Serafini (1930-1938)
Luigi Cardinal Maglione (1938-1939)
Francesco Cardinal Marmaggi (1939-1949)
Cardinal Giuseppe Bruno (1949-1954)
Pietro Cardinal Ciriaci (1954-1966)
Jean -Marie Cardinal Villot (1967-1969)
John Cardinal Joseph Wright (1969-1979)
Silvio Cardinal Oddi (1979-1986)
Cardinal Antonio Innocenti (1986-1991)
José Tomás Cardinal Sánchez (1991-1996)
Darío Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos (1996-2006)
Cláudio Cardinal Hummes OFM (2006-2010)
Cardinal Mauro Piacenza (2010-2013)
Beniamino Stella Cardinal (since 2013)

Secretaries

Stefano Brancaccio (1668-1670)
Antonio Saverio Gentili (1728-1731)
Lanfredini Giacomo (1731-1734)
Girolamo D' Andrea (1845-1852)
Angelo Quaglia (1852-1861)
Pietro Gianelli (1861-1868) (Pro - Secretary)
Pietro Gianelli (1868-1875)
Giacomo Cattani (1875-1879)
Beniamino Cavicchioni (1895-1900) (Pro - Secretary)
Beniamino Cavicchioni (1900-1903)
Gaetano De Lai (1903 ) (Pro - Secretary)
Gaetano De Lai (1903-1907)
Basilio Pompilj (1908-1911)
Oreste Giorgi (1911-1916)
Giuseppe Mori (1916-1922)
Bernardo Colombo (1922-1923)
Giulio Serafini (1923-1930)
Giuseppe Bruno (1930-1946)
Francesco Roberti (1946-1958)
Pietro Palazzini (1958-1973)
Maximino Romero de Lema (1973-1986)
Gilberto Agustoni (1986-1992)
Crescenzio Sepe (1992-1997)
Csaba Ternyák (1997-2007)
Mauro Piacenza (2007-2010)
Celso Morga Iruzubieta (since 2010)

Under Secretaries

Silvio Fagiolo ( -1953 )
Domenico Galletti (1953-1959)
Ercole CROVELLA (1959-1966)
Fiorenzo Romita (1966-1977)
Guglielmo Zannoni (1977-1986)
Milan Simcic (1986-1996)
Antonio Silvestrelli (1996-2004)
Mauro Piacenza (2000-2003)
Giovanni Carrų (2003-2009)
Celso Morga Iruzubieta (2009-2010)
Antonio Neri ( since 2011 )

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