Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Dicastery of the Roman Curia

Also known as: Kongregation für die Glaubenslehre (Deutsch) / Congregación para la Doctrina de la Fe (español) / Congrégation pour la doctrine de la foi (français) / Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede (Italiano) / Kongregacja Nauki Wiary (polski) / Kongregacja Nauki Wiary (Kongregacja Doktryny Wiary) (polski) / 教義部 (中文) / 教理省 (日本語) / 신앙교리성 (한국어)

Address: Piazza del S. Uffizio, 11, 00193 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.69.88.33.57; 06.69.88.34.13

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History

1542.07.21: Established as Commission of Roman and Universal Inquisition (English) / Sacrée Congrégation de l’Inquisition romaine et universelle (français) / Commissione di Santa Romana e Univerale Inquisizione (Italiano)
1908.06.29: Promoted as Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office (English) / Oberste Hl. Kongregation des Heiligen Offiziums (Deutsch) / Suprema Sagrada Congregacíon del Santo Oficio (español) / Suprême Sacrée Congrégation du Saint-Office (français) / Suprema Sacra Congregazione del Sant’Ufficizio (Italiano) / Świętym Oficjum (polski) / Suprema S. Congregação do Santo Ofício (Português) / Suprema Sacra Congregatio de Sancti Officii (Latin)
1916: Merged with the suppressed Sacred Congregation of the Index
1965.12.07: Renamed as Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (English) / Hl. Kongregation für die Glaubenslehre (Deutsch) / Sacrée Congrégation pour la doctrine de la foi (français) / Sacra Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede (Italiano) / S. Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei (Latin)
1984: Renamed as Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (English) / Kongregation für die Glaubenslehre (Deutsch) / Congregación para la Doctrina de la Fe (español) / Congrégation pour la doctrine de la foi (français) / Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede (Italiano) / Kongregacja Nauki Wiary (polski) / Kongregacja Nauki Wiary (Kongregacja Doktryny Wiary) (polski) / 教義部 (中文) / 教理省 (日本語) / 신앙교리성 (한국어) / Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei (Latin)

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Associated Organizations

Present Officials

Prefect (2005.05.13 – ...):	Cardinal William Joseph Levada (75) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica President of Pontifical Biblical Commission President of Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” President of International Theological Commission Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Francisco (United States)
Secretary (2008.07.09 – ...):	Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J. (67) Titular Archbishop of Thibica
Undersecretary (2009.06.20 – ...):	Msgr. Damiano Marzotto Caotorta (68)
Promoter of Justice (2002.10.21 – ...):	Msgr. Charles J. Scicluna (53)

Past Officials
Prefect:	Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (84) (later Pope Benedict XVI) (1981.11.25 – 2005.04.02)
Prefect:	Cardinal Franjo Šeper (1968.08.20 – 1981.11.25)
Pro-Prefect:	Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani (1965 – 1968.01.06)
Prefect:	Blessed Pope John XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) (1958.10.28 – 1963.06.03)
Prefect:	Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) (1939.03.02 – 1958.10.09)
Prefect:	Pope Pius XI (Achille Ratti) (1922.02.06 – 1939.02.10)
Prefect:	Pope Benedict XV (Giacomo della Chiesa) (1914.09.03 – 1922.01.22)
Prefect:	Saint Pope Pius X (Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto) (1903.08.04 – 1914.08.20)
Secretary:	Archbishop Angelo Amato, S.D.B. (73) (later Cardinal) (2002.12.19 – 2008.07.09)
Secretary:	Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. (77) (later Cardinal) (1995.06.13 – 2002.12.10)
Secretary:	Archbishop Alberto Bovone (later Cardinal) (1984.04.08 – 1995.06.13)
Secretary:	Archbishop Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. (later Cardinal) (1973.06.14 – 1984.04.08)
Secretary:	Cardinal Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. (1967.06.29 – 1973.03.06)
Secretary:	Cardinal Pietro Parente (1965.12.07 – 1967.06.29?)
Secretary:	Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani (1959.11.07 – 1965)
Secretary:	Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo (1951.02.16 – 1959.10.12)
Secretary:	Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani (1939.04.30 – 1951.01.13)
Secretary:	Cardinal Donato Sbarretti (1930.07.04 – 1939.04.01)
Secretary:	Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta (1914.10.14 – 1930.02.26)
Secretary:	Cardinal Domenico Ferrata (1914.01.02 – 1914.10.10)
Secretary:	Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (1908.12.30 – 1913.12.16)
Secretary:	Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli (1903.01.16 – 1908.12.31)
Secretary:	Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta (1884.02.15 – 1889.03.01)
Secretary:	Cardinal Luigi Bilio, B. (1883.01.25 – 1884.01.30)
Secretary:	Cardinal Antonio Maria Panebianco, O.F.M. Conv. (1882.03.30 – 1883.01.25)
Secretary:	Cardinal Costantino Patrizi Naro (1860.10.10 – 1876.12.17?)
Secretary:	Cardinal Vincenzo Macchi (1844.04.25 – 1854.06.27)
Secretary:	Cardinal Bartolomeo Pacca (1830.04.07 – 1844.04.19?)
Secretary:	Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini (1745? – 1770.12.06?)
Secretary:	Cardinal Tommaso Ruffo (1740 – 1753.02.16)
Secretary:	Cardinal Curzio Origo (1730? – 1737.03.18)
Secretary:	Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1726.07? – 1740?)
Secretary:	Cardinal Fabrizio Paolucci (1724? – ?)
Secretary:	Cardinal Pietro Vito Ottoboni (later Pope Alexander VIII) (1676 – 1689)
Secretary:	Cardinal Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. (1602.09.17 – 1611.08.05?)
Pro-Secretary:	Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani (1953.01.15 – 1959.11.07)
Undersecretary:	Fr. Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P. (68) (later Archbishop) (2002.04.04 – 2009.06.16)
Undersecretary:	Fr. Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv. (74) (later Bishop) (1997.06.11 – 2002.02.16)
Undersecretary:	Fr. Jozef Zlatňanský (84) (later Bishop) (1984 – 1997.06.11)
Undersecretary:	Archbishop Alberto Bovone (later Cardinal) (1973.05.21 – 1984.05.12)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Charles Moeller (1966 – 1973)
Promoter of Justice:	Fr. Marino Maccarelli, O.S.M. (1983 – 1995)
Promoter of Justice:	Msgr. Sándor Csertõ (1969 – 1982)
Promoter of Justice:	Msgr. Giuseppe Graneris (1952 – 1968)
Promoter of Justice:	Msgr. Giosuè Venturi (1950 – 1952)
Promoter of Justice:	Msgr. Vigilio Dalpiaz (1937 – 1950)
Promoter of Justice:	Msgr. Giuseppe Latini (? – 1937)
Adjunct Promoter of Justice:	Msgr. Sebastiano Masala (1965 – 1968.12.09)