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Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

Dicastery of the Roman Curia

Also known as: Pontifical Rat für die Förderung der Einheit der Christen (Deutsch) / Pontificio Consejo para la promoción de la unidad de los cristianos (español) / Conseil pontifical pour la promotion de l’unité des chrétiens (français) / Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione dell’Unità dei Cristiani (Italiano) / Papieska Rada ds. Popierania Jedności Chrześcijan (polski) / 基督徒合一促進委員會 (中文) / キリスト教一致推進評議会 (日本語) / 그리스도교일치평의회 (한국어)

Address: Via dell'Erba, 1, 00193 Roma, Italy

Phone: 06.69.88.30.72; 06.69.88.42.71

Website: Link

History

  • 1960.06.05: Established as Secretariat on Christian Unity (English) / Sekretariat zur Förderung der Einheit der Christen (Deutsch) / Secretariatus ad Christianorum Unitatem Fovendam (Latin)
  • 1965: Renamed as Secretariat for Christian Unity (English) / Sekretariat für die Einheit der Christen (Deutsch) / Seretariato per l’Unione dei Cristiani (Italiano)
  • 1988.06.30: Promoted as Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (English) / Pontifical Rat für die Förderung der Einheit der Christen (Deutsch) / Pontificio Consejo para la promoción de la unidad de los cristianos (español) / Conseil pontifical pour la promotion de l’unité des chrétiens (français) / Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione dell’Unità dei Cristiani (Italiano) / Papieska Rada ds. Popierania Jedności Chrześcijan (polski) / 基督徒合一促進委員會 (中文) / キリスト教一致推進評議会 (日本語) / 그리스도교일치평의회 (한국어) / Pontificium Consilium ad Unitatem Christianorum Fovendam (Latin)

Documents: Documents (x 23)

Associated Organizations

Present Officials

President:SwitzerlandArchbishop Kurt Koch (60)Archbishop Kurt Koch (60) (2010.07.01 – ...)
Secretary:IrelandBishop Brian Farrell, L.C. (66)Bishop Brian Farrell, L.C. (66) (2002.12.19 – ...)
Undersecretary:ItalyMsgr. Eleuterio Francesco Fortino (72)Msgr. Eleuterio Francesco Fortino (72) (1987 – ...)

Past Officials

President:GermanyCardinal Walter Kasper (77)Cardinal Walter Kasper (77) (2001.03.03 – 2010.07.01)
President:AustraliaCardinal Edward Idris Cassidy (86)Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy (葛錫迪) (86) (1989.12.12 – 2001.03.03)
President:NetherlandsCardinal Johannes Willebrands (1969.04.12 – 1989.12.12)
President:GermanyCardinal Augustin Bea, S.J. (1960.06.06 – 1968.11.16)
Vice-President:SpainBishop Ramón Torrella Cascante (later Archbishop) (1975.12.20 – 1983.04.11)
Vice-President:BelgiumBishop Emiel-Jozef De Smedt (1964 – 1970)
Vice-President:United KingdomCardinal John Carmel Heenan (1964 – 1970)
Secretary:CanadaCardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S. (66)Bishop Marc Ouellet, P.S.S. (66) (later Cardinal) (2001.03.03 – 2002.11.15)
Secretary:GermanyCardinal Walter Kasper (77)Bishop Walter Kasper (77) (later Cardinal) (1999.03.16 – 2001.02.21)
Secretary:FranceBishop Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. (1983.04.25 – 1999.03.16)
Secretary:Msgr. Charles Moeller (1973 – 1981)
Secretary:BelgiumFr. Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. (later Cardinal) (1969.04.12 – 1973.06.14)
Secretary:NetherlandsBishop Johannes Willebrands (later Cardinal) (1960.06.28 – 1969.04.28)
Adjunct Secretary:SwitzerlandArchbishop Jean-Claude Périsset (71)Bishop Jean-Claude Périsset (71) (later Archbishop) (1996.11.16 – 1998.11.12)
Adjunct Secretary:BelgiumFr. Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. (later Cardinal) (1966 – 1969.04.12)
Undersecretary:New ZealandBishop John Basil Meeking (80)Fr. John Basil Meeking (80) (later Bishop) (1985 – 1987.03.30)
Undersecretary:FranceFr. Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi (later Bishop) (1970 – 1985.04.17)
Undersecretary:FranceFr. Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. (later Bishop) (1970 – 1983.04.25)
Undersecretary:FranceFr. Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. (later Bishop) (1963 – 1970)
Undersecretary:FranceFr. Jean-François Mathieu Arrighi (later Bishop) (1963 – 1970)

as of 2010.07.20

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