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Pontifical Commission For Latin America
The Pontifical Commission for Latin America is a department of the Roman Curia that since 1958 has been charged with providing assistance to and examining matters pertaining to the Catholic Church in Latin America. The Commission operates under the auspices of the Dicastery for Bishops (formerly the Congregation for Bishops and before that the Sacred Consistorial Congregation) and for most of its history the prefect of that body has been president of the Commission. Robert Francis Prevost was president of the Commission from April 12, 2023, until his election as Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025. There are two secretaries, both laypersons: Rodrigo Guerra López and Emilce Cuda, appointed in July 2021 and February 2022, respectively. When appointed, Guerra was the only layperson with the rank of secretary in the Curia; the only layman with a higher rank was Paolo Ruffini, prefect of the Dicastery for Communications. Cuda became one of the few women in senior positions in the Curia. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicastery
A dicastery (; ; from ) is the name of some departments in the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid .... ''Pastor bonus'' '' Pastor bonus'' (1988) includes this definition: ''Praedicate evangelium'' Under the new structure of the Roman Curia created by '' Praedicate evangelium'' ( effective since 5 June 2022), the former congregations and pontifical councils are replaced with dicasteries. Current dicasteries As of 2022, there are sixteen dicasteries: References {{Catholic Church footer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcello Mimmi
Marcello Mimmi (18 July 1882 – 6 March 1961) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archdiocese of Naples, Archbishop of Naples from 1952 to 1957, and Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops, Sacred Consistorial Congregation from 1957 until his death. Mimmi was elevated to the Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII. Life and church Marcello Mimi was born in San Pietro in Casale and studied at the seminary in Bologna before being Holy Orders, ordained to the Priesthood (Catholic Church), priesthood on 23 December 1905. He then did Parish (Catholic Church), pastoral work and taught at the Bologna seminary until 1930. He was elevated to a Monsignor, Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness on 19 November 1919, and later named Rector (ecclesiastical), rector of the Regional Seminary of Romagna. On 30 June 1930, Mimmi was appointed Bishop of Crema by Pope Pius XI. He received his Bishop (Catholic Church), episco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontifical Commission
A pontifical commission () is a committee of Catholic experts convened by the Pope for a specific purpose. The following is a list of commissions, the dates they began and the pope who established. Current commissions # Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, 6 January 1852 by Pope Pius IX. # Pontifical Biblical Commission, 30 October 1902 by Pope Leo XIII. # Pontifical Commission for Latin America, 19 April 1958 by Pope Pius XII. # International Theological Commission, 11 April 1969 by Pope Paul VI. # Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, 22 October 1974 by Pope Paul VI. # Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims, 22 October 1974 by Pope Paul VI. # Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, 26 November 2000 by Pope John Paul II. # Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, 22 March 2014 by Pope Francis. # Pontifical Commission for the Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Secto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Ruiz Arenas
José Octavio Ruiz Arenas (born 21 December 1944) is a Colombian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who has served as secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation. Biography José Ruiz Arenas was born in Bogotá, and Holy Orders, ordained to the Priesthood (Catholic Church), priesthood by Archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque on 29 November 1969. He worked in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith with the future Benedict XVI until 8 March 1996, when he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bogotá, Bogotá and titular bishop of Troyna by Pope John Paul II. He received his Bishop (Catholic Church), episcopal consecration on the following 13 April from then-Archbishop Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, with Archbishops Paolo Romeo and Tarcisio Bertone, Salesians of Don Bosco, SDB, serving as Consecrator, co-consecrators. Ruiz Arenas was later named Bishop (Catholic Church), Bishop of Villavicencio on 16 July 2002, and was promot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Robles Díaz
Luis Robles Díaz Infante (6 March 1938 – 7 April 2007) was a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. Biography Luis Robles Díaz Infante was born in El Grullo, Jalisco, Mexico, on 6 March 1938. He was ordained a priest on 14 April 1963. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1965. He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1967 and fulfilled assignments in Honduras, South Africa, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, and Colombia. On 16 February 1985, Pope John Paul II named him a titular archbishop, Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan, and Apostolic Delegate to the Red Sea Region. He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada on 9 April 1985. On 13 March 1990, Pope John Paul appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda. On 6 March 1999, Pope John Paul named him Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba. On 4 October 2003, he was named Vice President of the Pontific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cipriano Calderón Polo
Cipriano Calderón Polo (1 December 1927 – 4 February 2009) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who worked as a journalist, editor, spokesperson, and administrator as an expert in explaining Church affairs to the Spanish-language public and in helping two popes, Paul VI and John Paul II, manage their relationship with the bishops of Latin America. After becoming a bishop in 1989, as vice president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, he became known as "the pope's man for Latin America". Biography Cipriano Calderón Polo was born in Plasencia, Spain, on 1 December 1927. He was inspired to become a priest by the example of his uncle, a parish priest. undated; circa the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination Before he turned thirteen he entered the minor seminary there. He studied at the Pontifical University of Comillas in Santander until 1948 and then lived at the Spanish Pontifical College of Saint Joseph in Rome, where he attended the Pontifical Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Francis
Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin American, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Pope Gregory III, Gregory III. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to a family of Italian Argentines, Italian origin, Bergoglio was inspired to join the Jesuits in 1958 after recovering from a severe illness. He was Ordination#Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran and Anglican churches, ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 he was the Jesuit provincial superior in Argentina. He became the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Following resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the 2013 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guzmán Carriquiry Lecour
Guzmán Carriquiry Lecour (born 20 May 1944) is a Uruguayan lawyer, journalist and activist on behalf of Roman Catholic causes in Latin America. In his 50-year career in the Roman Curia, he was one of the few laypersons in the upper ranks. For his last eight years, he was the highest ranking official of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. After retiring from the Curia in 2019, he became Uruguay's ambassador to the Holy See in 2021. Biography Early career Guzmán Carriquiry Lecour was born in Montevideo on 20 May 1944. He studied at the University of the Republic in Montevideo where he received his doctorate in law and social sciences. He led the student organization of the Catholic University of Uruguay, the Association of Catholic Students and Professionals, and helped it expand throughout Latin America. He was director of the Center for Social Communications of the Bishops Conference of Uruguay. Pontifical Council for the Laity On 1 December 1971, he began his service in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Ouellet
Marc Armand Ouellet (; born 8 June 1944) is a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America from 2010 to 2023. He is a member of the Sulpicians. Ouellet served as Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada from 2003 to 2010. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II on 21 October 2003 and was considered a possible candidate for election to the papacy in 2005, 2013 and 2025. He spent his early career as a priest from 1972 to 2001 developing his credentials as a theologian and working as a seminary teacher and administrator in Canada, Colombia, and Rome. He also served briefly in the Roman Curia from 2001 to 2003. Early life Ouellet was born on 8 June 1944 into a Catholic family of eight children in La Motte, Quebec, the third son of Pierre Ouellet (1919-1988) and Graziella Michaud (1922-2015). His father, Pierre, was a farmer who was self-taught, and later director-general of the ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Battista Re
Giovanni Battista Re (born 30 January 1934) is an Catholic Church in Italy, Italian Catholic prelate who has served as Dean of the College of Cardinals since 2020. He was elevated to the rank of Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal in 2001 and served as prefect of the Congregation for Bishops from 2000 to 2010. As the most senior cardinal-bishop in attendance, he chaired the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis. Early years Born in Borno, Italy, the son of the carpenter Matteo Re (1908–2012), Giovanni Battista Re was ordained a Priesthood (Catholic Church), priest by Archbishop Giacinto Tredici in Brescia on 3 March 1957. He holds a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, and taught in the Brescia seminary. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1961. Curial service Re has been a member of the Roman Curia since 1963, where he served as personal secretary to Archbishop Giovanni Benelli. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers (, abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic Church, Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilians, Castilian priest named Saint Dominic, Dominic de Guzmán. It was approved by Pope Honorius III via the papal bull on 22 December 1216. Members of the order, who are referred to as Dominicans, generally display the letters ''OP'' after their names, standing for , meaning 'of the Order of Preachers'. Membership in the order includes friars, nuns, Religious sister (Catholic), active sisters, and Laity, lay or secular Dominicans (formerly known as Third Order of Saint Dominic, tertiaries). More recently, there have been a growing number of associates of the religious sisters who are unrelated to the tertiaries. Founded to preach the The gospel, gospel and to oppose heresy, the teaching activity of the order and its scholastic organisation placed it at the forefront of the intellectual life of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Moreira Neves
Lucas Moreira Neves, OP (16 September 1925 – 8 September 2002) was a Brazilian Catholic prelate who served as Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops from 1998 to 2000. He previously served as Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia from 1987 to 1998. He was made a cardinal in 1988 and was a member of the Dominican Order. Biography Moreira Neves was born in São João del Rei, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. He was descended from Africans through his maternal grandfather. He was ordained a priest on 9 July 1950. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo by Pope Paul VI on 9 June 1967 with the titular see of Feradi Maius. On 15 October 1979 he was appointed secretary of the Congregation for Bishops within the Roman Curia by Pope John Paul II. Moreira Neves left the Curia to take up the position of Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia on 9 July 1987. He was created Cardinal-Priest A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
