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The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (Congregatio pro Institutis Vitae Consecratae et Societatibus Vitae Apostolicae) is the congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for everything which concerns institutes of consecrated life (orders and religious congregations, both of men and of women, secular institutes) and Society of Apostolic Life regarding their government, discipline, studies, goods, rights, and privileges.
The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life has its origins in the "Sacred Congregation for Consultations about Regulars" founded by Pope Sixtus V on May 27, 1586. its name was changed in 1908 to the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious, its name was again changed to the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes in 1967 by Pope Paul VI and finally to its current name by Pope John Paul II.
The current Prefect is Franc Cardinal Rode, while the current postition of Secretary of the Congregation is vacant.
Cardinal Prefects since 1899
- Girolamo Maria Gotti, OCD (1899-1902)
- José Calassanç Vives y Tuto, OFM Cap (1908-1913)
- Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo (1913-1915)
- Domenico Cardinal Serafini, OSB (1916)
- Diomede Falconio, OFM (1916-1917)
- Giulio Cardinal Tonti (1917-1918)
- Raffaele Cardinal Scapinelli di Léguigno (1918-1920)
- Teodoro Cardinal Valfre di Bonzo (1920-1922)
- Camillo Cardinal Laurenti (1922-1928)
- Alexis Cardinal Lépicier, OSM (1928-1935)
- Vincenzo Cardinal LaPuma (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 Cardinal Pironio (pro-prefect 1975-1976, prefect 1976-1984)
- Jean Jérôme Cardinal Hamer, OP (pro-prefect 1984-1985, prefect 1985-1992)
- Eduardo Cardinal Martínez Somalo (1992-2004)
- Franc Cardinal Rode, CM (2004- )
Secretaries since 1899
- Donato Sbarretti (1910-1016)
- Adolfo Turchi (1916-1918)
- Mauro Serafini (1918-1925)
- Vincenzo La Puma (1925-1935)
- Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto (1935-1950)
- Arcadio María 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 Errázuriz Ossa, P.Schönstatt (1990-1996)
- Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, CP (1996-2006)
- Gianfranco Agostini Gardin, OFM Conv. (2006-2009)
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