Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

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Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Latin: Congregatio pro Gentium Evangelizatione
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Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, seat of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Dicastery overview
Formed22 June 1622;402 years ago (1622-06-22)
Preceding Dicastery
  • Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
Dissolved5 June 2022 (2022-06-05)
Superseding Dicastery
Headquarters Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, Rome

The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (Latin : Congregatio pro Gentium Evangelizatione) was a congregation of the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church in Rome, responsible for missionary work and related activities. It is also known by its former title, the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (Latin : Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide), or simply the Propaganda Fide. On 5 June 2022, it was merged with the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization into the Dicastery for Evangelization.

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It was responsible for Latin Church pre-diocesan missionary jurisdictions: missions sui iuris, apostolic prefectures (neither entitled to a titular bishop) and apostolic vicariates. Eastern Catholic equivalents like apostolic exarchate are the responsibility of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches. However many former missionary jurisdictions - mainly in the Third World - remain, after promotion to diocese of (Metropolitan) Archdiocese, under the Propaganda Fide instead of the normally competent Congregation for Bishops, notably in countries/regions where the Catholic church is too poor/small (as in most African countries) to aspire self-sufficiency and/or local authorities hostile to Catholic/Christian/any (organized) faith.

It was founded by Pope Gregory XV in 1622 to arrange missionary work on behalf of the various religious institutions, and in 1627 Pope Urban VIII established within it a training college for missionaries, the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide. When Pope Paul VI reorganized and adjusted the tasks of the Roman Curia with the publication of Regimini Ecclesiae Universae 15 August 1967, the name of the congregation was changed to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. [1]

The early congregation was established in the Palazzo Ferratini, donated by Spanish cleric Juan Bautista Vives, to the south of the Piazza di Spagna. Two of the foremost artistic figures of Baroque Rome were involved in the development of the architectural complex; the sculptor and architect Gianlorenzo Bernini and the architect Francesco Borromini.

The last Prefect of the Congregation was Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle from December 2019 until June 2022. The secretary was Archbishop Protase Rugambwa. [2] The adjunct secretary and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies [3] was Archbishop Giampietro Del Toso [4] The under-secretary was Father Ryszard Szmydki, O.M.I. [5]

History

Alexandre de Rhodes' Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum, published by the Propaganda Fide in 1651. L-2360-a 0008 1 t24-C-R0072.jpg
Alexandre de Rhodes' Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum , published by the Propaganda Fide in 1651.

Founded in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV with the bull Inscrutabili Divinae, [6] the body was charged with fostering the spread of Catholicism and with the regulation of Catholic ecclesiastical affairs in non-Catholic countries. The intrinsic importance of its duties and the extraordinary extent of its authority and of the territory under its jurisdiction caused the Cardinal Prefect of Propaganda to be known as the "red pope".[ citation needed ]

There had already been a less formally instituted committee of cardinals concerned with propaganda fide since the time of Pope Gregory XIII (1572–1585). They were especially charged with promoting the union with Rome of the long-established Eastern Christian communities: Slavs, Greeks, Syrians, Egyptians, and Abyssinians. This was the traditional direction for the evangelization efforts of the Catholic Church. Catechisms were printed in many languages and seminarians sent to places as far as Malabar. The most concrete result was the union with Rome of the Ruthenian Catholic communion, most concentrated in modern-day Ukraine and Belarus; the union was formalized at Brest in 1596.

The death of Pope Gregory XV the following year did not interrupt the organization, because Cardinal Barberini, one of the original thirteen members of the congregation, became the next pope as Urban VIII (1623–1644). Under Urban VIII, a central seminary, the Collegium Urbanum , was established to train missionaries. The Congregation also operated Polyglotta, a printing press in Rome, printing catechisms in many languages. [6] Their procurators were especially active in China from 1705, moving between Macau and Canton before finally settling in Hong Kong in 1842.

In strongly Protestant areas, the Congregation's activities were considered subversive: the first missionary to be killed was in Grisons, Switzerland, in April 1622, before the papal bull authorizing its creation had been disseminated. In Ireland after Catholic emancipation (1829) while the established church was still the Anglican Church of Ireland, the Catholic Church in Ireland came under the control of the Congregation in 1833, and soon reformed itself with a devotional revolution under Cardinal Cullen.

These "Cardinals in General Congregation" met weekly, keeping their records in Latin until 1657, then in Italian. The minutes are available in microfilm (filling 84 reels) at large libraries. In the course of their work, the Propaganda fide missionaries accumulated the objects now in the Vatican Museum's Ethnological Missionary Museum.

The Holy See removed the United States from the jurisdiction of Propaganda Fide as mission territory in 1908, along with England, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Canada.

With the publication of Pope Paul VI's Regimini Ecclesiae Universae on 15 August 1967, the Roman Curia was reorganized and the name of the congregation was changed to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. [1]

In 2014 Sr. Luzia Premoli, superior general of the Combonian Missionary Sisters, was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the first woman to be appointed a member of a Roman curial congregation. [7]

Purposes

The Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith was established in 1622 due to the realization that the governmental structure of the episcopal structure and the decretal law was not possible. Episcopal structure and the Decretal law was government as described in the New Testament. In this new structure, missionaries would be given orders from Rome, and administrative power would be traded over to those who were titled bishops. The Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith was left in charge to give faculties to the aforementioned bishops in addition to perfects, who were similar to bishops without the notoriety. [8]

A congregation for the propagation of the faith

On January 6, 1622 Gregory XV erected the Congregation de Propaganda Fide as central and supreme organ for the propagation of the faith to aim at the union of the Orthodox and Protestant Churches and to promote and organize the mission among non-Christians. [9] The goal of this was to regulate missionary work through structural accountability. According to Fernando Cardinal Filoni, "The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples has jurisdiction over 186 archdioceses, 785 dioceses, 82 vicariates apostolic, 39 prefectures apostolic, 4 apostolic administrations, 6 missiones sui iuris, 1 territorial abbacy, and 6 military ordinariates," in today's modern organization. [10] The Congregation has jurisdiction over missions in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and North America. The church overall has many statues and regulations in place for the overseen congregations so that they may determine the appropriate way to hold mass, perform the sacraments and spread the gospel in difficult or challenging settings.

Procurement of financial support

During Clement VIII's reign, in the sixteenth century, the second purpose for the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (CPF) was for the organization to procure financial support for their missions – both in domestic and international territory. Each territory would have procurators, where these individuals would ensure that mail, funds, and merchandise could be sent via any route, and Swedish, Danish, and English ships were preferred for their reliability. Most of CPF missions were run and funded by religious orders which were affiliated with this organization, but they were financially independent, like the French MEP and Italian Barnabites; and on the other hand, other income came from land properties, real estate, and commercial rentals in Rome and the Pontifical States, and also inheritance and donations from benefactors – from within Italy and abroad. Currently, these efforts are the ways in which CPF obtains funds for the mission, however, the World Mission Sunday is the main resource of collection for financial support for this organization.

The establishment of a seminary for the training of missionaries

The Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide (Pontifical Urban College for the Propagation of the Faith) was established in 1627 by Pope Urban VIII for the purpose of training missionaries. [11] It was located at the former Palazzo Ferratini at the Piazza di Spagna. The college prepared students for holy orders, after which they were to return to their homelands as missionaries. In 1641 Urban VIII placed it directly under the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. [9]

In 1931 the new Pontifical Urban University opened on the Janiculum. The Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide relocated from the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide to the renovated former hospital of Santa Maria della Pietà, also on the Janiculum, and serves as a residence for seminarians studying at the Urbania.

The establishment of a printing press to provide literature for missions

The congregation needed to mass-produce literature for their missions so they established their own printing press four years after their founding in 1626 (New Catholic Encyclopedia 11, 751). The press contributed it literature to the Collegium Urbanum as well as to missionaries traveling cross-country to territories that the Vatican entrusted them. The press was originally called Polyglotta, and was intended to print Catholic literature in the various native languages that CPF missionaries would encounter. [12] The press faced significant challenges when most of the equipment and machinery they used to print books was stolen and destroyed during the invasion of Rome in the Napoleonic Wars, 1809 (New Catholic Encyclopedia 11, 751). Later in 1926, the Polyglotta Press was absorbed by the Vatican Printing Press under the leadership of Pope Pius X.

Palazzo di Propaganda Fide

The Southwest facade by Borromini: etching by Giuseppe Vasi, 1761. VasiPropagandaFide.jpg
The Southwest facade by Borromini: etching by Giuseppe Vasi, 1761.

The Congregation was originally housed in a small palace, the Palazzo Ferratini, donated by the Spanish priest Vives. The building is located in the Rione Colonna, at the southern end of Piazza di Spagna. The architectural complex of the Propaganda Fide was developed in the triangular urban block between the Via Due Macelli and the Via del Collegio di Propaganda Fide, two streets which diverged from the piazza.

The North facade at Piazza di Spagna by Bernini; behind the Column of the Immaculate Conception.
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The North facade at Piazza di Spagna by Bernini; behind the Column of the Immaculate Conception.
Credit: Lalupa

In 1634 a small oval chapel was built according to designs by Bernini. In 1642, Father Valerio, with Bernini, redesigned the façade to the Piazza di Spagna, and the development was continued along the Via Due Macelli by Gaspare de'Vecchio from 1639–1645. [14]

In 1648, Borromini took over and made various proposals that included demolishing Bernini's chapel, which must have been particularly galling for the latter as he could see the building from his house on Via Mercede. [15] The Re Magi chapel, dedicated to the Three Kings, has a plan with four side chapels and galleries above. The wall pilasters are continued in the vault as ribs that criss-cross and unite the space, unlike his design at the Oratory of Philip Neri Oratorio dei Filippini where the ribs are interrupted by the oval fresco at the centre of the vault. The criss-cross arrangement in the Re Magi Chapel is such that an octagon is formed at the centre, embellished with a Dove of the Holy Spirit bathed in golden rays.

The central door leads into the courtyard where Borromini intended a curved arcade but this was not built. [16] Only the left hand side of the façade relates to the chapel and the right to the stair and entrance to the College.

Other parts of the College have further minor works by Borromini.

Officials

Prefects

Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
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since 8 December 2019
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Style His Eminence
Member of Roman Curia
Reports to The Pope
AppointerThe Pope
Term length Five years, renewable
Constituting instrumentInscrutabili Divinae
Pastor Bonus
Formation22 June 1622
First holder Antonio Maria Sauli
Abolished5 June 2022
Unofficial namesThe Red Pope

The prefect is ex officio President of the Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious and Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Urbaniana University.

No.NameFromUntilAppointer
1 Antonmaria Sauli.JPG Antonio Maria Sauli 16221622 Gregory XV
2 Portrait of Ludovico Ludovisi.jpg Ludovico Ludovisi 16221632 Gregory XV
3 Antonio Barberini.jpg Antonio Barberini 16321645 Urban VIII
4 Luigi Capponi (1582-1659).jpg Luigi Capponi
(while Barberini was in exile)
16451649 Innocent X
5 Antonio Barberini.jpg Antonio Barberini 16491671 Innocent X
6 Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni.jpg Paluzzo Paluzzi
Altieri degli Albertoni
16711698 Clement X
7 CardCarloBarberini.jpg Carlo Barberini 16981704 Innocent XII
8 Portret van kardinaal Giuseppe Sacripante, RP-P-1909-4275.jpg Giuseppe Sacripante 17041727 Clement XI
9 Vincenzo Petra.jpg Vincenzo Petra 17271747 Benedict XIII
10 Subleyras cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga.jpg Silvio Valenti Gonzaga 17471756 Benedict XIV
11 Cardinal-Giuseppe-Spinelli.jpg Giuseppe Spinelli 17561763 Benedict XIV
12 Giuseppe Maria Castelli.jpg Giuseppe Maria Castelli 17631780 Clement XIII
13 Cardinale Leonardo Antonelli.jpg Leonardo Antonelli 17801795 Pius VI
14 Hyacinthe-Sigismond Gerdil.jpg Giacinto Sigismondo Gerdil 17951802 Pius VI
15 Stefano Borgia.jpg Stefano Borgia
(Pro-Prefect until 1800)
17981800 Pius VI
18021804 Pius VII
16 Antonio Dugnani.jpg Antonio Dugnani 18041805 Pius VII
17 Cardinal galero with fiocchi.svg Michele di Pietro 18051814 Pius VII
18 Lorenzo Litta Visconti Arese.jpg Lorenzo Litta 18141818 Pius VII
19 Cardinal galero with fiocchi.svg Francesco Luigi Fontana 18181822 Pius VII
20 Cardinal Consalvi.jpg Ercole Consalvi 18221824 Pius VII
21 Giulio Maria della Somaglia.JPG Giulio Maria della Somaglia
Pro-Prefect
18241826 Leo XII
22 Gregory XVI.jpg Mauro Capellari
(elected as Pope Gregory XVI)
18261831 Leo XII
23 Kardinal Pedicini 2.jpg Carlo Maria Pedicini 18311834 Gregory XVI
24 Kardinal Giacomo Filippo Fransoni.jpg Giacomo Filippo Fransoni 18341856 Gregory XVI
25 Alessandro Barnabo.jpg Alessandro Barnabò 18561874 Pius IX
26 Alessandro Franchi 1878.png Alessandro Franchi 18741878 Pius IX
27 Kardinal Giovanni Simeoni, 1878.jpg Giovanni Simeoni 18781892 Leo XIII
28 Mieczyslaw Ledochowski.PNG Mieczysław Halka
Ledóchowski
18921902 Leo XIII
29 Girolamo Maria Gotti.jpg Girolamo Maria Gotti 19021916 Leo XIII
30 Cardinal galero with fiocchi.svg Domenico Serafini 19161918 Benedict XV
31 Van rossum.jpg Willem van Rossum 19181932 Pius XI
32 Fumasoni-Biondi.JPG Pietro Fumasoni Biondi 19331960 Pius XI
33 Cardinal Samuel Stritch.jpg Samuel Stritch
Pro-Prefect
19581958 Pius XII
34 Agagianian 1958 (crop).jpg Gregorio Pietro Agagianian
(Pro-Prefect until 1960)
19581960 Pius XII
19601970 John XXIII
35 Dom Agnelo Rossi (1967).tif Agnelo Rossi 19701984 Paul VI
36 The Archbishop and the crowd.jpg Dermot J. Ryan
Pro-Prefect
19841985 John Paul II
37 J.Em. Jozef kardinal Tomko.jpg Jozef Tomko 19852001 John Paul II
38 Crescenzio Sepe (cropped).jpg Crescenzio Sepe 20012006 John Paul II
39 Ivan-Dias-3-mini.png Ivan Dias 20062011 Benedict XVI
40 Card. Fernando Filoni in Taiwan.jpg Fernando Filoni 20112019 Benedict XVI
41 Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle Sambuhay 2019.jpg Luis Antonio Tagle 2019 [17] 2022 Francis

Secretaries

The secretary assists the cardinal-prefect in the day-to-day running of the congregation and is always an archbishop. They usually go on to hold a position in the Roman Curia that brings them membership to the College of Cardinals.

  • Ingoli, Franciscus (1622–1649).
  • Massari, Dyonisius (1649–1657).
  • Alberici, Marius(1657–1668).
  • Ubaldi, Fridericus, Arch. Caesarien. (1668–1673).
  • Ravizza, Franciscus, Arch. Laodicen. (1673–1675).
  • Cerri, Urbanus, (1675–1679).
  • Cibo, Eduardus, Patr. Constantinop. (1680–1695).
  • Fabroni, Carolus (1695–1706).
  • BIiancheri, Antonius (1706–1707).
  • De Cavalieri, Silvius, Arch. Athenarum. (1707–1717).
  • Carafa, Aloisius, Arch. Larissen. (1717–1724).
  • Ruspoli, Bartholamaeus (1724–1730).
  • Forteguerra, Nicolaus (1730–1735).
  • Monti, Philippus (1735–1743).
  • Lercari, Nicolaus (1743–1757).
  • Antonelli, Nicolaus (1757–1759).
  • Marefoschi, Marius (1759–1770).
  • Borgia, Stephanus (1770–1789).
  • Sandodari, Antonius, Arch. Adanen. (1789–1795).
  • Brancadoro, Caesar, Arch. Niaiben. (1796–1801).
  • Coppola, Dominicus, Arch. Myren. (1801–1808).
  • Quarantotti, Joannes B. (1808–1816).
  • Pedicini, Carolus Maria (1816–1822).
  • Caprano, Patrus, Arch. Iconien. (1823–1828).
  • Castracane degli Antelminelli, Castruccius (1829–1833).
  • Mai, Angelus (1833–1838).
  • Cadolini, Ignatius, Arch. Spoletanus. (1838–1843).
  • Brutnelli, Joannes (1843–1847).
  • Barnabo, Alexander (1848–1856).
  • Bedini, Cajetanus, Arch. Thebarum. (1856–1861).
  • Capalti, Hannibal (1861–1868).
  • Simeoni, Joannes (1868–1875).
  • Agnozzi, Joannes B. (1877–1879).
  • Masotti, Ignatius (1879–1882).
  • Jacobini, Dominicus, Arch. Tyrem. (1882–1891).
  • Persico, Ignatius, Arch. Tamiathen. (1891–1893).
  • Ciasca, Augustinus, Arch. Larissen. (1893–1899).
  • Veccia, Aloisius (1899–1911).
  • Laurenti, Camillus (1911 –
  • Carlo Salotti (1930–1935)
  • Celso Costantini (1935–1953)
  • Pietro Sigismondi (27 September 1954 – 25 May 1967)
  • Bernardin Gantin (26 February 1973 – 19 December 1975)
  • Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (19 December 1975 – 30 October 1985)
  • José Tomás Sánchez (30 October 1985 – 21 June 1991)
  • Giuseppe Uhac (21 June 1991 – 18 January 1998)
  • Marcello Zago, O.M.I. (28 March 1998 – 1 March 2001)
  • Robert Sarah (1 October 2001 – 7 October 2010)
  • Savio Hon Tai-Fai (29 December 2010 – 28 September 2017)
  • Protase Rugambwa (9 November 2017 – 13 April 2023)

Adjunct Secretaries

The adjunct secretary, when one is appointed, is concurrently President of the Pontifical Mission Societies.

Undersecretary

Delegate of the Administration

See also

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