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class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size: 125%;">Dicastery for Evangelization</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_Holy_See.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Coat_of_arms_Holy_See.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_Holy_See.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Coat_of_arms_Holy_See.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_Holy_See.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Coat_of_arms_Holy_See.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_Holy_See.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1160" data-file-height="1300" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Holy_See" title="Coat of arms of the Holy See">Coat of arms of the Holy See</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Dicastery overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">June 5, 2022<span class="noprint">; 2 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2022-06-05</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding agencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Dicastery" title="Dicastery">Dicastery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dicastery executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a>, Prefect</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.evangelizatio.va/content/pcpne/en.html">www<wbr />.evangelizatio<wbr />.va<wbr />/content<wbr />/pcpne<wbr />/en<wbr />.html</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Dicastery for Evangelization</b> is a department (<a href="/wiki/Dicastery" title="Dicastery">dicastery</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a>. It was created on 5 June 2022 through the merger of the <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Council_for_Promoting_the_New_Evangelization" title="Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization">Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Evangelization_of_Peoples" title="Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples">Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples</a>, by the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_constitution" title="Apostolic constitution">apostolic constitution</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Praedicate_evangelium" title="Praedicate evangelium">Praedicate evangelium</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The dicastery is described in <i>Praedicate evangelium</i> as "at the service of the work of <a href="/wiki/Evangelization" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelization">evangelization</a> so that <a href="/wiki/Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Christ">Christ</a>, the light of the peoples, may be known and witnessed to in word and deed and that <a href="/wiki/Mystical_Body_of_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Mystical Body of Christ">His Mystical Body</a>, which is the Church, may be built up. The Dicastery is responsible for the fundamental questions of evangelization in the world and for the establishment, accompaniment and support of the new particular Churches, without prejudice to the competence of the <a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_the_Eastern_Churches" title="Dicastery for the Eastern Churches">Dicastery for the Eastern Churches</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Importance">Importance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_Evangelization&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Importance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <i>Praedicate evangelium</i>, the Dicastery for Evangelization is the first department in the list of departments of the Roman Curia. This is interpreted as meaning the Dicastery for Evangelization is made most important of all departments. For <a href="/wiki/Immensa_Aeterni_Dei" class="mw-redirect" title="Immensa Aeterni Dei">around the past 500 years</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith" title="Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith">Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith</a> and its equivalents were always the most important department.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the press conference presenting the apostolic constitution, Bishop <a href="/wiki/Marco_Mellino" title="Marco Mellino">Marco Mellino</a> stated that the order in which the dicasteries appear in <i>Praedicate evangelium</i> had no juridical effect, but that "perhaps" the order of the first three dicasteries did: evangelization (Dicastery for Evangelization) comes before doctrine (<a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith" title="Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith">Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith</a>), and doctrine is closely followed by the <a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_the_Service_of_Charity" title="Dicastery for the Service of Charity">Dicastery for the Service of Charity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_Evangelization&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/Praedicate_evangelium" title="Praedicate evangelium">Praedicate evangelium</a></i>, one section of this dicastery deals with "fundamental questions of evangelization in the world", the other with "first evangelization and the new particular Churches in the territories within its competence".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dicastery is presided over directly by the <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Roman Pontiff</a> who is its <a href="/wiki/Prefect" title="Prefect">prefect</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hierarchy">Hierarchy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_Evangelization&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hierarchy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following are the list of the prefects and the pro-prefects for the Dicastery for Evangelization. This hierarchy of organization is peculiar to this Dicastery, compared to other dicasteries in the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a>, in that <i>Praedicate evangelium</i> provides for the incumbent pope to serve as its prefect, assisted by two pro-prefects. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prefect">Prefect</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_Evangelization&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Prefect"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left:none;">Name </th> <th scope="col" style="width:20%;">From </th> <th scope="col" style="width:20%;">Until </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> <p><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1936–)</span> </p> </td> <td>5 June 2022 </td> <td>Present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pro-prefect_for_the_Section_of_New_Evangelization">Pro-prefect for the Section of New Evangelization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_Evangelization&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pro-prefect for the Section of New Evangelization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left:none;">Name </th> <th scope="col" style="width:20%;">From </th> <th scope="col" style="width:20%;">Until </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rino_Fisichella" title="Rino Fisichella">Salvatore (Rino) Fisichella</a> <p><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1951–)</span> </p> </td> <td>5 June 2022 </td> <td>Present<sup id="cite_ref-dicastero-evangelizzazione_struttura_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dicastero-evangelizzazione_struttura-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pro-prefect_for_the_Section_of_First_Evangelization">Pro-prefect for the Section of First Evangelization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_Evangelization&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pro-prefect for the Section of First Evangelization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left:none;">Name </th> <th scope="col" style="width:20%;">From </th> <th scope="col" style="width:20%;">Until </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Luis_Antonio_Tagle" title="Luis Antonio Tagle">Luis Antonio Tagle</a> <p><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1957–)</span> </p> </td> <td>5 June 2022 </td> <td>Present<sup id="cite_ref-dicastero-evangelizzazione_struttura_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dicastero-evangelizzazione_struttura-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Rev. Msgr. Erwin José Aserios Balagapo<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> - Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches, currently its head of office.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_Evangelization&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:4-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:4_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:4_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWooden2022" class="citation web cs1">Wooden, Cindy (19 March 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20220325013457/https://www.catholicnews.com/pope-promulgates-curia-reform-emphasizing-churchs-missionary-nature/">"Pope promulgates Curia reform, emphasizing church's missionary nature"</a>. <i>Catholic News Service</i>. 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