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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> or <b>Congregation for the Eastern Churches</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Congregatio pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus</i>), is a <a href="/wiki/Dicastery" title="Dicastery">dicastery</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a> responsible for contact with the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_churches" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Catholic churches">Eastern Catholic churches</a> for the sake of assisting their development and protecting their rights. It also maintains whole and entire in the one <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> the heritage and <a href="/wiki/Code_of_Canons_of_the_Eastern_Churches" title="Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches">canon law</a> of the various Eastern Catholic traditions. It has exclusive authority over the following regions: <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula" title="Sinai Peninsula">Sinai Peninsula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea</a> and northern <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>, southern <a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> (and <a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">Palestinian territories</a>), <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-profile_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also oversees jurisdictions based in <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Italy" title="Southern Italy">Southern Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>. </p><p>It was founded by the <i><a href="/wiki/Motu_proprio" title="Motu proprio">motu proprio</a></i> <i>Dei providentis</i> of <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XV" title="Pope Benedict XV">Pope Benedict XV</a> as the "Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Church" on 1 May 1917. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Eastern_Churches&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarchs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Major_archbishop" title="Major archbishop">major archbishops</a> of the Oriental churches, and the president of the <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Council_for_Promoting_Christian_Unity" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity">Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity</a>, are members of this congregation by virtue of the law itself.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The consultors and officials are selected to reflect the diversity of rites.<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="Authority">Authority</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Eastern_Churches&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Authority"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This congregation has authority over: </p> <ul><li>all matters which relate to the Oriental churches referred to the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> (structure and organisation of the churches; exercise of the offices of teaching, sanctifying and ruling; status, rights, and obligations of persons), and</li> <li>the <i><a href="/wiki/Ad_limina" class="mw-redirect" title="Ad limina">ad limina</a></i> visits of Eastern <a href="/wiki/Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Bishops in the Catholic Church">bishops</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>This congregation's authority does not include the exclusive authority of the <a href="/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith">Congregations for the Doctrine of the Faith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Causes_of_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregation for the Causes of Saints">for the Causes of Saints</a>, of the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Penitentiary" title="Apostolic Penitentiary">Apostolic Penitentiary</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Tribunal_of_the_Apostolic_Signatura" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura">Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Tribunal_of_the_Roman_Rota" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribunal of the Roman Rota">Tribunal of the Roman Rota</a>, including what pertains to dispensations from a marriage <i><a href="/wiki/Ratum_sed_non_consummatum" title="Ratum sed non consummatum">ratum sed non consummatum</a></i> ('"ratified but not consummated").<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In matters which affect the Eastern as well as the Latin churches, the congregation operates, if the matter is important enough, in consultation with the <a href="/wiki/Dicastery" title="Dicastery">dicastery</a> that has authority in the matter for the Latin Church.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Latin_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem</a> is <a href="/wiki/Exemption_in_the_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Exemption in the Catholic Church">exempt</a> from the authority of the congregation, being directly subject to the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ce_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ce-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (December 2021)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The congregation pays special attention to communities of Eastern Catholic faithful who live in the territory of the Latin Church and attends to their spiritual needs by providing visitors and even their own hierarchs, so far as possible and where numbers and circumstances require, in consultation with the congregation competent to establish particular churches in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In regions where the Eastern churches have been dominant from ancient times, apostolic and missionary activity is solely the responsibility of this congregation, even if the above is carried out by <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a> missionaries.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The congregation collaborates with the <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Council_for_Promoting_Christian_Unity" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity">Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity</a> in matters that concern relations with non-Catholic Eastern churches and with the <a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Council_for_Interreligious_Dialogue" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue">Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue</a> in matters within the scope of the latter.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Eastern_Churches&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 6 January 1862, Pope <a href="/wiki/Pius_IX" class="mw-redirect" title="Pius IX">Pius IX</a> established the <i>Congregatio de Propaganda Fide pro negotiis ritus orientalis</i>, a section of the <a href="/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Propagation_of_the_Faith" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith">Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith</a> "for the affairs of the Oriental Rite", with the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_constitution" title="Apostolic constitution">apostolic constitution</a> <i>Romani Pontifici</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pope <a href="/wiki/Benedict_XV" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedict XV">Benedict XV</a> declared it independent on 1 May 1917 with the <i><a href="/wiki/Motu_proprio" title="Motu proprio">motu proprio</a></i> <i>Dei providentis</i> and named it the <i>Congregatio pro Ecclesia Orientali</i> (Congregation for the Eastern Church).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was presided over by the pope and a cardinal filled the role of Secretary. There were also councillors, chosen from among the more distinguished clergy and those experienced in issues affecting these churches.<sup id="cite_ref-deiprovidentis2_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deiprovidentis2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> changed its name by adopting the plural <i>Congregatio pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus</i> (Congregation for Eastern Churches) with the apostolic constitution <i>Regimini Ecclesiae Universae</i> of 15 August 1967, reflecting the major decree <i><a href="/wiki/Orientalium_Ecclesiarum" title="Orientalium Ecclesiarum">Orientalium Ecclesiarum</a></i> of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a>, with his apostolic constitution <i><a href="/wiki/Praedicate_evangelium" title="Praedicate evangelium">Praedicate evangelium</a></i>, which took effect on 5 June 2022, changed its name to the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current prefect of the dicastery is <a href="/wiki/Claudio_Gugerotti" title="Claudio Gugerotti">Claudio Gugerotti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gugerotti_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gugerotti-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The secretary is <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michel_Jalakh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michel Jalakh (page does not exist)">Michel Jalakh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The undersecretary is <a href="/w/index.php?title=Flavio_Pace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flavio Pace (page does not exist)">Flavio Pace</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two are clerics of the <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a> with Jalakh being a <a href="/wiki/Maronites" title="Maronites">Maronite</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Eastern_Churches&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;">Prefect of Congregation for the Oriental Churches</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Vatican_City_(2001%E2%80%932023).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Coat_of_arms_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Coat_of_arms_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Coat_of_arms_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/240px-Coat_of_arms_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1165" data-file-height="1295" /></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><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Claudio_Gugerotti_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Claudio_Gugerotti_1.jpg/220px-Claudio_Gugerotti_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Claudio_Gugerotti_1.jpg/330px-Claudio_Gugerotti_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Claudio_Gugerotti_1.jpg/440px-Claudio_Gugerotti_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3744" data-file-height="5616" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Claudio_Gugerotti" title="Claudio Gugerotti">Claudio Gugerotti</a><br /></div>since November 21, 2022</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Congregation for the Oriental Churches</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/His_Excellency" class="mw-redirect" title="His Excellency">His Excellency</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">The Pope</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">The Pope</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Five years, renewable</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">1917</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>From 1917 to 1967, the pope held the title of prefect of the Congregation, which was headed by a cardinal secretary. From then until 2022 it was headed by a cardinal prefect. When <a href="/wiki/Claudio_Gugerotti" title="Claudio Gugerotti">Claudio Gugerotti</a> was named to head this Curia office, by then called a dicastery, he was an archbishop. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col" style="border-right:none;"> </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> <th scope="col" style="width:20%;">Prefect/Appointer </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Niccol%C3%B2_Marini.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Coat_of_arms_of_Niccol%C3%B2_Marini.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Niccol%C3%B2_Marini.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Coat_of_arms_of_Niccol%C3%B2_Marini.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Niccol%C3%B2_Marini.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Coat_of_arms_of_Niccol%C3%B2_Marini.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Niccol%C3%B2_Marini.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1150" data-file-height="925" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Marini" title="Niccolò Marini">Niccolò Marini</a> </td> <td>1917 </td> <td>1922 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benedict_XV" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedict XV">Benedict XV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Giovanni_Tacci_Porcelli.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Giovanni_Tacci_Porcelli.jpg/100px-Giovanni_Tacci_Porcelli.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Giovanni_Tacci_Porcelli.jpg/150px-Giovanni_Tacci_Porcelli.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Giovanni_Tacci_Porcelli.jpg/200px-Giovanni_Tacci_Porcelli.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="420" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Tacci_Porcelli" title="Giovanni Tacci Porcelli">Giovanni Tacci Porcelli</a> </td> <td>1922 </td> <td>1927 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pius_XI" class="mw-redirect" title="Pius XI">Pius XI</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Luigi_Sincero.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Coat_of_arms_of_Luigi_Sincero.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Luigi_Sincero.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Coat_of_arms_of_Luigi_Sincero.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Luigi_Sincero.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Coat_of_arms_of_Luigi_Sincero.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Luigi_Sincero.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1150" data-file-height="1226" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luigi_Sincero" title="Luigi Sincero">Luigi Sincero</a> </td> <td>1927 </td> <td>1936 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pius_XI" class="mw-redirect" title="Pius XI">Pius XI</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tisserant.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Tisserant.jpg/100px-Tisserant.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Tisserant.jpg/150px-Tisserant.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Tisserant.jpg/200px-Tisserant.jpg 2x" data-file-width="774" data-file-height="1123" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent_Tisserant" class="mw-redirect" title="Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant">Eugène-Gabriel-<br />Gervais-Laurent<br />Tisserant</a> </td> <td>1936 </td> <td>1959 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pius_XI" class="mw-redirect" title="Pius XI">Pius XI</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CICOGNANI_AMLETO_GIOVANNI_(%2B1973).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/CICOGNANI_AMLETO_GIOVANNI_%28%2B1973%29.jpg/100px-CICOGNANI_AMLETO_GIOVANNI_%28%2B1973%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/CICOGNANI_AMLETO_GIOVANNI_%28%2B1973%29.jpg/150px-CICOGNANI_AMLETO_GIOVANNI_%28%2B1973%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/CICOGNANI_AMLETO_GIOVANNI_%28%2B1973%29.jpg/200px-CICOGNANI_AMLETO_GIOVANNI_%28%2B1973%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="290" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amleto_Giovanni_Cicognani" title="Amleto Giovanni Cicognani">Amleto Giovanni<br />Cicognani</a> </td> <td>1959 </td> <td>1961 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_XXIII" class="mw-redirect" title="John XXIII">John XXIII</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">6 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:External_Ornaments_of_a_Cardinal_Bishop.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/External_Ornaments_of_a_Cardinal_Bishop.svg/100px-External_Ornaments_of_a_Cardinal_Bishop.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/External_Ornaments_of_a_Cardinal_Bishop.svg/150px-External_Ornaments_of_a_Cardinal_Bishop.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/External_Ornaments_of_a_Cardinal_Bishop.svg/200px-External_Ornaments_of_a_Cardinal_Bishop.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="561" data-file-height="492" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Acacius_Coussa" title="Gabriel Acacius Coussa">Gabriel Acacius Coussa</a> </td> <td>1961<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Pro-Prefect</i></span> </td> <td>1962<br /> <span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Prefect</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_XXIII" class="mw-redirect" title="John XXIII">John XXIII</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">7 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1150" data-file-height="1226" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gustavo_Testa" title="Gustavo Testa">Gustavo Testa</a> </td> <td>1962 </td> <td>1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_XXIII" class="mw-redirect" title="John XXIII">John XXIII</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col" style="border-right:none;"> </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> <th scope="col" style="width:20%;">Appointer </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gustavo_Testa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1150" data-file-height="1226" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gustavo_Testa" title="Gustavo Testa">Gustavo Testa</a> </td> <td>15 August 1967 </td> <td>13 January 1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul VI">Paul VI</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Maximilien_de_Furstenberg_OESSJ.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Coat_of_arms_of_Maximilien_de_Furstenberg_OESSJ.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Maximilien_de_Furstenberg_OESSJ.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Coat_of_arms_of_Maximilien_de_Furstenberg_OESSJ.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Maximilien_de_Furstenberg_OESSJ.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Coat_of_arms_of_Maximilien_de_Furstenberg_OESSJ.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Maximilien_de_Furstenberg_OESSJ.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1130" data-file-height="1155" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maximilien_de_Furstenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Maximilien de Furstenberg">Maximilien<br />de Furstenberg</a> </td> <td>15 January 1968 </td> <td>8 February 1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul VI">Paul VI</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Paul-Pierre_Philippe.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Coat_of_arms_of_Paul-Pierre_Philippe.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Paul-Pierre_Philippe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Coat_of_arms_of_Paul-Pierre_Philippe.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Paul-Pierre_Philippe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Coat_of_arms_of_Paul-Pierre_Philippe.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Paul-Pierre_Philippe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1150" data-file-height="1226" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul-Pierre_Philippe" title="Paul-Pierre Philippe">Paul-Pierre Philippe</a> </td> <td>6 March 1973 </td> <td>27 June 1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul VI">Paul VI</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Rubin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Rubin.jpg/100px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Rubin.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Rubin.jpg/150px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Rubin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Rubin.jpg/200px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Rubin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="223" data-file-height="280" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Rubin" title="Władysław Rubin">Władysław Rubin</a> </td> <td>27 June 1980 </td> <td>30 October 1985 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II">John Paul II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Duraisamy_Simon_Lourdusamy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coat_of_arms_of_Duraisamy_Simon_Lourdusamy.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Duraisamy_Simon_Lourdusamy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coat_of_arms_of_Duraisamy_Simon_Lourdusamy.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Duraisamy_Simon_Lourdusamy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coat_of_arms_of_Duraisamy_Simon_Lourdusamy.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Duraisamy_Simon_Lourdusamy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1150" data-file-height="1226" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duraisamy_Simon_Lourdusamy" title="Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy">Duraisamy Simon<br />Lourdusamy</a> </td> <td>30 October 1985 </td> <td>24 May 1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II">John Paul II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">6 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Achille_Silvestrini.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Achille_Silvestrini.jpg/100px-Achille_Silvestrini.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Achille_Silvestrini.jpg/150px-Achille_Silvestrini.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Achille_Silvestrini.jpg/200px-Achille_Silvestrini.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2279" data-file-height="3750" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Achille_Silvestrini" title="Achille Silvestrini">Achille Silvestrini</a> </td> <td>24 May 1991 </td> <td>7 September 2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II">John Paul II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row">7 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Ignatius_Moses_I_Daoud.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Coat_of_arms_of_Ignatius_Moses_I_Daoud.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ignatius_Moses_I_Daoud.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Coat_of_arms_of_Ignatius_Moses_I_Daoud.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ignatius_Moses_I_Daoud.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Coat_of_arms_of_Ignatius_Moses_I_Daoud.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ignatius_Moses_I_Daoud.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1148" data-file-height="1314" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ignatius_Moses_I_Daoud" title="Ignatius Moses I Daoud">Ignatius Moussa Daoud</a> </td> <td>25 November 2000 </td> <td>9 June 2007<sup id="cite_ref-sandri_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sandri-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II">John 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2x" data-file-width="3744" data-file-height="5616" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claudio_Gugerotti" title="Claudio Gugerotti">Claudio Gugerotti</a> </td> <td>21 November 2022<sup id="cite_ref-gugerotti_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gugerotti-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Eastern_Churches&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><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 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title="Ap. Const.">Ap. Const.</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Pastor_Bonus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pastor Bonus">Pastor Bonus</a></i>, Art. 58 §2. However, on 30 August 2011, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> amended <i>Pastor Bonus</i> with the <i><a href="/wiki/Motu_proprio" title="Motu proprio">motu proprio</a></i> <i>Quaerit semper</i>, thereby transferring jurisdiction over marriages <i><a href="/wiki/Ratum_sed_non_consummatum" title="Ratum sed non consummatum">ratum sed non consummatum</a></i> from the <a href="/wiki/Congregation_for_Divine_Worship_and_the_Discipline_of_the_Sacraments" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments">Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments</a> to a special office at the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Rota" title="Roman Rota">Tribunal of the Roman Rota</a>. The law <a href="/wiki/Obrogation" title="Obrogation">obrogated</a> the provision stating the "exclusive competence" of the Congregation for Divine Worship regarding these marriages, for this provision was not expressly abrogated and the office at the Roman Rota now oversees dispensations from such marriages. (<a href="/wiki/Cf." title="Cf.">Cf.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/motu_proprio/documents/hf_ben-xvi_motu-proprio_20110830_quaerit-semper_en.html">Benedict XVI, MP <i>Quaerit semper</i></a>, accessed August 8, 2012.)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <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_the_Eastern_Churches&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Eastern_Churches&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-profile-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-profile_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-profile_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-profile_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</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 class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/orientchurch/profilo/rc_con_corient_pro_20030320_profile.html">"Congregation for the Oriental Churches: Profile"</a>. <i>vatican.va</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 February</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rinunce+e+nomine%2C+03.02.2020&rft.pub=Holy+See+Press+Office&rft.date=2020-02-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fit%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2020%2F02%2F03%2F0071%2F00154.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADicastery+for+the+Eastern+Churches" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sandri-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sandri_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sandri_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/06/09/0312/00837.html">"Rinunce e nomine, 09.06.2007"</a> (Press release) (in Italian). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 February</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rinunce+e+nomine%2C+09.06.2007&rft.pub=Holy+See+Press+Office&rft.date=2007-06-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fit%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2007%2F06%2F09%2F0312%2F00837.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADicastery+for+the+Eastern+Churches" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Eastern_Churches&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Noonan, James-Charles Jr. <i>The Church Visible: The Ceremonial Life and Protocol of the Roman Catholic Church</i> (New York: VIKING, 1996). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0670867454" title="Special:BookSources/0670867454">0670867454</a></li> <li>Norwich, John Julius. <i>Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy</i> (New York: Random House, 2011).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dicastery_for_the_Eastern_Churches&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.orientchurch.va/">Official website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.orientecattolico.com/">Oriente Cattolico: official publication 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title="Dicastery for the Clergy">Clergy</a> <ul><li>Pontifical Work for Priestly Vocations</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Promoting_Christian_Unity" title="Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity">Christian Unity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Religious_Relations_with_the_Jews" title="Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews">Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Interreligious_Dialogue" title="Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue">Interreligious Dialogue</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commission_for_Religious_Relations_with_Muslims" title="Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims">Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery_for_Culture_and_Education" title="Dicastery for Culture and Education">Culture and Education</a> <ul><li>Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations</li></ul></li> <li><a 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