Dicastery for Communication

Dicastery of the Roman Curia

Also known as: Dikasterium für Kommunikation (Deutsch) / Dicasterio para la Comunicación (español) / Dicastère pour la communication (français) / Dicastero per la Comunicazione (Italiano) / Dykasteria ds. Komunikacji (polski) / Dicastério para a Comunicação (Português) / 傳播部 (正體中文) / 広報省 (日本語) / Dicasterium pro Communicatione (latine)

Address: Palazzo Pio, Piazza Pia, 3, 00193 Roma, Italy

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History

2015.06.27: Established as Secretariat for Communications (English) / Sekretariat für Kommunikation (Deutsch) / Secretaría para la Comunicación (español) / Secrétariat pour la communication (français) / Segreteria per la Comunicazione (Italiano) / Sekretariat ds. Komunikacji (polski) / Secretaria para a Comunicação (Português) / 傳播秘書處 (正體中文)
2016: Merged with the suppressed Vatican Publishing House, Vatican Radio and Vatican Television Centre
2016.03: Merged with the suppressed Pontifical Council for Social Communications and Vatican Film Library
2018: Merged with the suppressed Vatican Press
2018.02.27: Promoted as Dicastery for Communication (English) / Dikasterium für Kommunikation (Deutsch) / Dicasterio para la Comunicación (español) / Dicastère pour la communication (français) / Dicastero per la Comunicazione (Italiano) / Dykasteria ds. Komunikacji (polski) / Dicastério para a Comunicação (Português) / 傳播部 (正體中文) / 広報省 (日本語) / Dicasterium pro Communicatione (latine)

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Associated Organizations

Present Officials

Prefect (2018.07.05 – ...):	Dr. Paolo Ruffini (69)
Secretary (2015.06.27 – ...):	Msgr. Lucio Adrián Ruiz (60) Priest of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina) Chaplain of His Holiness
Director of General Affairs (2015.06.27 – ...):	Dr. Paolo Nusiner (61)
Vice-Director of General Affairs (2024.07.18 – ...):	Dr. Francesco Valle (53)
Director of Pastoral Theology Department (2016.02.09 – ...):	Prof. Nataša Govekar (49)
Director of Technology Department (2016.02.09 – ...):	Mr. Francesco Masci (46)
Director of Editorial Department (2018.12.18 – ...):	Dr. Andrea Tornielli (61)
Vice-Director of Editorial Department (2019.07.22 – ...):	Dr. Sergio Centofanti (64)
Vice-Director of Editorial Department (2019.07.22 – ...):	Dr. Alessandro Gisotti (51)
Vice-Director of Editorial Department (2024.07.18 – ...):	Dr. Massimiliano Menichetti (54)

Past Officials

Prefect:	Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò (63) (2015.06.27 – 2018.03.21)
Vice-Director of General Affairs:	Dr. Giacomo Ghisani (2015.06.27 – 2024.03.01)
Assessor:	Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò (63) (2018.03.21 – 2019.08.31)
Ecclesiastical Assistant:	Fr. Luigi Maria Epicoco (2021.06.16 – 2023)

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Last updated on 2025.10.29