Council for the Economy

Institution of Finance of the Roman Curia

Also known as: Wirtschaftsrat (Deutsch) / Consejo de asuntos económicos (español) / Conseil pour l’Économie (français) / Consiglio per l’Economia (Italiano) / Conselho para a Economia (Português) / 經濟小組 (中文) / 財務評議会 (日本語) / Consilium de Rebus Œconomicis (latine)

Address: Palazzo Apostolico, 00120, Vatican City State

Phone: 06.69.88.17.71

Website:

History

2014.02.24: Established as Council for the Economy (English) / Wirtschaftsrat (Deutsch) / Consejo de asuntos económicos (español) / Conseil pour l’Économie (français) / Consiglio per l’Economia (Italiano) / Conselho para a Economia (Português) / 經濟小組 (中文) / 財務評議会 (日本語) / Consilium de Rebus Œconomicis (latine) (from the suppressed Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See)
2016.12.30: Merged with the suppressed Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

Documents: (x 4)

Present Officials

Coordinator (2014.03.08 – ...):	Cardinal Reinhard Marx (72) Cardinal-Priest of S. Corbiniano Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany)
Vice-Coordinator (2021.10.25 – ...):	Dr. Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof (55)
Prelate Secretary (2014.03.22 – ...):	Msgr. Brian Edwin Ferme (70) Priest of Portsmouth (England) Protonotary Apostolic de numero of Prefecture of the Papal Household
Member (2020.08.06 – ...):	Cardinal Anders Arborelius, O.C.D. (76) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden)
Member (2020.08.06 – ...):	Cardinal Péter Erdő (73) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom–Budapest (Hungary)
Member (2020.08.06 – ...):	Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X. (68) Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe all’Aurelio Metropolitan Archbishop of Québec (Canada) Member of Council of Cardinals
Member (2020.08.06 – ...):	Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi (77) Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini President of Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of L’Aquila (Italy)
Member (2020.08.06 – ...):	Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer (76) Cardinal-Priest of S. Andrea al Quirinale Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) Apostolic Administrator for Brazil of América Latina e México of the Armenians (Brazil)
Member (2020.08.06 – ...):	Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R. (73) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA) Ecclesiastical Superior of Turks and Caicos Islands (Turks and Caicos Islands)
Member (2020.08.06 – ...):	Mr. Alberto Minali (60)
Member (2020.08.06 – ...):	Ms. Eva Castillo Sanz
Member (2020.08.06 – ...):	Ms. Lesile Jane Ferrar
Member (2020.08.06 – ...):	Ms. Ruth Mary Kelly
Member (2020.08.06 – ...):	Ms. Marija Kolak
Member (2020.08.06 – ...):	Ms. María Concepción Osacar Garaicoechea
Member (2022.01.04 – ...):	Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako (77) Cardinal-Patriarch Patriarch emeritus of Baghdad of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Past Officials

Vice-Coordinator:	Dr. Joseph F.X. Zahra (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)
Member:	Dr. Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof (55) (2020.08.06 – 2021.10.25)
Member:	Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei (82) (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)
Member:	Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo (76) (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)
Member:	Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. (85) (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)
Member:	Cardinal Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard (81) (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)
Member:	Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera (83) (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)
Member:	Cardinal John Tong Hon (湯漢) (86) (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)
Member:	Cardinal Agostino Vallini (86) (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)
Member:	Dr. John F. Kyle (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)
Member:	Dr. Jochen Messemer (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)
Member:	Dr. George Yeo (楊榮文) (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)
Member:	Prof. Francesco Vermiglio (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)
Member:	Dr. Enrique Llano Cueto (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)
Member:	Dr. Jean-Baptiste Douville de Franssu (62) (2014.03.08 – 2014.07.09)

Last updated on 2026.04.19