Pontifical Council for the Laity

Dicastery of the Roman Curia

Also known as: Pontifical Rat für die Laien (Deutsch) / Pontificio Consejo para los Laicos (español) / Conseil pontifical pour les laïcs (français) / Pontificio Consiglio per i Laici (Italiano) / Papieska Rada ds. Świeckich (polski) / Pontifício Conselho para os Leigos (Português) / Pauselijke Raad voor de Leken (Nederlands) / 宗座平信徒委員會 (中文) / 信徒評議会 (日本語) / 평신도평의회 (한국어) / Pontificium Consilium pro Laicis (latine)

Address: 00120, Vatican City State

Phone: 06.69.88.73.22; 06.69.88.71.41

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History

1967.01.06: Established as Council of the Laity (English) / Rat der Laien (Deutsch) / Consiglio dei Laici (Italiano) / 教友參議會 (正體中文) / Consilium de Laicis (Latin)
1976: Renamed as Pontifical Council for the Laity (English) / Pontifical Rat für die Laien (Deutsch) / Pontificio Consejo para los Laicos (español) / Conseil pontifical pour les laïcs (français) / Pontificio Consiglio per i Laici (Italiano) / Papieska Rada ds. Świeckich (polski) / Pontifício Conselho para os Leigos (Português) / Pauselijke Raad voor de Leken (Nederlands) / 宗座平信徒委員會 (中文) / 信徒評議会 (日本語) / 평신도평의회 (한국어) / Pontificium Consilium pro Laicis (latine)
2016.09.01: Suppressed (merged into Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life)

Documents: (x 24)

Past Officials

President:	Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko (79) (2003.10.04 – 2016.09.01)
President:	Cardinal James Francis Stafford (92) (1996.08.20 – 2003.10.04)
President:	Blessed Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1984.04.08 – 1996.08.20)
President:	Cardinal Opilio Rossi (1976.12.10 – 1984.04.08)
President:	Cardinal Maurice Roy (1967.01.06 – 1976.12.10)
Vice-President:	Bishop Ramón Torrella Cascante (later Archbishop) (1970.11.06 – 1974.03.06)
Vice-President:	Archbishop Alberto Castelli (1967.01.06 – 1970)
Secretary:	Bishop Josef Clemens (77) (2003.11.25 – 2016.09.01)
Secretary:	Bishop Stanisław Ryłko (79) (later Cardinal) (1995.12.20 – 2003.10.04)
Secretary:	Bishop Paul Josef Cordes (later Cardinal) (1980.03.11 – 1995.12.02)
Secretary:	Bishop Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. (later Cardinal) (1974.03.07 – 1979.10.15)
Secretary:	Msgr. Marcel Uylenbroeck (1969 – 1979.10.02)
Secretary:	Msgr. Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux (later Archbishop) (1967.01.06 – 1969.09.19)
Vice-Secretary:	Prof. Mieczyslaw de Habicht (1967 – 1976)
Vice-Secretary:	Prof. Rosemary Goldie (1967 – 1976)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Miguel Delgado Galindo (2011.06.18 – 2016.09.01)
Undersecretary:	Prof. Guzmán Carriquiry Lecour (1991 – 2011.05.14)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Peter J. Coughlan (1980 – 1991)
Undersecretary:	Prof. Mieczyslaw de Habicht (1966 – 1967)
Undersecretary:	Prof. Rosemary Goldie (1966 – 1967)