Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church

Pontifical Commission

Also known as: Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church (English) / Päpstliche Kommission für die Kulturgüter der Kirche (Deutsch) / Commission pontificale pour les Biens culturels de l’Eglise (français) / Pontificia Commissione per i Beni Culturali della Chiesa (Italiano) / 宗座教會文化遺產委員會 (中文) / Pontificia Commissio de Bonis Culturalibus Ecclesiæ (latine)

Phone: 06.69.88.75.56; 06.69.88.76.17

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History

1988.06.28: Established as Pontifical Commission for Preserving the Church’s Patrimony of Art and History (English) / Pontifical Commission for the Conservation of the Artistic Patrimony of the Church (English) / Päpstliche Kommission für die Bewahrung des künstlerischen und historischen Besitzes der Kirche (Deutsch) / Pontificia Commissione per la Conservazione del Patrimonio Storico e Artistico della Chiesa (Italiano) / Pontificia Commissio de Patrimonio Artis et Historiæ conservando (Latin)
1993.03.25: Renamed as Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church / Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church (English) / Päpstliche Kommission für die Kulturgüter der Kirche (Deutsch) / Commission pontificale pour les Biens culturels de l’Eglise (français) / Pontificia Commissione per i Beni Culturali della Chiesa (Italiano) / 宗座教會文化遺產委員會 (中文) / Pontificia Commissio de Bonis Culturalibus Ecclesiæ (latine)
2012.07.30: Suppressed (merged into Pontifical Council for Culture)

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Past Officials

President:	Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (82) (2007.09.03 – 2012.11.03)
President:	Archbishop Mauro Piacenza (80) (later Cardinal) (2003.10.13 – 2007.09.03)
President:	Archbishop Francesco Marchisano (later Cardinal) (1993.05.04 – 2003.10.13)
President:	Cardinal José Tomás Sánchez (1991.07.01 – 1993)
President:	Cardinal Antonio Innocenti (1988.10.08 – 1991.07.01)
Vice-President:	Fr. Michael John Zielinski, O.S.B. Oliv. (2007.05.08 – 2012.11.03)
Secretary:	Dr. Francesco Buranelli (69) (2007.12.04 – 2012.11.03)
Secretary:	Fr. Carlo Chenis, S.D.B. (later Bishop) (1995.07 – 2006.12.21)
Secretary:	Msgr. Paolo Rabitti (88) (later Archbishop) (1993 – 1995.05.25)
Secretary:	Bishop Francesco Marchisano (later Cardinal) (1988.10.06 – 1993.05.04)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. José Manuel Del Río Carrasco (2007.05.08 – 2012.11.03)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Michel Berger (89) (1999.11.27 – 2005)
Undersecretary:	Fr. Lino Piano, S.S.C. (1997 – 1999)
Undersecretary:	Msgr. Paolo Rabitti (88) (later Archbishop) (1989 – 1993)