Pontifical Commission for Russia

Pontifical Commission

Also known as: Päpstliche Kommission für Russland (Deutsch) / Comisión Pontifícia para Rusia (español) / Commission Pontificale pour la Russie (français) / Pontificia Commissione per la Russia (Italiano) / Comissão Pontifícia para a Rússia (Português) / 宗座俄國委員會 (正體中文)

Associated with: Secretariat of State

History

1925.06.20: Established as Pontifical Commission for Russia (English) / Päpstliche Kommission für Russland (Deutsch) / Comisión Pontifícia para Rusia (español) / Commission Pontificale pour la Russie (français) / Pontificia Commissione per la Russia (Italiano) / Comissão Pontifícia para a Rússia (Português) / 宗座俄國委員會 (正體中文) (from Sacred Consistorial Congregation)
1993.01.15: Suppressed (merged into Secretariat of State and Interdicastery Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe)

Documents: (x 1)

Past Officials

President:	Cardinal Angelo Sodano (1989.03.01 – 1993.01.15)
President:	Msgr. Domenico Tardini (later Cardinal) (1937.12.16 – 1952.11.29?)
President:	Archbishop Giuseppe Pizzardo (later Cardinal) (1934.12.21 – 1937.12.13?)
President:	Bishop Michel-Joseph Bourguignon d’Herbigny, S.J. (1926.02.11 – 1934.03.31)