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The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (Congregatio pro Institutis Vitae Consecratae et Societatibus Vitae Apostolicae) is the congregation
Congregation (Roman Curia)

A congregation is a type of dicastery of the Roman Curia, the central administrative organism of the Catholic Church.Each Congregation is led by a prefect, who is a Cardinal ....
 of the Roman Curia
Roman Curia

The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope....
 responsible for everything which concerns institutes of consecrated life
Institute of Consecrated Life

Institutes of Consecrated Life are canonically erected institutes in the Roman Catholic Church. Their membersprofess the Evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty, and obedience by vows or other sacred bonds....
 (orders and religious congregations, both of men and of women, secular institute
Secular institute

In the Roman Catholic Church, a secular institute is an organization of individuals who are consecrated persons ? professing the Evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience ? while living in the world, unlike members of a religious order who live in community....
s) and Society of Apostolic Life
Society of Apostolic Life

A Society of Apostolic Life is a group of men or women within the Catholic Church who have come together for a specific purpose. Unlike members of an Institute of Consecrated Life or a Catholic order, members of apostolic societies do not make Religious vows....
 regarding their government, discipline, studies, goods, rights, and privileges.

The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life has its origins in the "Sacred Congregation for Consultations about Regulars" founded by Pope Sixtus V
Pope Sixtus V

Pope Sixtus V , born Felice Peretti di Montalto, was Pope from 1585 to 1590....
 on May 27, 1586.






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The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (Congregatio pro Institutis Vitae Consecratae et Societatibus Vitae Apostolicae) is the congregation
Congregation (Roman Curia)

A congregation is a type of dicastery of the Roman Curia, the central administrative organism of the Catholic Church.Each Congregation is led by a prefect, who is a Cardinal ....
 of the Roman Curia
Roman Curia

The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope....
 responsible for everything which concerns institutes of consecrated life
Institute of Consecrated Life

Institutes of Consecrated Life are canonically erected institutes in the Roman Catholic Church. Their membersprofess the Evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty, and obedience by vows or other sacred bonds....
 (orders and religious congregations, both of men and of women, secular institute
Secular institute

In the Roman Catholic Church, a secular institute is an organization of individuals who are consecrated persons ? professing the Evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience ? while living in the world, unlike members of a religious order who live in community....
s) and Society of Apostolic Life
Society of Apostolic Life

A Society of Apostolic Life is a group of men or women within the Catholic Church who have come together for a specific purpose. Unlike members of an Institute of Consecrated Life or a Catholic order, members of apostolic societies do not make Religious vows....
 regarding their government, discipline, studies, goods, rights, and privileges.

The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life has its origins in the "Sacred Congregation for Consultations about Regulars" founded by Pope Sixtus V
Pope Sixtus V

Pope Sixtus V , born Felice Peretti di Montalto, was Pope from 1585 to 1590....
 on May 27, 1586. its name was changed in 1908 to the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious, its name was again changed to the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes in 1967 by Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and monarch of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978....
 and finally to its current name by Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II John Paul II is widely acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century. He has been Pope_John_Paul_II#Role_in_the_fall_of_Communism in bringing down communism in Eastern Europe, as well as significantly improving the Roman Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and A...
.

The current Prefect is Franc Cardinal Rode
Franc Cardinal Rode

Franc Rode, Lazarists is a Slovenian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2006....
, while the current Secretary of the Congregation is Gianfranco Gardin
Gianfranco Gardin

Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. is the current Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life....
.

Cardinal Prefects since 1899


  • Girolamo Maria Gotti
    Girolamo Maria Gotti

    Girolamo Maria Cardinal Gotti, Discalced Carmelites , sometimes erroneously called Giuseppe Gotti, was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church....
    , OCD
    Discalced Carmelites

    The Discalced Carmelites, or Barefoot Carmelites, is a Catholic Church mendicant order with roots in the hermit of the Desert Fathers. The order was established in 1593, pursuant to the reform of the Carmelites by two Spain saints, St....
     (1899-1902)
  • José Calassanç Vives y Tuto
    José Calassanç Vives y Tuto

    Jos? Calassan? Vives y Tuto OFM Cap was an influential Spanish Roman-Catholic theologian, member of the Capuchin friars and from June 19 1899 also Cardinal . He was well known for his conservative position....
    , OFM Cap
    Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

    File:Rapperswil - Kapuzinerkloster.jpgThe Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is an order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief offshoots of the Franciscans....
     (1908-1913)
  • Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo
    Ottavio Cagiano de Azevedo

    Ottavio Cardinal Cagiano de Azevedo was an Italy prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life from 1913 to 1915, and was elevated to the Cardinal in 1905....
     (1913-1915)
  • Domenico Cardinal Serafini
    Domenico Cardinal Serafini

    Domenico Cardinal Serafini, Order of Saint Benedict was an Italy prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served in various Diocese, Nuncio, and Roman Curia posts, and was elevated to the Cardinal in 1914....
    , OSB
    Order of Saint Benedict

    The Order of Saint Benedict is a Roman Catholic religious order of independent Christian monasticism Cenobium that observe the Rule of St. Benedict....
     (1916)
  • Diomede Falconio
    Diomede Falconio

    Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Cardinal Falconio, Franciscans was an Italy prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life from 1916 until his death, and was elevated to the Cardinal in 1911....
    , OFM
    Franciscan

    The term Franciscan is commonly used to refer to members of Catholic religious orders that follow a body of regulations known as "The rule of St....
     (1916-1917)
  • Giulio Cardinal Tonti (1917-1918)
  • Raffaele Cardinal Scapinelli di Léguigno
    Raffaele Scapinelli di Léguigno

    Raffaele Scapinelli di L?guigno was an Italy Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life from 1918 to 1920, and was elevated to the Cardinal in 1915....
     (1918-1920)
  • Teodoro Cardinal Valfre di Bonzo (1920-1922)
  • Camillo Cardinal Laurenti (1922-1928)
  • Alexis Cardinal Lépicier, OSM
    Servite Order

    The Servite Order, whose members are known as Servite Friars or Servants of Mary, is one of the five original Catholic mendicant orders....
     (1928-1935)
  • Vincenzo Cardinal LaPuma (1935-1943)
  • Luigi Cardinal Lavitrano (1945-1950)
  • Clemente Cardinal Micara
    Clemente Micara

    Clemente Cardinal Micara was an Italy prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Cardinal Vicar from 1951 until his death, and was elevated to the Cardinal in 1946....
     (1950-1953)
  • Valerio Cardinal Valeri
    Valerio Valeri

    Valerio Cardinal Valeri was an Italy prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in the Roman Curia from 1953 until his death, and was elevated to the Cardinal in 1953 by Pope Pius XII....
     (1953-1963)
  • Ildebrando Cardinal Antoniutti
    Ildebrando Antoniutti

    Ildebrando Cardinal Antoniutti was an Italy prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life from 1963 to 1973, and was elevated to the Cardinal in 1962....
     (1963-1973)
  • Arturo Cardinal Tabera Araoz, CMF
    Congregations of the Heart of Mary

    Congregation of the Heart of Mary is a name that applies to various Roman Catholic religious Congregations, most of them for women.*The Sisters of the Holy Heart of Mary were founded in 1842 at Nancy, by Alexis-Basile-Alexandre Menjaud, later Bishop of Nancy and Toul, for the purpose of instructing young girls in various trades, and protect...
     (1973-1975)
  • Eduardo Cardinal Pironio (pro-prefect 1975-1976, prefect 1976-1984)
  • Jean Jérôme Cardinal Hamer, OP
    Dominican Order

    The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic in the early 13th century in France....
     (pro-prefect 1984-1985, prefect 1985-1992)
  • Eduardo Cardinal Martínez Somalo (1992-2004)
  • Franc Cardinal Rode
    Franc Cardinal Rode

    Franc Rode, Lazarists is a Slovenian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2006....
    , CM
    Lazarists

    Lazarites are the popular names of the members of the Congregation of the Mission in the Roman Catholic Church. They are a vowed Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers associated with the Vincentian Family, a loose federation of organizations who claim St....
     (2004- )


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