The Permanent Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious is part 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 Catholic Church, together with the Pope...

. It was established in 1989 to better handle religious

Religious order

A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practice. The order is composed of initiates and, in some...

 in missionary lands, mostly in Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 and Asia

Asia

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. It became necessary when Pastor Bonus

Pastor Bonus

Pastor Bonus is an Apostolic Constitution promulgated by Pope John Paul II on 28 June 1988. It instituted a number of reforms in the process of running the central government of the Roman Catholic Church, as article 1 states "The Roman Curia is the complex of dicasteries and institutes which help...

gave jurisdiction over internal community life of missionary religious from the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples to the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life which has greater knowledge of the religious communities. The work of missionary religious remains under Peoples.

The president of the Interdicasterial Commission is the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Rome is the congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for missionary work and related activities...

, currently Archbishop Fernando Filoni

Fernando Filoni

Fernando Filoni is a Roman Catholic Archbishop and current Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples with the Roman Curia since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 10 May 2011. Msgr. Filoni is an expert in Chinese affairs and on the Middle East. -Education and early...

. Other members include the prefect and secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life is the congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for everything which concerns institutes of consecrated life and Society of Apostolic Life regarding their government, discipline, studies, goods, rights, and...

 and the secretary and under-secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Presidents of the Permanent Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious

• Cardinal Jozef Tomko (18 March 19899 April 2001)
• Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe (9 April 200120 May 2006)
• Cardinal Ivan Dias (20 May 200610 May 2011)
• Archbishop Fernando Filoni
  Fernando Filoni
  Fernando Filoni is a Roman Catholic Archbishop and current Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples with the Roman Curia since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 10 May 2011. Msgr. Filoni is an expert in Chinese affairs and on the Middle East. -Education and early...
  
  (10 May 2011present)