Chronological Order

1. Rev. Khaled Emmanuel Anatolios, U.S.A.
2. Rev. Paul Béré, S.J., Burkina Faso.
3. Prof. Teresa Hyeon Soon Choi, South Korea.
4. Msgr. Piero Coda, Italy, General Secretary.
5. Prof. Boyd Taylor Coolman, U.S.A.
6. Rev. Ángel Cordovilla Pérez, Spain.
7. Rev. Alberto Cozzi, Italy.
8. Rev. Tiago De Fraga Gomes, Brazil.
9. Rev. Gilbert De Lima, India.
10. Rev. Carlo Dell’Osso, Italy.
11. Rev. Clarence Devadass, Malaysia.
12. Prof. Maria Teresa Fattori, Italy.
13. Rev. Michel Fédou, S.J., France.
14. Rev. Fabricio Leonel Forcat, Argentina.
15. Rev. Simon Francis Gaine, O.P., Great Britain – England.
16. Sr. Shu Chin (Mary Therese) Hu, F.I., Taiwan.
17. Prof. Reinhard Huetter, U.S.A.
18. Rev. P. Bernhard Knorn, S.J., Germany.
19. Prof. Claudia Leal Luna, Chile.
20. Rev. Julián Arturo López Amozurrutia, Mexico.
21. Rev. Patrick Mwania, C.S.Sp., Kenya.
22. Prof. Isabell Naumann, I.S.S.M., Australia.
23. Sr. Josée Ngalula, R.S.A., Democratic Republic of the Congo.
24. Rev. Gaston Ogui Cossi, Benin.
25. Prof. Sara Parvis, Great Britain – Scotland.
26. Rev. Jorge Alejandro Scampini, O.P., Argentina.
27. Rev. Csaba Török, Hungary.
28. Prof. Jan-Heiner Tück, Austria.
29. Prof. Anne-Sophie Vivier-Muresan, France.
30. Rev. Lubomir Žák, Czech Republic.

1. Rev. Edouard Adé, Benin
2. Prof. Alenka Arko, Slovenia – Russian Federation 
3. Rev. Yury Avvakumov, Germany – Ukraine
4. Most Rev. Antonio Luiz Catelan Ferreira, Auxiliary Bishop of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
5. Msgr. Piero Coda, Italia, General Secretary
6. Rev. Alberto Cozzi, Italia
7. Rev. Peter Dubovský, S.J., Slovakia
8. Rev. Jorge J. Ferrer, S.J., Porto Rico († 21.09.2024)
9. Rev. Mario Ángel Flores Ramos, Mexico
10. Rev.. Simon Francis Gaine, O.P., Great Britain
11. Rev. Carlos María Galli, Argentina
12. Rev. Gaby Alfred Hachem, Lebanon
13. Prof. Reinhard Huetter, U.S.A.
14. Rev. Marek Jagodziński, Poland († 21.04.2025)
15. Rev. Thomas Kollamparampil, C.M.I., India
16. Rev. Victor Ronald La Barrera Villarreal, Peru
17. Rev. Karl-Heinz Menke, Germany
18. Sr. Isabell Naumann, I.S.S.M., Australia
19. Sr. Josee Ngalula, R.S.A., Democratic Republic of the Congo
20. Rev. John Junyang Park, Korea
21. Rev. Bernard Pottier, S.J., Belgium
22. Rev. Javier Prades López, Spain
23. Prof. Marianne Schlosser, Germany– Austria
24. Rev. Nicholaus Segeja M’hela, Tanzania
25. Rev. Gabino Uríbarri Bilbao, S.J., Spain
26. Rev. Philippe Vallin, Francia
27. Most Rev. Etienne Vetö, I.C.N., Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
28. Prof. Robin Darling Young, U.S.A.

Appointment of 27 July 2021.

1. Rev. Terwase Henry Akaabiam, Nigeria
2. Sr. Prudence Allen, R.S.M., U.S.A.
3. Sr. Alenka Arko, della Comunità Loyola, Slovenia – Russian Federation
4. Rev. Serge-Thomas Bonino, O.P., France, General Secretary
5. Msgr. Antonio Luiz Catelan Ferreira, Brasil
6. Msgr. Piero Coda, Italy
7. Msgr. Lajos Dolhai, Hungary
8. Rev. Peter Dubovský, S.J., Slovakia
9. Rev. Mario Ángel Flores Ramos, Mexico
10. Rev. Carlos María Galli, Argentina
11. Msgr. Krzysztof Góźdź, Poland
12. Rev. Gaby Alfred Hachem, Lebanon
13. Rev. Thomas Kollamparampil, C.M.I., India
14. Rev. Koffi Messan Laurent Kpogo, Togo
15. Rev. Oswaldo Martínez Mendoza, Colombia
16. Prof. Moira Mary McQueen, Canada – Great Britain
17. Rev. Karl-Heinz Menke, Germany
18. Rev. John Junyang Park, Korea
19. Rev. Bernard Pottier, S.I., Belgium
20. Rev. Javier Prades López, Spain
21. Mrs. Tracey Rowland, Australia
22. Prof. Héctor Gustavo Sánchez Rojas, S.C.V., Peru
23. Mrs. Marianne Schlosser, Austria – Germany
24. Rev. Nicholaus Segeja M’hela, Tanzania
25. Rev. Pierangelo Sequeri, Italy
26. Rev. Željko Tanjić, Croatia
27. Rev. Gerard Francisco P. Timoner III, O.P., Philippines
28. Rev. Gabino Uríbarri Bilbao, S.J., Spain
29. Rev. Philippe Vallin, France
30. Rev. Thomas G. Weinandy, O.F.M.Cap., U.S.A.

Appointment of 26 July 2014.

1. Most Rev. Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B., China (Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Vatican State)
2. Most Rev. Jan Wilhelmus Maria Liesen, Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
3. Most Rev. Charles Morerod, O.P., Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, Switzerland 
4. Most Rev. Paul Rouhana, O.L.M., Titular Bishop of Antarado, Bishop of Patriarchal Vicariate of Sarba, Lebanon
5. Rev. Peter Damian Akpunonu, Nigeria - U.S.A.
6. Rev. Serge Thomas Bonino, O.P., General Secretary, France
7. Rev. Geraldo Luiz Borges Hackmann, Brasil
8. Sr. Sara Butler, M.S.B.T., U.S.A.
9. Rev. Antonio Castellano, S.D.B., Chile - Italy
10. Prof. John C. Cavadini, U.S.A.
11. Rev. Adelbert Denaux, Netherlands
12. Rev. Marco Doldi, Italy
13. Rev. Gilles Emery, O.P., Switzerland
14. Rev. Mario Angel Flores, Mexico
15. Rev. Francis Gustilo, S.D.B., Philippines
16. Prof. Barbara Hallensleben, Germany - Switzerland
17. Rev. Tomislav Ivančić, Croatia
18. Rev. István Ivancsó, Hungary
19. Rev. Tony Kelly, C.Ss.R., Australia
20. Msgr. Paul McPartlan, Great Britain - U.S.A. 
21. Rev. Thomas Norris, Ireland 
22. Rev. Javier Prades López, Spain
23. Prof. Johannes Reiter, Germany
24. Rev. Léonard Santedi Kinkupu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
25. Rev. Pierangelo Sequeri, Italy
26. Prof. Thomas Söding, Germany
27. Rev. Jerzy Szymik, Poland
28. Rev. Philippe Vallin, France
29. Rev. Dominic Veliath, S.D.B., India
30. Rev. Guillermo Zuleta, Colombia

Appointment of 19 June 2009; cf. AAS 101 (2009) 757-758.

1. Rev. Peter Damian Akpunonu, Nigeria
2. Rev. Serge Thomas Bonino, O.P., France
3. Rev. Geraldo Luis Borges Hackmann (Brasile)
4. Sr. Sara Butler, M.S.B.T., U.S.A.
5. Rev. Antonio Castellano, S.D.B., Chile
6. Most Rev. Basil Cho Kyu-Man, Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Corea
7. Rev. Santiago Elena del Cura, Spain
8. Rev. Adelbert Denaux, Belgium
9. Rev. Gilles Emery, O.P., Switzerland
10. Msgr. Ricardo Antonio Ferrara, Argentina
11. Most Rev.. Bruno Forte, Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
12. Rev. Pierre Gaudette, Canada
13. Prof. Barbara Hallensleben, Switzerland
14. Rev. Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B., Hong Kong, China
15. Rev. Tomislav Ivančić, Croatia
16. Rev. Istvàn Ivancsò, Hungary
17. Rev. Tony Kelly, C.S.S.R., Australia
18. Rev. Luis F. Ladaria, S.J., Spain
19. Rev. D. Jan Wilhelmus Maria Liesen (Paesi Bassi)
20. Rev. John Michael McDermott, S.J., U.S.A.
21. Rev. Paul McPartlan, Great Britain
22. Most Rev. Roland Minnerath, Archbishop of Dijon, France
23. Rev. Thomas Norris, Ireland
24. Prof. Johannes Reiter, Germany
25. Rev. Paul Rouhana, Lebanon
26. Msgr. Ignazio Sanna, Italy
27. Rev. Léonard Kinkupu Santedi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
28. Prof. Thomas Söding, Germany
29. Rev. Jerzy Szymik, Poland
30. Rev. Dominic Veliath, S.D.B., India

Appointment of 9 February 2004; cf. AAS 96 (2004) 246-247.

1. Rev. Charles Acton, Great Britain
2. Rev. Christopher Begg, U.S.A.
3. Rev. Tanios Bou Mansour, O.L.M., Lebanon
4. Most Rev. Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P., France
5. Rev. Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P., Switzerland
6. Rev. Santiago Del Cura Elena, Spain
7. Rev. Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P., U.S.A.
8. Most Rev. Willem Jacobus Eijk, Netherlands
9. Msgr. Bruno Forte, Italy
10. Rev. Mario De França Miranda, S.J., Brasil
11. Rev. Pierre Gaudette, Canada
12. Rev. Adolphe Gesché, Belgium
13. Mr. Gösta Hallonsten, Scandinavia
14. Rev. George Karakkunnel, India
15. Rev. Sebastian Karotemprel, S.D.B., India
16. Rev. Luis F. Ladaria, S.J., Spain
17. Msgr. Roland Minnerath, France
18. Rev. Francis Moloney, S.D.B., Australia
19. Rev. Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Germany
20. Rev. Henrique de Noronha Galvão, Portugal
21. Rev. Thomas Norris, Ireland
22. Rev. Adewale Anthony Ojo, Nigeria
23. Rev. Hermann Josef Pottmeyer, Germany
24. Rev. Rafael Salazar Cardenas, M.Sp.S., Mexico
25. Rev. Fadel Sidarouss, S.J., Egypt
26. Msgr. Anton Strukelj, Slovenia
27. Most Rev. Luis Tagle, Philippines
28. Rev. Shun’ichi Takayanagi, S.J., Japan
29. Rev. László Vanyo, Hungary
30. Rev. Tomasz Węcławski, Poland
31. Rev. Sergio Zañartu Undurraga, S.J., Chile

Appointment of 10 October 1997; cf. AAS 89 (1997) 878-879.

1. Rev. Charles Acton
2. Rev. Barthélémy Adoukonou
3. Rev. Jan Ambaum
4. Rev. Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P.
5. Msgr. Giuseppe Colombo
6. Rev. Jean Corbon
7. Rev. Georges Cottier, O.P.
8. Rev. Joseph Doré, P.S.S.
9. Rev. Avery Dulles, S.J.
10. P. Mario de França Miranda, S.J.
11. Rev. Adolphe Gesché
12. Rev. Joachim Gnilka
13. Rev. Ivan Golub
14. Prof. Gosta Hallosten
15. Rev. Tadahiko Iwashima, S.J.
16. Rev. Sebastian Karotemprel, S.D.B.
17. Rev. Luis F. Ladaria, S.J.
18. Rev. Gilles Langevin, S.J.
19. Msgr. Michael Ledwith
20. Prof. William May
21. Rev. Francis Moloney, S.D.B.
22. Rev. Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I.
23. Rev. Henrique De Noronha Galvâo
24. Rev. Joseph Obei-Bonsu
25. Rev. Servais Pinckaers, O.P.
26. Rev. Hermann Joseph Pottmeyer
27. Rev Candido Pozo, S.J.
28. Most Rev. Christoph von Schönborn, O.P.
29. Rev. Norbert Strotmann Hope, M.S.C.
30. Rev. Andrzej Szostek, M.I.C.
31. Msgr. Max Thurian
32. Rev. László Vanyo

Appointment of 3 July 1992; cf. AAS 84 (1992) 1096.

Rev. Szostek: appointment of 19 November 1992; cf. AAS 84 (1992) 1197.

1. Rev. Barthélémy Adoukonou
2. Rev. Jan Ambaum
3. Rev. Hans Urs von Balthasar
4. Rev. Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P.
5. Msgr. Carlo Caffarra
6. Rev. Jean Colbon
7. Msgr. Giuseppe Colombo
8. Rev. George Cottier, O.P.
9. Msgr. Philippe Delhaye
10. Msgr. Wilhelm Ernst
11. Prof. John Finnis
12. Rev. Joachim Gnilka
13. Rev. José Miguel Ibáñez Langlois
14. Rev. Walter Kasper
15. Most Rev. Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.E.M.
16. Rev. Gilles Langëvin, S.J.
17. Msgr. Michael Ledwith
18. Prof. William May
19. Most Rev. Jorge Medina Estévez
20. Rev. Peter Miyakawa
21. Rev. Francis Moloney, S.D.B.
22. Rev. Stanislaw Nagy, S.C.I.
23. Rev. Henrique De Noronha Galvão
24. Rev. James Okoye, C.S.Sp.
25. Rev. Franc Perko
26. Rev. Carl Peter
27. Rev. Candido Pozo
28. Rev. Christoph von Schönborn, O.P.
29. Rev. Jan Walgrave
30. Rev. Felix Wilfred

Appointment of 23 May 1986; cf. AAS 78 (1986) 804.

1. Rev. Barnabas Ahern, C.P. , U.S.A.
2. Rev. Juan Alfaro, S.J., Spain
3. Rev. Catalino G. Arevalo, S.J. , Philippines
4. Rev. Hans Urs von Balthasar, Switzerland
5. Msgr. Carlo Caffarra, Italy
6. Msgr. Giuseppe Colombo, Italy
7. Rev. Yves Congar, O.P., France
8. Msgr. Philippe Delhaye, Belgium
9. Msgr. Wilhelm Ernst, German Democratic Republic
10. Msgr. Pierre Eyt, France
11. Rev. Ivan Fucek, S.J., Yugoslavia
12. Rev. Ferenc Gal, Hungary 
13. Rev. Edouard Hamel, S.J., Canada
14. Rev. Walter Kasper, Federal Republic of Germany
15. Rev. Elie Khalife Hachem, O.L.M., Maronite Patriarchate
16. Most Rev. Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M., Brasil
17. Msgr. Michael Ledwith, Ireland
18. Most Rev. Karl Lehmann, Federal Republic of Germany
19. Most Rev. Jorge Medina Estevez, Chile
20. Most Rev. John Onaiyekan, Nigeria
21. Rev. Carl Peter, U.S.A.
22. Rev. Candido Pozo, S.J., Spain
23. Rev. Walter Principe, C.S.B., Canada
24. Msgr. Ignacy Różycki, Poland
25. Rev. Christoph von Schönborn, O.P.., Austria
26. Msgr. Heinz Schürmann, German Democratic Republic
27. Rev. Bernard Sesboüé, S.J., France
28. Rev. John Thornhill, S.M., Australia
29. Rev. Cipriano Vagaggini, O.S.B., Italy
30. Rev. Jan Walgrave, O.P., Belgium

Appointment of 12 August 1980; cf. AAS 72 (1980) 977-978.

1. Rev. Barnabas Ahern, C.P., U.S.A.
2. Rev. Juan Alfaro, S.J., Spain
3. Rev. Catalino G. Arevalo, S.J., Philippines
4. Rev. Hans Urs von Balthasar, Switzerland
5. Rev. Louis Bouyer, C.O. (Francia)
6. Rev. Walter Burghardt, S.J. (U.S.A.)
7. Msgr. Carlo Caffarra (Italia)
8. Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M., Italy
9. Rev. Yves Congar, O.P., France
10. Msgr. Philippe Delhaye, Belgium
11. Rev. Edouard Dhanis, S.J.
12. Rev. Wilhelm Ernst, German Democratic Republic 
13. Rev. Olegario Gonzalez de Cardedal, Spain
14. Rev. Edouard Hamel, S.J., Canada
15. Rev. Bogusław Inlender, Poland
16. Rev. Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M., Brasil
17. Rev. Marie-Joseph Le Guillou, O.P., France
18. Rev. Karl Lehmann, Federal Republic of Germany
19. Rev. Joseph Lescrauwaet, M.S.C., Netherlands
20. Rev. John Mahoney, S.J., Great Britain
21. Rev. Gustave Martelet, S.J., France
22. Msgr. Jorge Medina Estevez, Chile
23. Rev. Vincent Mulago, Zaire
24. Msgr. Joseph Ratzinger, Federal Republic of Germany
25. Rev. Georges Saber, O.L.M., Lebanon
26. Rev. Heinz Schürmann, German Democratic Republic 
27. Rev. Otto Semmelroth, S.J., Federal Republic of Germany
28. Rev. Anton Strlé, Yugoslavia
29. Rev. Jean-Marie Tillard, O.P., Canada
30. Rev. Cipriano Vagaggini, O.S.B., Italy
31. Rev. Jan Walgrave, O.P., Belgium

Appointment of 1 August 1974; cf. AAS 66 (1974) 520-521.

Rev. Bouyer, not having accepted the appointment for personal reasons, was replaced by Rev. Dhanis; cf. AAS 67 (1975) 286.

1. Rev. Barnabas Ahern, C.P.
2. Rev. Hans Urs von Balthasar
3. Rev. Louis Bouyer, C.O.
4. Rev. Walter Burghardt, S.I.
5. Most Rev. Carlo Colombo
6. Rev. Yves Congar, O.P.
7. Msgr. Philippe Delhaye
8. Rev. Johannes Feiner
9. Rev. André Feuillet, P.S.S.
10. Rev. Lucio Gera
11. Rev. Olegario Gonzalez de Cardedal
12. Rev. Ignace Abdo Khalifé, S.I.
13. Rev. Franz Lakner, S.I.
14. Rev. Marie-Joseph Le Guillou, O.P.
15. Rev. Joseph Lescrauwaet, M.S.C.
16. Rev. Bernard Lonergan, S.I.
17. Rev. Henri de Lubac, S.I.
18. Rev. Andreas H. Maltha, O.P.
19. Msgr. Jorge Medina Estevez
20. Rev. Peter Nemehegyi, S.I.
21. Msgr. Stanislaw Olejnik
22. Msgr. Gerard Philips
23. Rev. Karl Rahner, S.I.
24. Rev. Joseph Ratzinger
25. Msgr. Roberto Mascarenhas Roxo
26. Rev. Tomislaw Sagi-Bunic, O.F.M.Cap.
27. Msgr. Rudolf Schnakenburg
28. Rev. Heinz Schürmann
29. Most Rev. Tharcisius Tshimbangu
30. Rev. Cipriano Vagaggini, O.S.B.

Appointment of 1 May 1969; cf. L’Osservatore Romano, 1 May 1969, 1.