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Pontifical Council for Social Communications

Dicastery of the Roman Curia

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Also known as: Pontifical Rat der sozialen Kommunikationsmittel (Deutsch) / Conseil pontifical des communications sociales (français) / Pontificio Consiglio delle Comunicazioni Sociali (Italiano) / Papieska Rada ds. Środków Społecznego Przekazu (polski) / 宗座大眾傳播委員會 (中文) / 広報評議会 (日本語) / 사회홍보평의회 (한국어)

Address: Palazzo S. Carlo, 00120, Vatican City State

Phone: 06.69.89.18.00

Website: LinkLink

History

  • 1948.01.30: Established as Pontifical Commission for the Study and Ecclesiastical Evaluation of Films on Religious or Moral Subjects
  • 1948.09.17: Renamed as Pontifical Commission for Educational and Religious Films (English) / Päpstliche Kommission für den belehrenden und religiösen Film (Deutsch)
  • 1952.01.01: Renamed as Pontifical Commission for the Cinema (English)
  • 1954.12.16: Renamed as Pontifical Commission for the Cinema, Radio and Television (English)
  • 1964.02.02: Renamed as Pontifical Commission for Social Communications (English) / Päpstliche Kommission für die sozialen Kommunikationsmittel (Deutsch)
  • 1989.03.01: Promoted as Pontifical Council for Social Communications (English) / Pontifical Rat der sozialen Kommunikationsmittel (Deutsch) / Conseil pontifical des communications sociales (français) / Pontificio Consiglio delle Comunicazioni Sociali (Italiano) / Papieska Rada ds. Środków Społecznego Przekazu (polski) / 宗座大眾傳播委員會 (中文) / 広報評議会 (日本語) / 사회홍보평의회 (한국어) / Pontificium Consilium de Communicationibus Socialibus (Latin)

Documents: Documents (x 18)

Associated Organizations

Present Officials

President (2007.06.27 – ...):ItalyArchbishop Claudio Maria Celli (71)Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli (71)

Titular Archbishop of Civitanova

President of Vatican Film Library

President of Vatican Television Centre

Secretary (2007.11.30 – ...):IrelandMsgr. Paul Tighe (55)Msgr. Paul Tighe (55)
Adjunct Secretary (2007.11.30 – ...):ItalyMsgr. Giuseppe Antonio Scotti (60)Msgr. Giuseppe Antonio Scotti (60)

President of Vatican Publishing House

Past Officials

President:United StatesArchbishop John Patrick Foley (later Cardinal) (1984.04.05 – 2007.06.27)
President:PolandArchbishop Andrzej Maria Deskur (later Cardinal) (1973.09 – 1984.04.08)
President:United StatesArchbishop Edward Louis Heston, C.S.C. (1971.09.08 – 1973.05.02)
Pro-President:ItalyBishop Agostino Ferrari Toniolo (1969.04.23 – 1971.09.08)
President:United StatesArchbishop Martin John O’Connor (1948.01.30 – 1971.09.08)
Vice-President:IrelandBishop Agnellus Andrew, O.F.M. (1980.02.15 – 1983.07.16)
Secretary:ItalyArchbishop Renato Boccardo (60)Archbishop Renato Boccardo (60) (2003.11.29 – 2005.02.22)
Secretary:ItalyBishop Pierfranco Pastore (86)Bishop Pierfranco Pastore (86) (1984.12.03 – 2003.11.29)
Secretary:ItalyFr. Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. (later Archbishop) (1973 – 1984.11.06)
Secretary:PolandFr. Andrzej Maria Deskur (later Cardinal) (1970 – 1973.09)
Secretary:ItalyMsgr. Albino Galletto (1950 – 1970)
Vice-Secretary:PolandFr. Andrzej Maria Deskur (later Cardinal) (1955 – 1959)
Undersecretary:ItalyDr. Angelo Scelzo (66) (2000 – 2013.01.22)
Undersecretary:Mr. Hans-Peter Röthlin (1991 – 1999)
Undersecretary:Fr. Karlheinz Hoffmann, S.J. (1973 – 1990)
Undersecretary:ItalyFr. Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. (later Archbishop) (1970 – 1973)
Undersecretary:PolandFr. Andrzej Maria Deskur (later Cardinal) (1964.02.02 – 1970)
Undersecretary:PolandFr. Andrzej Maria Deskur (later Cardinal) (1959 – 1964.02.02)

as of 2013.04.28

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