Sacred Congregation of Rites
Former Congregation of the Roman Curia
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The Sacred Congregation of Rites was a congregation of the Roman Curia, erected on 22 January 1588 by Pope Sixtus V by Immensa Aeterni Dei; it was divided into two separate congregations by Pope Paul VI on 8 May 1969.
The Congregation was charged with the supervision of the liturgy and the process of canonization of saints.[1]
As part of the reforms following the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI's 1969 apostolic constitution Sacra Rituum Congregatio divided the congregation into: the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.[1]
Prefects
- Flavio Chigi (1759–1771)
- Mario Marefoschi Compagnoni (1771–1785)
- Giulio Maria della Somaglia (1800–1814)
- Giorgio Doria Pamphilj Landi (1821–1837)
- Carlo Maria Pedicini (1837–1843)
- Ludovico Micara, OFM Cap (1843–1844)
- Luigi Lambruschini, B (1847–1854)
- Costantino Patrizi Naro (1854–1860)
- Luigi Bilio, B (1876–1877)
- Tommaso Martinelli, OSA (1877–1878)
- Domenico Bartolini (1878–1886)
- Angelo Bianchi (1887–1897)
- Carlo Laurenzi (1889–1895)
- Camillo Mazzella, SJ (1897–1900)
- Gaetano Aloisi Masella (1899–1902)
- Domenico Ferrata (1900–1902)
- Serafino Cretoni (1903–1909)
- Luigi Tripepi (1903–1906)
- Sebastiano Martinelli, OSA (1909–1918)
- Scipione Tecchi (1914–1915)
- Antonio Vico (1915–1929)
- Camillo Laurenti (1929–1938)
- Carlo Salotti (1938 – 24 October 1947)
- Clemente Micara (1950–1953)
- Gaetano Cicognani (1953–1956)
- Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, CMF (1962–1968)
- Benno Gut, OSB (1967–1969)