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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 of the Roman Curia responsible for everything which concerns institutes of consecrated life (orders and religious congregations, both of men and of women, secular institutes) and societies of apostolic life regarding their government, discipline, studies, goods, rights, and privileges. A congregation is a type of dicastery of the Roman Curia, the Roman Catholic Church government. ... The Roman Curia is the complex of the organs and the authorities that constitute the administrative apparatus of the Holy See, coordinating and providing the necessary organisation for the correct functioning of the Roman Catholic Church and the achievement of its goals. ...
The Congregation for 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 on May 27, 1586. Sixtus V, né Felice Peretti (December 13, 1521 - August 27, 1590) was pope from 1585 to 1590. ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... Events November 19 - Henry Barrow, English Puritan and Separatist is imprisoned. ...
Prefects
José Calasanz Cardinal Vives Tutó (1908-1913)
Ottavio Cardinal Cagiano de Azevedo (1913-1915)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini (1916)
Diomede Cardinal Falconio (1916-1917)
Giulio Cardinal Tonti (1917-1918)
Raffaele Cardinal Scapinelli di Léguigno (1918-1920)
Teodoro Cardinal Valfre di Bonzo (1920-1922)
Camillo Cardinal Laurenti (1922-1928)
Alexis-Henri-Marie Cardinal Lépicier (1928-1935)
Vincenzo Cardinal LaPuma (1935-1943)
Luigi Cardinal Lavitrano (1945-1950)
Clemente Cardinal Micara (1950-1953)
Valerio Cardinal Valeri (1953-1963)
Ildebrando Cardinal Antoniutti (1963-1973)
Arturo Tabera Cardinal Araoz (1973-1975)
Eduardo Francisco Cardinal Pironio (pro-prefect 1975-1976, prefect 1976-1984)
Jean Jérôme Cardinal Hamer (pro-prefect 1984-1985, prefect 1985-1992)
Archbishop Franc Rodé, C.M. Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of
Above all, however, consecrated persons continue the great work of evangelization and witness on all the continents, even on the front lines of the faith, with generosity and often with the sacrifice of their lives, even to the point of martyrdom.
The Church is grateful for the witness of fidelity and holiness borne by so many of the members of the Institutes of ConsecratedLife, for the ceaseless prayers of praise and intercession raised by their communities, and for their life spent at the service of the People of God.
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