Sacred Congregation of Rites

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 [de] 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)

See also

• Aloisio Gardellini