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Dicastero per la Comunicazione - Struttura

Dicastery for Communication

Members of the Dicastery for Communication
 

The Most Eminent Cardinals:

  • Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar;
  • Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D., Archbishop of Tokyo (Japan);
  • Chibly Langlois, Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti);
  • Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B., Archbishop of Rabat (Morocco);
  • Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão, Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India), President of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences;
  • Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints;
  • Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for the First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches;
  • José Tolentino de Mendonça, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education


The Most Excellent Monsignors:

  • Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, Bishop of Oyo;
  • Valdir José de CastroS.S.P., Bishop of Campo Limpo, Brazil;
  • Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A., Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General of Cuzco (Peru), Secretary General of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council;
  • Salvatore Fisichella, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for the Fundamental Questions of Evangelization in the World;
  • Borys Gudziak, Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church;
  • Ryan Jimenez P., Archbishop of Agaña (Guam);
  • Ivan Maffeis, Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve (Italy);
  • Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublino (Irland);
  • Marcelino Antonio M. Maralit, Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines), President of the Office of Social Communications of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences;
  • Bernardin Francis Mfumbusa, Bishop of Kondoa (Tanzania), President of the Pan African Episcopal Committee for Communications;
  • Rev. Father Roberto Pasolini, O.F.M. Cap., Preacher of the Papal Household

The Reverend Sister:

  • Nathalie Becquart, X.M.C.J., Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops.

The Illustrious Doctors:

  • Helen Osman, President of SIGNIS;
  • Leticia Soberón Mainero, Psychologist and communication expert, former Consultor to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (Mexico and Spain)
 

Superiors of the Dicastery for Communication

  • Prefect, Dr. Paolo Ruffini
  • Secretary, Msgr. Lucio Adrian Ruiz

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Director, General Affairs Department, Paolo Nusiner 
   - Vice Director of the Directorate of General Affairs, Francesco Valle
Director, Editorial Department, Andrea Tornielli
   - Vice Director, Editorial Department, Sergio Centofanti
   - Vice Director, Editorial Department, Alessandro Gisotti
   - Vice Director of the Editorial Directorate and head of Vatican Radio – Vatican News, Massimiliano Menichetti
- Director of L'Osservatore Romano, Andrea Monda
Director, Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni
   - Vice Director, Holy See Press Office, Rev. Sister Nina Benedikta Krapić, M.V.Z.
Director, Technological Department, Francesco Masci
- Director, Theological-Pastoral Department, Nataša Govekar

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Consulters of the Dicastery for Communication

  • Daniel Arasa, Dean of the Faculty of Institutional Social Communication of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
  • Professor Antonio Cisternino, President of the University of Pisa's Ateno Information System (CIO)
  • Mr. John E. Corcoran, Founder of Trinity Life Sciences
  • Dino Cataldo Dell'Accio, Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF), New York
  • Sr. Veronica Donatello, S.F.A., Head of the Italian Episcopal Conference's Service for the Pastoral Care of Persons with Disabilities (CEI)
  • Dr. Óscar Elizalde Prada, Coordinator of the Department of Communication of CELAM
  • Graham Ellis, deputy director of BBC Radio
  • Fernando Giménez Barriocanal, President and Advisor Delegate of Radio Popolar Cadena COPE
  • Mr. Tomas Insua, Ecclesial Affiliate at the Laudato Si' Research Institute of the University of Oxford and Director of the Laudato Si' Center, Assisi
  • Fr. Andrew Kaufa, S.M.M., coordinator of the Office of Communications of the AMECEA Regional Conference of Bishops
  • Dr Matthias Kopp, spokesman for the German Bishops' Conference
  • Fr. James Martin, S.J., Jesuit Magazine America
  • Sr. Adelaide Felicitas Ndilu, S.I.H.M., National Executive Secretary of the Commission for Social Communications of the Kenyan Bishops' Conference and director of Radio Waumini
  • Fr. Fabio PasqualettiS.D.B., Dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the Pontifical Salesian University
  • Paolo Peverini, Lecturer in Semiotics at the LUISS “Guido Carli
  • Fr. George Plathottam, S.D.B., former Secretary of the Office of Social Communication of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC)
  • Fr. Eric Salobir, O.P., Promoter General for social communications for the Order of Preachers
  • Michael Paul Unland, Executive director of the Catholic Media Council (CA.ME.CO.)
  • Michael P. Warsaw, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of EWTN Global Catholic Network

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Dicastery for Communication

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