Presidents
Rev. Agostino Gemelli, O.F.M. (28 October 1936 - 15 July 1959)
Msgr. Georges Lemaître (19 March 1960 - 20 June 1966)
Rev. Daniel J.K. O’Connell, S.J. (15 January 1968 - 15 January 1972)
Prof. Carlos Chagas (9 November 1972 - 30 October 1988)
Prof. Giovanni Battista Marini-Bettòlo (31 October 1988 - 29 March 1993)
Prof. Nicola Cabibbo (30 March 1993 - 16 August 2010)
Prof. Werner Arber (20 December 2010 - 20 June 2017)
Prof. Joachim von Braun (21 June 2017-)
Chancellors (formerly called Directors)
Prof. Dr. Pietro Salviucci Chancellor (28 October 1936 - 31 December 1973)
Rev. Carlo Enrico Di Rovasenda, O.P., Vice-Director (16 Nov. 1972); Director (3 April 1974 - 31 December 1986)
Msgr. Eng. Renato Dardozzi, Vice-Director (5 July 1985); Director of the Chancellery (1 Jan. 1987); Chancellor (30 Jan. 1995 - 30 June 1997)
H.E. Msgr. Giuseppe Pittau, S.J., Chancellor (1 July 1997 - 4 October 1998)
H.E. Msgr. Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor (5 October 1998-5 June 2022)
H.Em. Card. Peter K.A. Turkson (6 June 2022-)
Vice Chancellor for Communications
Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò, Vice Chancellor for Communications (31 August 2019-)
Members of the Council
