Consultors of DID
Each dicastery (Vatican office) has consultors from around the world who advise the dicastery. The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue has about thirty consultors, both clerics and lay, religious, men and women, who assist the mission of dialogue through research, reflection, and their own dialogue activities. They are called upon by DID to offer their input on specific issues.
CONSULTORS of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue as of January 2026:
-Fr. Sebastian Maria MICHAEL, SVD – Director of the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue, Diocese of Bombay – INDIA
-Fr. In-gun Joseph KANG, SJ – Phnom Penh – CAMBODIA
-Rev. Fr. Dr. André KABASELE MUKENGE – Director – Study Center of the African Religions – Catholic University of Congo – DEM.REP. of CONGO
-Rev. Fr. Wasim SALMAN – Dean – P.I.S.A.I. – ITALY
-Rev.Fr. Rafael VÁZQUEZ JIMENÉZ – Secretary – Subcommission for Interconfessional Relations and Interreligious Dialogue – Spanish Bishops Conference – SPAIN
-Rev. Fr. Prof. Isaac Zachariah MUTELO, OP – Senior Lecturer – Arrupe Jesuit University – Harare – ZIMBABWE
-Rev. Fr. Dr. Emmanuel PISANI, OP – Director – Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies – EGYPT
-Sr. Maria Angela DE GIORGI, MMX – Center for Interreligious Dialogue – JAPAN
-Sr. Dr. Anne Béatrice FAYE, C.I.C.- Director – Institute of the Immaculate Conception – Dakar – SENEGAL
-Sr. Dr. Sofia N. CHIPANA QUISPE – Comunitad de Sabias y Teologas de Abya Yala – BOLIVIA
-Sr. Mary Teresa BARRON – Superior General – Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles – GHANA
-Prof. Ambrogio BONGIOVANNI – Director – Center for Interreligious Studies – Pontifical Gregorian University – ITALY
-Prof. Gaetano SABETTA – Pontifical Urbaniana University – ITALY
– Mr. Lawrence CHONG – Member – Archdiocesan Council for Interreligious Dialogue – SINGAPORE
-Prof. Rita GEORGE-TVRTKOVIC – University of Saint Mary of the Lake – Mundelein – USA
-Dr. Valeria MARTANO – Community of Sant’Egidio – ITALY
-Prof. Pierre DIARRA – Pontifical Mission Societies – FRANCE
-Dr. Ana María BIDEGAIN – President – ICMICA-MIIC – Pax Romana – USA
-Prof. John LAGERWEY – Director – Ricci Institute – Les Facultés Loyola – FRANCE
-Prof. Dr. Emilce CUDA – Secretary – Pontifical Commission for Latin America – VATICAN CITY
-Dr. Monica SANTAMARINA – President – World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisation – ITALY
-Ms. Rita MOUSSALLEM – Co-Director – Centre for Interreligious Dialogue – Focolare Movement – ITALY
-Dr. Giuseppina DE SIMONE – Director – Institute of Philosophy – Pontifical Theological Faculty of South Italy ITALY
-Prof. Michel YOUNES – Dean – Faculté de Thèologie – Responsable – Centre d’Etudes des Cultures et des Religions – Catholic University of Lyon – FRANCE
-Prof. Edmund K. CHIA – Research Fellow – Saint Vincent School of Theology – Adamson University – Manila – PHILIPPINES
-Prof. Fabio PETITO – Director – Religion and Foreign Policy Initiative – University of Sussex – UNITED KINGDOM
– Prof. Michael D. DRIESSEN – John Cabot University – ITALY
– Prof. Catherine CORNILLE – Director – Interreligious Studies Minor – Boston College – USA
