The Pontifical Council Cor Unum for Human and Christian Development was a dicastery of the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church from 1971 to 2016.
The Pontifical Council was established by Pope Paul VI on 15 July 1971 and was based in the Palazzo San Callisto, on Piazza San Callisto, Rome.
Effective 1 January 2017, the work of the Council was assumed by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, into which it was merged by Pope Franciscus I.
The name of the pontifical council means "one heart", which Paul VI explained in 1972: "So we were able to give your ecclesial action for aid the name of one heart, a heart that beats in rhythm with the heart of Christ, whose pity for the hungry multitudes reaches them even in their spiritual hunger".
Its mission was "the care of the Catholic Church for the needy, thereby encouraging human fellowship and making manifest the charity of Christ", and it undertook this mission by carrying out humanitarian relief operations following disasters, fostering charity and encouraging cooperation and coordination of other Catholic organizations.
Cardinal Roger Etchegaray (1984.04.08 – 1995.12.02) (France)
Cardinal Bernardin Gantin (1978.09.04 – 1984.04.08 see below) (Benin)
Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes (1995.12.02 – 2010.10.07) (Germany)
Cardinal Robert Sarah (2010.10.07 – 2014.11.24) (Guinea); also Secretary of Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (2001.10.01 – 2010.10.07), Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University (2001.10.01 – 2010.10.07), created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana (2010.11.20 [2011.01.30] – ...); later Prefect of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2014.11.24 – ...); previously Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Kankan (Guinea) (1979 – 1993.11.17), Metropolitan Archbishop of Conakry (Guinea) (1979.08.13 – 2001.10.01), President of Episcopal Conference of the Guinea (1985 – 2001)
Bishop Ramón Torrella Cascante (1971.07.22 – 1975.12.20); previously Titular Bishop of Minervino Murge (1968.10.22 – 1983.04.11) as Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) (1968.10.22 – 1970.11.06), Vice-President of Council of the Laity (1970.11.06 – 1974.03.06), Vice-President of Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace (1970.11.06 – 1975.12.20); later Vice-President of Secretariat for Christian Unity (1975.12.20 – 1983.04.11), Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (1983 – 1993), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) (1983.04.11 – retired 1997.02.20), died 2004
Cardinal Bernardin Gantin (1976 – 1978.09.04 see above) Benin
Archbishop Alfredo Bruniera (1978.11.06 – 1981) (Italy), Titular Archbishop of Claudiopolis in Honoriade (1954.12.12 – death 2000.03.26) as papal diplomat: Apostolic Delegate (envoy) to Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi (1954.12.12 – 1959.04.25), Apostolic Nuncio (ambassador) to Ecuador (1959.04.25 – 1965.10.23), Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay (1965.10.23 – 1969.04.23), Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon (1969.04.23 – 1978.11.06), Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kuwait (1969.07.07 – 1975.04.04)
Archbishop Alois Wagner (1981.10.12 – 1999.07.08) (Austria), Titular Bishop of Siccenna (1969.09.01 – 1992.10.01), previously as Auxiliary Bishop of Linz (Austria) (1969.09.01 – 1981.10.12); later Titular Archbishop of above Siccenna (1992.10.01 – emeritate 1999.07.08) as Permanent Observer (multilateral ambassador) to Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1992 – 1999.07.08); died 2002
Father Henri de Riedmatten, Dominican Order (O.P.) (see below 1971 – 1979) (Switzerland)
Father Roger du Noyer, Paris Foreign Missions Society (M.E.P.) (see below 1979 – 1988) (France)
Iván Antonio Marín López (see below 1992 – 1997.04.19) (Colombia); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Popayan (Colombia) (1997.04.19 – ...), Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Vicariate of Guapi (Colombia) (2011 – 2013.12.03) and Apostolic Administrator of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia) (2014.12.01 – 2015.10.15)
Monsignor Karel Kasteel (see below 1998.03.28 – 2009.06.02) (Netherlands)
Msgr. Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso (see below 2010.06.22 – 2017.01.01) (Italy)
Father Lajos Kada (1972 – 1975.06.20) (Hungary); later Titular Archbishop of Thibica (1975.06.20 – 2001.11.26) as papal diplomat : Apostolic Nuncio (ambassador) to Costa Rica (1975.06.20 – 1984.04.08), Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador (1980.10.15 – 1984.04.08), Secretary of Congregation for the Sacraments (1984 – 1988.06.28), Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (1988.06.28 – 1991.08.22), Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1991.08.22 – 1995.09.22), Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1995.09.22 – 2000.03.01), Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra (1996.03.06 – 2000.03.01)
Fr. Roger du Noyer, M.E.P. (1975 – 1979 see above) (France)
Fr. Henri Forest, Jesuits (S.J.) (1979 – 1987)
Iván Antonio Marín López (1987 – 1992 see above) (Colombia)
Monsignor Karel Kasteel (1992 – 1998.03.28 see above) (Netherlands)
Msgr. Francisco Azcona San Martín (1998 – 2003) (Spain)
Msgr. Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso (2004.06.21 – 2010.06.22 see above) (Italy)
Msgr. Segundo Tejado Muñoz (2011.01.05 – 2017.01.01)
