Pontifical Council for the Laity

Roman Catholic organization (1967–2016)
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Summary

Pontifical Council for the Laity is a pontifical council[1]. It draws 133 Wikipedia views per month (pontifical council category, ranking #4 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Vatican City[3]
  • Instance of: organization[4]
  • Founder: Paul VI[5]
  • Followed by: Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life[6]
  • Commons category: Pontifical Council for the Laity[7]
  • Inception: January 6, 1967[8]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: September 1, 2016[9]
  • Parent organization or unit: Roman Curia[10]
  • Official website: http://www.laici.va/content/laici/it.html[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pontifical Council for the Laity[12]
  • Main subject: lifestance organisation[13]
  • Partnership with: Conference of International Catholic Organizations[14]
  • P14750: 65F7-DC8C-CC36-7FD7-8668[15]

Why It Matters

Pontifical Council for the Laity has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . odis.be. odis.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . odis.be. odis.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cathopedia article id → Pontificio_Consiglio_per_i_Laici
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'la', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Cathopedia article id: Pontificio_Consiglio_per_i_Laici"
  2. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Parent organization or unit → Roman Curia
    Country → Vatican City
    Country → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 65F7-DC8C-CC36-7FD7-8668, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
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