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A dicastery (/dɪˈkæstəri/; from Greek: δικαστήριον, romanized: dikastērion, lit. 'law-court', from δικαστής, 'judge, juror') is the name of some departments of the Roman Curia.

Pastor bonus

Pastor bonus (1988) includes this definition:

By the word "dicasteries" are understood the Secretariat of State, Congregations, Tribunals, Councils and Offices, namely, the Apostolic Camera, the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See.^[1]

Praedicate evangelium

Under the new structure of the Roman Curia created by Praedicate evangelium (effective since 5 June 2022), the former titles of Congregations and Pontifical Councils are replaced with the term Dicastery.

References

^ "Pastor Bonus: Dicasteries". Archived from the original on June 1, 2013.

Roman Curia of the Holy See

Secretariat

Secretariat of State

Section for General Affairs
Section for Relations with States
Secretary for Pontifical Representations

Dicasteries

Tribunals

Economics

Council for the Economy
Secretariat for the Economy
Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
Office of the Auditor General
Commission for Confidential Matters
Committee for Investments

Offices

Institutes

Labour Office of the Apostolic See
Vatican Apostolic Archives
Vatican Apostolic Library
Fabric of Saint Peter
Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology
AVEPRO
Supervisory and Financial Information Authority
Domus Vaticanae

Interdicasterial commissions

Particular Churches
Church in Eastern Europe
Consecrated Religious
Candidates to Sacred Order
Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia

Commissions and committees

International Eucharistic Congresses
Historical Sciences
Advocates
Swiss Guards
Disciplinary
Financial Security
Commission of Cardinals overseeing the Institute for Works of Religion
Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Sector
Verification and Application of Mitis Iudex in the Churches of Italy

Other organizations

Councils, commissions, and offices

Evangelization
- International Council for Catechesis
Doctrine of the Faith
- Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
- International Theological Commission
- Pontifical Biblical Commission
- College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata
Bishops
- Pontifical Commission for Latin America
Clergy
- Pontifical Work for Priestly Vocations
Christian Unity
- Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews
Interreligious Dialogue
- Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims
Culture and Education
- Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations
Communications
- Vatican Press
- L’Osservatore Romano
- Press Office of the Holy See

Pontifical academies

Papal See of Rome

Vicar General for the Vatican City State
Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome
Auxiliary Bishops of the Vicariate of Rome
Prelate Secretary of the Vicariate of Rome

History

Former
dicasteries

Papacy

Episcopate of the bishop of Rome

Jurisdiction

Holy See
(Full communion)

Pope Francis as bishop of the Diocese of Rome
- Primacy
  - History

Vatican City (index, outline)	Enclaved in Rome, Italy Lateran Treaty, 1929 along with extraterritorial properties of the Holy See

Headquarters

Major basilicas

Titles
Papal names

Symbols

Proclamations

Activities

Arbitration
- Deposition
Blessing
- "Pontifical"
- Urbi et Orbi
Conclave
- List
Coronation
Consistory
Diplomacy
Inauguration
Mass
- High Mass
Travel

Vestments

Transportation

Household

Staff

See also

Vatican City articles

History

Geography

Major basilica

St. Peter's Basilica	Chair of Saint Peter St. Peter's Baldachin Pietà Vatican Necropolis Saint Peter's tomb Papal tombs Tomb of the Julii Vatican Grottoes Monument to the Royal Stuarts

Apostolic Palace

Vatican Museums

Politics

Elections Foreign relations Vicar General Law Crime Fundamental Law
Governance	Pope Francis Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin
Government	Roman Curia Apostolic Camera Commissions For Vatican City State Councils Congregations Dicasteries
Military	Corps of Gendarmerie Swiss Guard See also: Corps of Firefighters

Economy

Banking Vatican euro coins Communications .va [Internet domain] Poste Vaticane Postage stamps and postal history Secretariat for the Economy Tourism
Infrastructure	Transport Heliport Rail

Culture

Media	Holy See Press Office Vatican Information Service Vatican Media Vatican News Vatican Radio Vatican Television Center Vatican News App Vatican Publishing House Acta Apostolicae Sedis Annuario Pontificio L'Osservatore Romano Pope2you

Religion

Catholic Church

Symbols

Sports

Catholic Church

History
(Timeline
Ecclesiastical
Legal)

Early Church	Jesus Ministry Crucifixion Resurrection Great Commission Apostles Succession Petrine primacy Church fathers Apostolic fathers History of the papacy Primacy
Great Church	Ante-Nicene period Constantine First seven ecumenical councils Nicaea I Chalcedon Late antiquity Biblical canon Monasticism
Middle Ages	Islamic conquests Pope Gregory I Papal States Schism (1054) Investiture Controversy Crusades Schism (1378) Inquisition Universities Scholasticism Age of Discovery
Modern era	Protestantism Protestant Reformation Catholic Reformation Trent Thirty Years' War Enlightenment French Revolution Nazism Vatican II Communism Sexual abuse scandal Islam COVID-19 pandemic

Theology
(Bible
Tradition
Catechism)

General	God Trinity Kingdom Body and soul Divine grace Dogma Nicene Creed Original sin Saints Salvation Sermon on the Mount Ten Commandments Vulgate Official Bible Sixtine Vulgate Sixto-Clementine Vulgate Nova Vulgata Worship
Ecclesiology	Communitas perfecta Councils Ecumenism Four marks One true church Catholic Infallibility Mystici Corporis Christi People of God Three states Subsistit in In canon law
Sacraments	Baptism Confirmation Eucharist Penance Anointing of the Sick Last rites Holy orders Matrimony
Mariology	Assumption History Immaculate Conception Mariology of the popes Mariology of the saints Mother of God Perpetual virginity Veneration See also: Josephology

Philosophy

Natural law
Moral theology
Personalism
Social teaching
Philosophers
Philosophy of canon law
See also:
Science
- Evolution
Separation of church and state
- Relations
- Politics

Saints

Organisation
(Hierarchy
Canon law
Laity
Precedence
By country)

Holy See (List of popes)	Pope Francis Ecumenical councils College of Cardinals List Advisers Roman Curia Dicasteries Synod of Bishops Properties
Vatican City	Index Outline Apostolic Palace Lateran Treaty Roman Rota St. Peter's Basilica Swiss Guard Vatican Museums
Polity (Holy orders)	Diocese Episcopal conference Eparchy Bishop Patriarch Major Primate Metropolitan Archbishop Diocesan Coadjutor Auxiliary Titular Emeritus Parish Priest Deacon
Consecrated life	Religious: Superior Abbot, Abbess General Provincial Prior, Prioress Grand master Brother Friar Monk Sister Nun Hermit Novice Master Oblate Postulant
Particular churches sui iuris	Latin Church Eastern Catholic Churches Albanian Armenian Belarusian Bulgarian Chaldean Coptic Croatian and Serbian Eritrean Ethiopian Georgian Greek Hungarian Italo-Albanian Macedonian Maronite Melkite Romanian Russian Ruthenian Slovak Syriac Syro-Malabar Syro-Malankara Ukrainian
Catholic liturgy	Eastern Catholic liturgy Alexandrian Antiochian Armenian Byzantine East Syriac West Syriac Malankara Latin Ambrosian Braga Mozarabic Roman Paul VI Tridentine Anglican Zaire

Culture

Media

Religious orders,
institutes, societies

Associations
of the faithful

Charities