Dicastery for Bishops

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Catholic ecclesiastical institution department of the Holy See dicastery of the Roman Curia

The Dicastery for Bishops is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing the selection, appointment, and governance of Catholic bishops worldwide.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Congregation for Bishops 3

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic ecclesiastical institution ⓘ
department of the Holy See ⓘ
dicastery of the Roman Curia ⓘ
belongsTo central administration of the Catholic Church ⓘ
collaboratesWith Dicastery for the Evangelization ⓘ
surface form: Dicastery for Evangelization

Dicastery for the Oriental Churches ⓘ
surface form: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

apostolic nuncios ⓘ
episcopal conferences ⓘ
country Vatican City ⓘ
excludesFromOrdinaryCompetence Eastern Catholic Churches under Dicastery for the Eastern Churches ⓘ
mission territories under Dicastery for Evangelization ⓘ
formerName Dicastery for Bishops self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Congregation for Bishops
governs Roman Catholic episcopal appointments outside mission territories and Eastern Churches ⓘ
hasFunction ensuring suitable candidates for episcopacy ⓘ
evaluating transfers of bishops ⓘ
handling resignations of bishops ⓘ
preparing papal documents related to dioceses and bishops ⓘ
supporting bishops in governance of dioceses ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle prefect ⓘ
secretary ⓘ
under-secretary ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
hasTypeOfDecision proposals for episcopal appointments to the Pope ⓘ
headquartersLocation Palazzo delle Congregazioni, Rome ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
jurisdiction worldwide Latin-rite dioceses ⓘ
legalSystem canon law of the Catholic Church ⓘ
oversees Latin-rite auxiliary bishops ⓘ
Latin-rite coadjutor bishops ⓘ
Latin-rite diocesan bishops ⓘ
partOf Holy See ⓘ
Roman Curia ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
reportsTo Pope ⓘ
surface form: the Pope
responsibleFor appointment of Catholic bishops ⓘ
division of dioceses ⓘ
erection of new dioceses ⓘ
governance of Catholic bishops ⓘ
provision of auxiliary bishops ⓘ
provision of coadjutor bishops ⓘ
provision of diocesan bishops ⓘ
selection of Catholic bishops ⓘ
suppression of dioceses ⓘ
subordinateTo Pope ⓘ
surface form: the Pope

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dicastery for the Clergy → collaboratesWith → Dicastery for Bishops ⓘ
subject surface form: Praedicate Evangelium
Dicastery for Bishops → formerName → Dicastery for Bishops self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congregation for Bishops
Roman Curia → hasPart → Dicastery for Bishops ⓘ
Palazzo delle Congregazioni, Rome → houses → Dicastery for Bishops ⓘ
subject surface form: Palazzo delle Congregazioni
Vatican City institutions → includes → Dicastery for Bishops ⓘ
Cardinal Godfried Danneels → memberOf → Dicastery for Bishops ⓘ
subject surface form: Godfried Danneels
this entity surface form: Congregation for Bishops
Praedicate Evangelium → mentions → Dicastery for Bishops ⓘ
Catholic Church hierarchy in Argentina → subjectTo → Dicastery for Bishops ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congregation for Bishops
Military Ordinariate of Peru → subjectTo → Dicastery for Bishops ⓘ