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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Congregation for Bishops	10
Dicastery for Bishops canonical	8

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 (18)

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

Roman Curia → hasPart → Dicastery for Bishops ⓘ

Praedicate Evangelium → mentions → Dicastery for Bishops ⓘ

Dicastery for the Clergy → collaboratesWith → Dicastery for Bishops ⓘ

Dicastery for Bishops → formerName → Dicastery for Bishops self-linksurface differs ⓘ