Dicastery

Adicastery(/dɪˈkæstəri/;fromGreek:δικαστήριον,romanized:dikastērion,lit. 'law-court', fromδικαστής,'judge, juror') is the name of some departments in theRoman Curiaof theCatholic Church.

Pastor bonus

Pastor bonus(1988) includes this definition:

By the word "dicasteries" are understood theSecretariat of State,Congregations, Tribunals, Councils and Offices, namely, theApostolic Camera,theAdministration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic Seeand thePrefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See.

Praedicate evangelium

Under the new structure of theRoman Curiacreated byPraedicate evangelium(effectivesince 5 June 2022), the formercongregationsandpontifical councilsare replaced with dicasteries.

Current dicasteries

As of 2022, there are sixteen dicasteries:

Congregation	Current prefect	Country	Picture
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith	Luis Ladaria Ferrer	Spain
Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Arthur Roche	United Kingdom
Dicastery for Evangelization	Luis Antonio Tagle	Philippines
Dicastery for the Causes of Saints	Marcello Semeraro	Italy
Dicastery for Bishops	Robert Francis Provost	United States
Dicastery for the Clergy	Lazarus You Heung-sik	South Korea
Dicastery for the Eastern Churches	Claudio Gugerotti	Italy
Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	João Braz de Aviz	Brazil
Dicastery for Culture and Education	Giuseppe Versaldi	Italy
Dicastery for the Service of Charity	Konrad Krajewski	Poland
Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life	Kevin Farrell	Ireland
Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity	Kurt Koch	Switzerland
Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue	Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot	Spain
Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development	Michael Czerny	Czech Republic
Dicastery for Legislative Texts	Filippo Iannone	Italy
Dicastery for Communication	Paolo Ruffini	Italy