Dicastery

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

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 congregations and pontifical councils are replaced with dicasteries.

Current dicasteries

As of 2022, there are sixteen dicasteries:^[2]

Congregation	Current prefect	Country
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith	Luis Ladaria Ferrer^[3]	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 Prevost	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