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29-693: The red-covered yearbook, compiled by the Central Office of Church Statistics and published by Libreria Editrice Vaticana , is mostly in Italian. The 2015 edition had more than 2,400 pages and cost €78 . According to the Pontifical Yearbook of 2022 , the number of Catholics in the world increased to 1,359,612,000 at the end of 2020. A yearbook of the Catholic Church was published, with some interruptions, from 1716 to 1859 by

58-602: Is Archbishop Jan Pawłowski and the current Head of Protocol is Monsignor Joseph Murphy . On 21 November 2017, the Secretariat announced that Pope Francis had created the Section for Diplomatic Staff, expanding the responsibilities of the Delegate for Pontifical Representations. It has been operating since 9 November 2017. Since its creation it has been headed by Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawlowski . In 2022, this section

87-576: Is assisted by Cardinals and Bishops. The Secretary for Relations with States is often called the foreign minister of the Holy See, and the Under-Secretary is often called the deputy foreign minister. The current Secretary for Relations with States is Archbishop Paul Gallagher . The current Undersecretary for Relations with States is Francesca Di Giovanni , the first woman to hold this office. The current Delegate for Pontifical Representations

116-485: Is responsible for the Holy See's interactions with civil governments. According to the relevant articles of the apostolic constitution Pastor bonus , the responsibilities of the Secretary for Relations with States are: The Section is headed by an Archbishop , the Secretary for Relations with States, who reports to the Secretary of State. His staff includes a Prelate, the Under-Secretary for Relations with States, and

145-616: Is the Secretary of State, who is a cardinal. The Cardinal Secretary of State is primarily responsible for the diplomatic and political activity of the Holy See, in some circumstances representing the Pope himself. The Section for General Affairs handles the normal operations of the Church including organizing the activities of the Roman Curia , making appointments to curial offices, publishing official communications, papal documents, handling

174-724: The Gerarchia Cattolica in 1885, thus making it a semi-official publication. It bore the indication "official publication" from 1899 to 1904, but this ceased when, giving the word "official" a more restricted sense, the Acta Sanctae Sedis , forerunner of the Acta Apostolicae Sedis , was declared the only "official" publication of the Holy See. In 1912, it resumed the title Annuario Pontificio . From 1912 to 1924, it included not only lists of names, but also brief illustrative notes on departments of

203-503: The Roman Curia and on certain posts within the papal court , a practice to which it returned in 1940. For some years, beginning in 1898, the Maison de la Bonne Presse publishing house of Paris produced a similar yearbook in French called Annuaire Pontifical Catholique , not compiled by the Holy See. This contained much additional information, such as detailed historical articles on

232-982: The Roman Curia of the Catholic Church . 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 . Under the new structure of the Roman Curia created by Praedicate evangelium ( effective since 5 June 2022),

261-720: The Roman Curia , implementing the desire expressed by the bishops in the Second Vatican Council . This gave a new face to the Secretariat of State, suppressing the Chancery of Apostolic Briefs , formerly the third section, and transforming the former first section, the Sacred Congregation for the Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, into a body distinct from the Secretariat of State, though closely related to it, which

290-722: The Secretarius Intimus , to assist the Cardinal who had control of the affairs of State and to attend to correspondence in languages other than Latin, chiefly with the Apostolic Nuncios (who at that time were evolving into permanent diplomatic representatives). From these beginnings, the Secretariat of State developed, especially at the time of the Council of Trent . For a long time, the Secretarius Intimus , also called Secretarius Papae or Secretarius Maior ,

319-738: The Swiss Guards and the Papal Palace at the Vatican . The Annuario Pontificio provides the Catholic Church's list of popes . As historical questions are reinterpreted by each successive pope, they are recognized in the Annuario Pontificio . For example, the 1942 Annuario Pontificio recognized the decisions of the Council of Pisa (1409), listing three popes for the period: Gregory XII (1406–1409), Alexander V (1409–1410), and John XXIII (1410–1415). The Western Schism

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348-771: The Cracas printing firm in Rome, under the title Information for the Year ... ( Italian : Notizie per l'Anno ... ) From 1851, a department of the Holy See began producing a different publication called Hierarchy of the Holy Roman Catholic Apostolic Church Worldwide ( Italian : Gerarchia della Santa Chiesa Cattolica Apostolica Romana in Tutto L'Orbe ), which took the title Annuario Pontificio in 1860 but ceased publication in 1870. This

377-625: The French Annuaire pontifical catholique in providing global statistics on the Roman Catholic Church and arranges such data by diocese; the Statistical Yearbook of the Church arranges the same data by country and continent. According to the Annuario Pontificio 2012 the statistical data given in the yearbook regarding archdioceses and dioceses are furnished by the diocesan curias concerned and reflect

406-525: The Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs ( Latin : Sacra Congregatio pro Negotiis Ecclesiasticis Extraordinariis ), which remained its title until 1967 when Pope Paul VI separated this body from the Secretariat of State, calling it the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church. This council was later replaced by the present Section for Relations with States. The Section

435-546: The Sacred Congregation for the Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, expanding the Congregatio super negotiis ecclesiasticis Regni Galliarum established by Pius VI in 1793. With the apostolic constitution Sapienti Consilio of 29 June 1908, Saint Pius X divided the Sacred Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs in the form fixed by the Codex Iuris Canonici of 1917 (Can. 263) and he specified

464-584: The Secretary of State. The position of Substitute (substituto) has also been regarded as being equivalent to the papal chief of staff , with Crux even describing the Substitute as being "the only figure in the Vatican system with the right to see the pope on a routine basis without an appointment." The current Substitute for General Affairs to the Secretary of State is Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra . There have been 10 substitutes since 1953: The deputy to

493-690: The Substitute for General Affairs, effectively deputy chief of staff, is called the Assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State. The current Assessor for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State is Monsignor Roberto Campisi . The Congregation for the Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Kingdom of France was set up by Pope Pius VI with the Constitution Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum in 1793 to deal with

522-475: The apostolic constitution Pastor bonus , which introduced a reform of the Roman Curia and divided the Secretariat of State into two sections: the Section for General Affairs and the Section for Relations with States, which incorporated the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church. Pope Francis added a third unit, the Section for Diplomatic Staff, in November 2017. The head of the Secretariat of State

551-594: The central papal governing bureaucracy of the Catholic Church . It is headed by the Cardinal Secretary of State and performs all the political and diplomatic functions of the Holy See . The Secretariat is divided into three sections: the Section for General Affairs, the Section for Relations with States , and, since 2017, the Section for Diplomatic Staff. The origins of the Secretariat of State go back to

580-420: The concerns of embassies to the Holy See, and keeping the papal seal and Fisherman's Ring . Abroad, the Section for General Affairs is responsible for organizing the activities of nuncios around the world in their activities concerning the local church. The Section for General Affairs is headed by an archbishop known as the Substitute for General Affairs, or more formally, Substitute for General Affairs to

609-414: The diocesan situation on 31 December of the year prior to the date on the yearbook, unless there is another indication. The data recorded are shown in the following order next to these abbreviations: Secretariat of State (Holy See) Former dicasteries The Secretariat of State ( Latin : Secretaria Status ; Italian : Segreteria di Stato ) is the oldest dicastery in the Roman Curia ,

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638-412: The duties of each of the three sections: the first was concerned essentially with extraordinary affairs, while the second attended to the ordinary affairs, and the third, until then an independent body (the Chancery of Apostolic Briefs ), had the duty of preparing and dispatching pontifical Briefs. With the apostolic constitution Regimini Ecclesiae universae of 15 August 1967, Pope Paul VI reformed

667-653: The fifteenth century. The apostolic constitution Non Debet Reprehensibile of 31 December 1487 established the Secretaria Apostolica comprising twenty-four apostolic secretaries, one of whom bore the title Secretarius Domesticus and held a position of pre-eminence. One can also trace to this Secretaria Apostolica the Chancery of Briefs, the Secretariat of Briefs to Princes and the Secretariat of Latin Letters. Pope Leo X established another position,

696-613: The problems created for the Church by the French Revolution . In 1814, Pope Pius VII gave this office responsibility for negotiations with all governments, renaming it the Extraordinary Congregation for the Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Catholic World ( Latin : Congregatio Extraordinaria Praeposita Negotiis Ecclesiasticis Orbis Catholici ). Some years later, Pope Leo XII changed its name to

725-509: Was almost always a prelate , often endowed with episcopal rank . It was only at the beginning of the pontificate of Innocent X that someone already a Cardinal and not a member of the Pope's family was called to this high office. Pope Innocent XII definitively abolished the office of Cardinal Nephew, and the powers of that office were assigned to the Cardinal Secretary of State alone. On 19 July 1814, Pope Pius VII established

754-472: Was included in the organizational structure of the Roman Curia detailed in the apostolic constitution Praedicate evangelium . Dicastery Former dicasteries A dicastery ( / d ɪ ˈ k æ s t ə r i / ; from Greek : δικαστήριον , romanized :  dikastērion , lit.   'law-court', from δικαστής , 'judge, juror') is the name of some departments in

783-401: Was reinterpreted when Pope John XXIII (1958–1963) chose to reuse the ordinal XXIII, citing "twenty-two Johns of indisputable legitimacy." This was reflected in the 1963 Annuario Pontificio , which treated Alexander V and the first John XXIII as antipopes. Many churches try to obtain accurate ecclesiastical statistics by actively counting their congregants. The Annuario Pontificio superseded

812-483: Was the first yearbook published by the Holy See itself, but its compilation was entrusted to the newspaper Giornale di Roma . The Monaldi Brothers ( Italian : Fratelli Monaldi ) began in 1872 to produce their own yearbook entitled The Catholic Hierarchy and the Papal Household for the Year ... ( Italian : La Gerarchia Cattolica e la Famiglia Pontificia per l'Anno ... ). The Vatican Press took over

841-544: Was to be known as the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church. In December 2020, Pope Francis enacted legislation stripping the Secretariat of State of its financial assets and real estate holdings following its bungled management of hundreds of millions of euros in donations. Controversial investments which were made by the Vatican Secretariat of State department also became subject to a corruption investigation. On 28 June 1988, John Paul II promulgated

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