Editing Roman Curia (section)

===Dicastery for Bishops===
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The Dicastery for Bishops<ref>{{cite web |title=Congregation for Bishops&nbsp;– Index |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cbishops/index.htm |access-date=26 July 2013 |publisher=Vatican.va}}</ref> oversees the selection of new bishops who are not in mission territories or those areas that come under the jurisdiction of the [[Dicastery for the Eastern Churches|Dicastery for the Oriental Churches]] who deal with the [[Eastern Catholics]], pending [[pope|papal]] approval. It consequently holds considerable sway over the evolution of the church. It schedules the [[Quinquennial Visit Ad Limina|papal audiences]] "''ad limina apostolorum''", required for bishops every five years, and arranges the creation of new dioceses.

The dicastery carries out its activity in a spirit of service and in close collaboration with the episcopal conferences and their regional and continental unions. It endeavors to work with them with regard to the celebration of particular councils and the establishment of episcopal conferences and the recognition of their statutes. It receives the acts and decrees of the above-mentioned bodies, examines them and, after consulting the dicasteries concerned, grants the necessary recognition to the decrees.

It carries out what is established by the canonical dispositions concerning ecclesiastical provinces and regions. The resignation of recent prefect [[Marc Ouellet|Marc Cardinal Ouellet]], {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Society of St. Sulpice|PSS]]}}, was accepted by [[Pope Francis]] on 30 January 2023. [[Robert Francis Prevost|Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost]], {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Saint Augustine|OSA]]}}, was named to succeed him in this office, which he assumed on 12 April 2023.<ref name= "PrevostAppointment">{{cite press release| access-date = 30 January 2023| date = 30 January 2023| publisher = Holy See Press Office|url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/01/30/230130b.html| title = Resignations and Appointments, 30.01.2023}}</ref>
Prevost was elevated to [[archbishop]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/pope-francis-just-named-an-archbishop | title=Pope Francis just named an archbishop 'ad personam.' What the heck is that? | date=6 July 2021 }}</ref> when his appointment to lead the Dicastery for Bishops was announced. He is now [[Archbishop]]-[[Bishop emeritus]] of his former see, the [[diocese of Chiclayo|Chiclayo, Peru]].<ref name="PrevostAppointment"/><ref>The title "Archbishop-Bishop emeritus" here reflects that while he himself is now an Archbishop "ad personam", Chiclayo remains a diocese whose regular ordinary is a bishop.</ref> He was elevated to the College of Cardinals at the consistory held on 30 September 2023. He was later elected as [[Pope Leo XIV]] on 8 May 2025.

==== Associated organization ====

===== Pontifical Commission for Latin America =====
The Pontifical Commission for Latin America is instituted at this dicastery. Its task is to study questions concerning the life and development of these particular churches in order to assist the dicasteries concerned by reason of their competence and to assist them with advice and financial means. It is also responsible for fostering relations between international and national ecclesiastical institutions that work for the regions of Latin America and curial institutions. The president of the commission is ''ex officio'' prefect of the dicastery.