Pontifical Delegate

Pontifical Delegate

A Pontifical Delegate is a cleric who is delegated by the Pope. Specifically, this title is used for:

*the Bishop (often Archbishop and/or Cardinal), permanently delegated by the Pope to one of his pontifical basilicas (there are four, all in Italy, not major basicilas), considered as part of the Roman curia
*an extraordinary papal representative to a religious congregation, e.g. the thirty third General Congregation of the Jesuits
*the papal delegate to
*a papal representative, appointed to exercise certain rights reserved, thus limiting the authority of a Major archbishop, as in the case of the Syro-Malabar church [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:dCgG9nHfN9QJ:www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm%3Frecnum%3D4306++%22pontifical+delegate%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9] .

ources and references

* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/romancuria.htm Giga-Catholic Information]


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