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Dicastery (from Greek δικαστήριον, law-court, from δικάστης, judge/juror) is an Italicism sometimes used in English to refer to the Departments of the Roman Curia. Apart from the Secretariat of State (the Pope's secretariat), these Dicasteries or Departments are grouped in the following categories:

Congregations, headed by a Prefect, who is most frequently a cardinal:
1. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
2. The Congregation for the Oriental Churches
3. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
4. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints
5. The Congregation for Bishops
6. The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
7. The Congregation for the Clergy
8. The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
9. The Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions)
Tribunals:
1. The Apostolic Penitentiary, headed by the Penitentiary Major, for the "internal forum" (matters of conscience, absolution of censures)
2. The Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, headed by the Prefect
3. The Tribunal of the Roman Rota, headed by the Dean, which judges cases such as those brought to prove the nullity of a marriage
Pontifical Councils, each headed by a President
Offices:
1. The Apostolic Camera, headed by the Camerlengo
2. The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
3. The Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
Other bodies:
1. The Prefecture of the Papal Household (often referred to as the Audience Office)
2. The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff
3. The Central Statistics Office of the Church
4. Papal Commissions, of which the following are given special prominence:

The Commissions are often classified not as integral parts of the Roman Curia but rather as associated with it in a way similar to the way the Vatican Secret Archives and the Vatican Apostolic Library are connected with the Holy See.

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