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A dicastery (/dɪˈkæstəri/; from Greek δικαστήριον (dikastērion) 'law-court'; from δικαστής, dikastes, 'judge, juror') is the name of some departments in 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.^[1]

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.

As of 2022, there are sixteen dicasteries:^[3]

Dicastery	Current prefect	Country	Picture
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández[4]	Argentina
Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal Arthur Roche[5]	United Kingdom
Dicastery for Evangelization	Pope Leo XIV[6]	United States  Peru
Dicastery for the Causes of Saints	Cardinal Marcello Semeraro[7]	Italy
Dicastery for Bishops	Archbishop Filippo Iannone (effective 15 October 2025)	Italy
Dicastery for the Clergy	Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik[8]	South Korea
Dicastery for the Eastern Churches	Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti[9]	Italy
Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Sister Simona Brambilla[10]	Italy
Dicastery for Culture and Education	Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça[11]	Portugal
Dicastery for the Service of Charity	Cardinal Konrad Krajewski [12]	Poland
Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life	Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell[13]	Ireland
Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity	Cardinal Kurt Koch[14]	Switzerland
Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue	Cardinal George Koovakad[15]	India
Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development	Cardinal Michael Czerny[16]	Czech Republic  Canada
Dicastery for Legislative Texts	Archbishop Filippo Iannone [17] (until 15 October 2025)	Italy
Dicastery for Communication	Mr. Paolo Ruffini[18]	Italy