A Pontifical Delegate is a cleric who is delegated by the Pope. Specifically, this title is used for the following ecclesiastical offices in the gift of the Pope (who is Pontifex Maximus, hence the …

A papal legate or apostolic legate (from the ancient Roman title legatus) is a personal representative of the Pope to foreign nations, to some other part of the Catholic Church, or …

The Apostolic Delegation to the United States was established on January 24, 1893, with offices in Washington, D.C.; it was led by an apostolic delegate. The delegation was the result of an …

apostolic delegate, Vatican representative with no diplomatic status and hence no power to deal with civil governments. His relations are with the ecclesiastical hierarchy of a country that …

Over the centuries, he has sent and received delegates to and from other heads of state to clarify Church teachings, promote international peace, and address various global challenges. As the …

Jul 31, 2023 · Pope Francis has named a Jesuit archbishop as the pontifical delegate to an archdiocese on the front line of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church’s “liturgy war.” Archbishop …

APOSTOLIC DELEGATE. A papal representative who has the right and duty of supervising the status of the Church in the area assigned to him and keeping the Pope informed of the same.

The papal representatives who represent the Pope only to the local churches are given the title apostolic delegate. Since most countries of the world now have diplomatic relations with the …

legate, in the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric sent on a mission, ecclesiastical or diplomatic, by the pope as his personal representative. Three types of legates are recognized by canon law.

Actually there are also papal representatives known as Apostolic delegates and envoys extraordinary. Apostolic delegates, strictly speaking, are always ecclesiastical in character, …