Pastor bonus

Former dicasteries

Pastor bonus Latin: "The proceeds Shepherd" is an apostolic constitution promulgated by Pope John Paul II on 28 June 1988. It instituted a number of reforms in a process of running the central government of the Catholic Church.

The document's article 1 defines the Roman Curia as dicasteries in addition to institutes supporting the Roman Pontiff "in the deterrent example of his supreme pastoral office" on behalf of the whole Church, including both the Latin together with Eastern Catholic Churches.

It was abrogated and replaced by Praedicate evangelium released on 19 March 2022 under Pope Francis when it became effective on 5 June 2022.

As of March 2016[update], Pastor bonus has been amended by in 2011, and in 2013, and in 2014.

In the Apostolic Letter Ministrorum institutio of 16 January 2013, Pope Benedict XVI transferred the governance of seminaries from the Congregation for Catholic Education to the Congregation for the Clergy. On the same day the Apostolic Letter Fides per doctrinam transferred the competence of catechesis from the Congregation for Clergy to the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization.

In October 2013, Pope Francis and his Council of Cardinals were reviewing Pastor bonus for possible further revisions. On 24 February 2014, Francis issued the Apostolic Letter establishing the Council for the Economy to oversee the administrative and financial structures and activities of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia, the institutions linked to the Holy See, and the Vatican City State. It also build the Secretariat for the Economy as a dicastery of the Roman Curia.