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Dicastery for Bishops

Bernardin Cardinal Gantin. | Crédito : Diwi at German Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

First and Only African to Lead Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, Benin’s Late Cardinal Gantin, en Route to Beatification

Feb 7, 2025

The Episcopal Conference of the Italian Region of Lazio, which includes the Catholic Diocese of Rome, the Papal Seat, has issued a favourable opinion for the opening of the cause for beatification of Bernardin Cardinal Gantin, the first African to lead the Dicastery for Bishops in the Vatican.

Cardinal Robert Prevost speaks to members of the media during a Synod on Synodality briefing on Oct. 23, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Prefect of Vatican Dicastery for Bishops Says “people of God” Should Be Involved in Selecting Bishops

Oct 24, 2024

Cardinal Francis Prevost said the question of the selection process for bishops and the way in which it is carried out has been one of the issues discussed at the synod.

Bishop Robert Francis Prevost was named prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops on Jan. 30, 2023. | Credit: Frayjhonattan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vatican’s New Bishops’ Prefect Shares His "portrait of a bishop"

May 5, 2023

A bishop should nurture closeness to Christ, share the beauty of the faith, use social media wisely, and have a universal vision, the new head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops shared this week.