Prefecture of the Pontifical Household

The Prefecture of the Papal Household (Latin: Pontificalis Domus ) has been in its present form by Pope Paul VI. Built on August 15, 1967. She is responsible for the employees as well as the smooth operation within the papal household. All non- liturgical ceremonies of the Pope are prepared by her and co-ordinated.

Pontificalis Domus are also the opening words, and thus the title of the Motu Proprio of 28 March 1967 with the papal household was revised.

History

Originally called the Prefecture of the Apostolic Palace, but was transformed and emerged in its current form by the union of the maggiordomo His Holiness and the ceremony Congregation. The prefecture is also responsible for the functions of the old Maestro di Casa dei Sacri Palazzi, as well as the coat of arms Commission for the Pontifical court today. In 1968, she took on the current name due to the resumption of the traditional name Pontifical House. Originally the offices of the Curia belonging, she took Pope John Paul II on 28 March 1986 with the Apostolic Constitution Pastor bonus out of it, but will they continue to be an organ of the Curia. She cares mainly for safeguarding the internal order of the Casa Pontificia, and is also responsible for discipline and service of all those responsible, which form the Cappella Pontificia, and the Famiglia Pontificia.

Organization

It is among the tasks of the prefecture, to provide for the order at hearings and ceremonies in the papal palace, but also with Pope visits within and outside Rome. You have to organize and regulate earlier for the expiration a Maestro di Camera attended the public and private papal audiences. His job was in receipt of the high personalities from the Church and the world, who went for an audience with the Holy Father and which he presented to him. He also watched over the normal service during the hearings themselves is a further object of the prefecture is the preparation of papal ceremonies, like the Saints, priestly or episcopal ordinations, solemn Papal Masses, etc. Here, the strictly liturgical part, however, already falls within the remit of the Office of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Pope. They also take all the necessary dispositions, if the Pope leaves the Vatican in order to issue in his diocese of Rome or another Italian diocese. Together with the State Secretariat prepares them pastoral visits abroad or state visits from heads of state, heads of government, ministers in the Vatican.

The minutes of the prefecture shall also fix the order and rank, to be observed in these religious or civil ceremonies, when the Vatican cardinals have to get their particular rank or ambassadors or other accredited to the Holy See representative signing up. It also determines the precedences for different church, government or military authorities of Vatican City as the only competent organ. Therefore, it is significant to the questions of etiquette.

The management of the prefecture is always a bishop entrusted with the title Prefect of the Papal Household, considered by this task as a confidant of the Pope for the management of its sovereign house. To cope with its tasks, a rain Wizard languages ​​and an official for the record him stand aside. He also has all the members of the Casa Pontificia for the respective religious and civil ceremonies to summon to define their individual services, and to watch over the order of the ceremonies themselves all that is necessary for their proper and smooth functioning of according to specified standards and requirements. It must also provide for the designation of all persons with allocation of their task involved as needed.

Prefect

Prefect of the Papal Household

Audience (meeting) Head of government Cardinal (Catholicism) Hugh Aycelin Francesco Salesio Della Volpe Jacques-Paul Martin
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