Documents issued by

Congregation for Bishops

Documents (8)	Type	Date
Remitting the latae sententiae excommunication pronounced on four bishops of the Fraternity of St. Pius X  SSPX   Tridentine	Decree	2009.01.21
Introductive note to Apostolorum Successores  bishop	Note	2004.03.09
Apostolorum successores Directory for the Pastoral Ministry of Bishops  bishop	Directory	2004.02.22
Doctrinal Declarations of Episcopal Conferences  episcopal conference	Curial Letter	1999.05.13
Ecclesiæ de mysterio On the collaboration of the non-ordained faithful in the sacred ministry of priests  laity   Mass   priest	Instruction	1997.08.15
Instruction on Diocesan Synods  diocese	Instruction	1997
Declaring that Archbishop Lefebvre and the four bishops consecrated by him have incurred latae sententiae excommunication  SSPX   Tridentine	Decree	1988.07.01
bishop	Directory	1988.06.29

Sacred Congregation for Bishops

Documents (2)	Type	Date
Concerning Opus Dei	Declaration	1982.08.23
Mutuæ relationes Directives for the Mutual Relations between Bishops and Religious in the Church  religious	Instruction	1978.05.14

Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Documents (2)	Type	Date
On ’ad Limina’ visits of Military Vicars  military	Decree	1959.02.28
Index Sedium Titularium Archiepiscopalium et Episcopalium Index of Archiepiscopal and episcopal titular sees  diocese	Document	1933.06.29

Related Documents

Documents (11)	Type	Author	Date
To bishops participating in the course promoted by the Congregation for Bishops and by the Congregation for the Eastern Churches  bishop	Speech	Pope Francis	2019.09.12
To a meeting of the Congregation for Bishops	Speech	Pope Francis	2014.02.27
To bishops taking part in the meeting organized by the Congregation for Bishops  bishop	Speech	Pope Benedict XVI	2012.09.20
To recently appointed Bishops who took part in the meeting organized by the Congregation for Bishops	Speech	Pope Benedict XVI	2011.09.15
To participants in the Meeting for newly appointed Bishops sponsored by the Congregation for Bishops	Speech	Pope Benedict XVI	2010.09.13
General Regulations of the Roman Curia  Roman Curia	Norms	Secretariat of State	1994.04.30
General Regulations of the Roman Curia  Roman Curia	Norms	Secretariat of State	1992.02.04
Pastor bonus / The Good Shepherd Reorganizing the Roman Curia  canon law   Roman Curia	Apostolic Constitution	Saint Pope John Paul II	1988.06.28
Regimini Ecclesiæ universæ / Government of the Universal Church Reorganizing the Roman Curia  cardinal   pope   Roman Curia	Apostolic Constitution	Saint Pope Paul VI	1967.08.15
Sapienti consilio Reorganizing the Roman Curia  Roman Curia	Apostolic Constitution	Saint Pope Pius X	1908.06.29
Immensa Establishing the dicasteries of the Roman Curia  Roman Curia	Apostolic Constitution	Pope Sixtus V	1588.02.11

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