Congregation for the Clergy

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Prefect Cardinal Hummes
Prefect Cardinal Hummes

The Sacred Congregation for the Clergy (Congregatio pro Clericis) is the congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing matters regarding priests and deacons not belonging to religious orders. The prefect is Cláudio Cardinal Hummes, and the secretary is Archbishop Mauro Piacenza.

The Congregation for the Clergy has its origins in the "Sacra Congregatio Cardinalium Concilii Tridentini interpretum" instituted by Pope Pius IV in the apostolic constitution Alias Nos on August 2, 1564. The Congregation was charged with ensuring the reforms called for in the Council of Trent were observed throughout the Catholic Church. It was therefore known as the Sacred Congregation of the Council prior to Pope Paul VI's apostolic constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae of 1967.

The Congregation for the Clergy handles requests for dispensation from active priestly ministry, as well as the legislation governing presbyteral councils and other organisations of priests around the world. The Congregation does not deal with clerical sexual abuse cases, as those are handled exclusively by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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