Pontifical commission

Current commissions

1. Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, 6 January 1852 by Pope Pius IX.
2. Pontifical Biblical Commission, 30 October 1902 by Pope Leo XIII.
3. Pontifical Commission for Latin America, 19 April 1958 by Pope Pius XII.
4. International Theological Commission, 11 April 1969 by Pope Paul VI.
5. Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, 22 October 1974 by Pope Paul VI.
6. Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims, 22 October 1974 by Pope Paul VI.
7. Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, 26 November 2000 by Pope John Paul II.
8. Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, 22 March 2014 by Pope Francis.
9. Pontifical Commission for the Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Sector, 12 December 2015 by Pope Francis.
10. Pontifical Commission for the World Day of Children, November 2024 by Pope Francis.

    Former commissions

1. Pontifical Commission for Russia.
2. Pontifical Commission for the Drafting of the Code of Eastern Canon Law.
3. Pontifical Commission on Birth Control.
4. Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church.
5. Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei.
6. Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Institute for Works of Religion.
7. Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Organisation of the Economic-Administrative Structure of the Holy See.

   Permanent interdicasterial commissions

• Interdicasterial Commission on Particular Churches, 18 March 1989 by Pope John Paul II.
• Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious, 18 March 1989 by Pope John Paul II.
• Interdicasterial Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order, 18 March 1989 by Pope John Paul II.
• Interdicasterial Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe, 15 January 1993 by Pope John Paul II.
• Interdicasterial Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia, 12 April 2022 by Pope Francis.
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