Dicastery for Bishops: Difference between revisions

The Dicastery's members who live in Rome meet every other Thursday for an entire morning. Appointments for four dioceses are reviewed in a typical session. Before the meeting, dicastery members are sent documentation on the candidates for each diocese. At the meeting, one member takes the role of the presenter (''ponente''), reviews the information and makes his own recommendation from the list (''terna'') of three candidates. Each member, in order of seniority, offers his assessment. The Dicastery's recommendations, including any doubts, questions or minority opinions, are sent to the pope. He usually approves the dicastery’sdicastery's decision, but may choose to send it back for further discussion and evaluation. The prefect then meets with the pope every Saturday and presents the recommendations of the dicastery. A few days later, the pope informs the dicastery of his decision. The dicastery then notifies the nuncio, who in turn contacts the candidate and asks if he will accept the appointment.<ref>{{cite web|title=How Bishops Are Appointed|url=http://www.usccb.org/about/leadership/appointing-bishops.cfm|publisher=United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|access-date=January 7, 2014}}</ref>