The Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See was an office (a technical category of dicastery) of the Roman Curia, erected on 15 August 1967, and entrusted with overseeing all the offices of the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of R ...

that manage finances, regardless of their degree of autonomy.

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The prefecture did not manage finances itself, but instead audited the balance sheets and budgets of the offices that do. It then prepared and published annually a general financial report. It had to be consulted on all projects of major importance undertaken by the offices in question. The

Vatican Bank The Institute for the Works of Religion ( it, Istituto per le Opere di Religione; la, Institutum pro Operibus Religionis; abbreviated IOR), commonly known as the Vatican Bank, is a financial institution situated inside Vatican City and run by a ...

, which does not manage property of the Holy See, was not overseen by the Prefecture.Pollard, 2005, p. 2. This prefecture was also distinct from the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, which was formed from the merger of the

Administration of the Property of the Holy See Administration of the Property of the Holy See ( it, Amministrazione dei Beni della Santa Sede, abbreviated ABSS) was a commission that, until 1967, administered the property of the Holy Pee other than the money in cash and Italian government bond ...

and the

Special Administration of the Holy See The Special Administration of the Holy See ( it, Amministrazione Speciale della Santa Sede, abbreviated ASSS) was a dicastery of the Roman Curia from 1929 to 1967. It was established by Pope Pius XI on 7 June 1929 to manage the Italian lira, ₤750 ...

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Angelo Dell'Acqua Angelo Dell'Acqua (9 December 1903 – 27 August 1972) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as vicar general of Rome from 1968 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967. Biography Dell'Acqua was ...

(23 September 1967 – 13 January 1968) #

Egidio Vagnozzi Egidio Vagnozzi (26 February 1906 – 26 December 1980) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as the second president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See from 1968 until his death, and was elevated to ...

(13 January 1968 – 26 December 1980) # Giuseppe Caprio (30 January 1981 – 22 January 1990) #

Edmund Szoka Edmund Casimir Szoka (September 14, 1927 – August 20, 2014) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Until 2006, he was President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of Vatican Ci ...

(28 April 1990 – 15 October 1997) #

Sergio Sebastiani Sergio Sebastiani (born 11 April 1931) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was head of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See from 1997 to 2008. He was made a cardinal in 2001. From 1960 to 1994 he worked in the ...

(3 November 1997 – 12 April 2008) # Velasio de Paolis (12 April 2008 – 21 September 2011) #

Giuseppe Versaldi Giuseppe Versaldi (born 30 July 1943) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who the prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education from 2015 under that body was merged into the new Dicastery for Culture and Education in 2022. He serve ...

(21 September 2011 – 31 March 2015)

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* Martin, Malachi - ''Rich Church, Poor Church: The Catholic Church and Its Money'' (Putnam, New York, 1984) * Pollard, John F. (2005). ''Money and the Rise of the Modern Papacy: Financing the Vatican, 1850–1950''. (Cambridge University Press, 2005) {{Roman Curia footer Economic history of the Holy See Departments of the Roman Curia

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