DECREE

D. JOSÉ MIGUEL BARATA PEREIRA

By the grace of God and the Apostolic See, Bishop of Guarda

The Lord is good! The Lord is near! To all, health and blessings.

The conversion of structures and bonds, along with the conversion of relationships and processes, is one of the calls of the final document of the last assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality. Our Diocese is committed to implementing this path of conversion within its own diocese. Among the different ways we will find this together is the reconfiguration of the organizational chart of the Diocesan Secretariats and Departments, already underway.

After a period of application, listening to some echoes and seeking to exercise the normal monitoring and review approach in order to find improvements that prove beneficial for the functioning of Diocesan Organizations, I HEREBY:

Slightly reconfigure the organic articulation of the Diocesan Curia, especially in its executive component, both administrative and pastoral, as presented below:

VICARARIAT GENERAL • Vicar General

• Parish Administration and Social Action Support Office

CHANCERY • Chancellor, Notary Office and Divine Worship;o General Secretariat;o Diocesan Archives [General (for diocesan records and matters); Secret; Historical; Parish/Cathedral/Others]o Ordinations and Causes of Saints;o Pious Legacies

• Notary(ies)

DIOCESAN ADMINISTRATION • Diocesan Council for Economic Affairs

• Treasurer

LEGAL ADVISORY • Legal advisor(s) (Civil Law)

• Legal advisor(s) (Canon Law)

JUDICIAL VICARAGE • Judicial Vicar and Ecclesiastical Court o Diocesan Judges o Public Prosecutor o Defender(s) of the Bond o Notaries

o Attorneys of Office

EPISCIPAL OFFICE • Secretariat and IT

• Communication and Public Relations

EPISCOPAL DELEGATE FOR CONSECRATED LIFE

DIOCESAN COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINORS AND VENERABLE ADULTS

DIOCESAN SECRETARIAT OF PASTORAL COORDINATION • General Secretariat of Pastoral Coordination. Permanent Secretariat

• Department of Institutional and Pastoral Communication.

DIOCESAN SECRETARIAT OF EVANGELIZATION AND CHRISTIAN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION • Department of Catechesis of Children and Adolescents. • Department of Youth and University Pastoral Care.

• Department of Church Education in Schools.

• Department of Catechumenate and Adult Catechesis.

• Department of Vocations of Special Consecration.

DIOCESAN SECRETARIAT OF LITURGY • Department of Liturgical and Sacramental Pastoral. • Department of Sacred Music. • Diocesan Acolyte Service. • Service of Pontifical Celebrations.

the Diocesan Choir

DIOCESAN SECRETARIAT OF THE PASTORAL OF CHARITY • Department of Social Action.o Diocesan Caritas • Department of Health Pastoral Care.• Department of Penitentiary Pastoral Care.

• Department of Communities and Migration.

DIOCESAN SECRETARIAT OF LAITY AND FAMILY • Department of Family Pastoral.

• Department of Associations of the Faithful, Movements and Works of the Apostolate.

DIOCESAN MISSION SECRETARIAT • Department of Ecclesial Communion and Ecumenism. • Department of Missions.

• Department of Popular Piety.

DIOCESAN SECRETARIAT OF CULTURE AND SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS • Department of Pastoral Care of Culture and Interreligious Dialogue. • Department of Cultural Assets, Heritage and Tourism. o ExpoEcclesia.

• Department of Diocesan Social Communication.

Guarda, July 25, 2025