{{Short description|Catholic title with unrelated uses}} {{Multiple issues| {{Cleanup rewrite|date=May 2024}} {{Prose|date=May 2024}} {{Unreferenced|date=May 2024}} }} A '''Pontifical Delegate''' is a cleric who is delegated by the Pope.
Specifically, this title is used for the following ecclesiastical offices in the gift of the Pope (who is Pontifex Maximus, hence the adjective): * a prelate (usually an Archbishop or Cardinal) appointed to represent the Holy See in the administration of certain pontifical minor basilicas, notably: ** Pontifical Delegation for the Basilica of St. Nicholas of Bari ** Pontifical Delegation for the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto ** Pontifical Delegation for the Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua ** Pontifical Delegation for the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii * a papal legate or papal diplomat, such as a Nuncio * an extraordinary papal representative to a religious congregation, e.g. the thirty-third General Congregation of the Jesuits * a papal representative appointed to exercise certain rights reserved, thus limiting the authority of a major archbishop, as in the case of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
== See also == * Apostolic delegate * Pontifical legate
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