{{Short description|Position of authority in the Catholic church}} {{canon law}} In the canon law of the Catholic Church, a '''procurator''' is one who acts on behalf of and by virtue of the authority of another.<ref name=Hardon>[http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=35820 John Hardon, ''Modern Catholic Dictionary'']</ref> In a monastery, the procurator is the friar, monk or nun charged with administering its financial affairs. Bishops have been represented at councils by procurators, as Peter Canisius attended the Council of Trent as procurator for the Bishop of Augsburg.<ref>[http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/CANISIUS.htm John Coulson, ''The Saints: A Concise Bibliographical Dictionary'']</ref>
== Procurator at Rome == Catholic Religious institutes, societies of apostolic life and autonomous particular Churches ''sui iuris'' (especially Eastern Catholic, each using a non-Latin rite) may have representatives resident in Rome acting on their behalf in business they may have with the Holy See, who are titled '''Procurators General'''.<ref name=Hardon/>
== Internal regular procurators == Within the above regular institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life, the person charged with matters such as the purchase of provisions, furniture, books and other supplies may be called a procurator.<ref name=Hardon/>
== Canonical litigation == A party to litigation may generally appoint a procurator instead of responding personally.<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P5N.HTM#J Code of Canon Law, Book VII, Part I, Title IV, Chapter II: "Procurators for Litigation and Advocates"]</ref>
The name "fiscal procurator" or "fiscal promoter" was previously used in canon law<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Fiscal Procurator |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06082b.htm |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref> for the official known since the publication of the 1917 ''Code of Canon Law'' as the promoter of justice, whose function is to safeguard the public welfare in cases brought before ecclesiastical tribunals.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7V-kCDE-9_wC&pg=PA112 Sebastian S. Karambai, ''Ministers and Ministries in the Local Church''] (St Pauls BYB 2005 {{ISBN|9788171097258}}, pp. 112-114</ref> == See also == * Apocrisiarius * Proctor
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