Property management of the Apostolic See

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Basic data
Surname Property management of the Apostolic See
(Administratio Patrimonii Sedis Apostolicae APSA)
Seat Cortile di San Damaso
V – 00120 Città del Vaticano
prefect Nunzio Galantino
(since 2018)
Secretaries Fabio Gasperini
(since 2020)
Undersecretary Giuseppe Russo
(since 2016)

The administration of goods of the Apostolic See ( Latin Administratio Patrimonii Sedis Apostolicae , APSA for short ) is a dicastery , an authority of the Roman Curia , which is responsible for the Treasury and the Central Bank of the Vatican City and the Holy See . Together with the Apostolic Chamber and the Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See , it belongs to the Papal Offices. The SWIFT code is APDEVAVAXXX.

overview

Pope Paul VI founded the dicastery in 1967 by amalgamating various previous offices, u. a. the special administration of the Holy See founded in 1929 . This administered the compensation sum of 1.75 billion lire, which the Kingdom of Italy had transferred to the Vatican on the basis of the Lateran Treaty .

The tasks of this prefecture include the financing of the administration of the whole church. It includes both the ordinary department for cash liquidity and property management and the extraordinary department for capital investments (securities assets ).

The management of this dicastery is always reserved for a cardinal . Other cardinals and a secretary are at his side to help him cope with his duties. Nunzio Galantino has been the head of the prefecture since 2018 .

In the course of an investigation against the prelate Nunzio Scarano , the APSA came under suspicion of illegal financial transactions.

With a Motu Proprio dated July 9, 2014, Pope Francis transferred the tasks of the ordinary department of property management and real estate to the Economic Secretariat . The tasks previously performed by the extraordinary department remain with the APSA. The functions of the APSA are thus those of a treasury and the central bank of the Holy See and the Vatican City.

Prefects

Members of the Cardinals Commission (as of 2020)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nomina del Segretario dell'Amministrazione del Patrimonio della Sede Apostolica. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 15, 2020, accessed June 15, 2020 (Italian).
  2. ^ Nomina del Sotto-Segretario dell'Amministrazione del Patrimonio della Sede Apostolica. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 21, 2016, accessed January 21, 2016 (Italian).
  3. ^ A b New Economic Framework for the Holy See . Vatican Information Service. July 9, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  4. ^ New Coordination structure for the economic and administrative affairs of the Holy See and Vatican City State . Vatican Information Service. February 24, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  5. ↑ Swift Code of the Administration of Goods of the Apostolic See
  6. ↑ The Billions of the Vatican 1. Continuation: Spiegel online. May 25, 1970
  7. ↑ Moto proprio on the transfer of competences to the Secretariat for the Economy , News.va of July 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/uffici/apsa/documents/rc_apsa_20150606_struttura_it.html

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