Procurator (Catholic Church)
Encyclopedia
This is the term for an office used among religious orders. In this context, the title is applied to a treasurer
or financial officer of the group, with each level of the order having their own officer, from the local community (conventual) to that of "Procurator General", who supervises the finances for the entire order or religious congregation. Among the monastic orders, this title would be applied to the monk, normally residing in Rome, who was charged to act as an intermediary of the Order with the Holy See
. In this he would represent the interests of the Order to the various papal offices which might have authority over the lives of the monks and nuns of that Order.
Like many terms used in the Catholic Church, this one comes from a similar title used during the Roman Empire
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An equivalent term in use among orders such as the Jesuits is "econome", which comes from the Greek
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Treasurer
A treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The adjective for a treasurer is normally "tresorial". The adjective "treasurial" normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.-Government:...
or financial officer of the group, with each level of the order having their own officer, from the local community (conventual) to that of "Procurator General", who supervises the finances for the entire order or religious congregation. Among the monastic orders, this title would be applied to the monk, normally residing in Rome, who was charged to act as an intermediary of the Order with the Holy See
Holy See
The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
. In this he would represent the interests of the Order to the various papal offices which might have authority over the lives of the monks and nuns of that Order.
Like many terms used in the Catholic Church, this one comes from a similar title used during the Roman Empire
Procurator (Roman fiscal)
A Roman fiscal procurator was the chief financial officer of a province of the Roman Empire during the Principate era...
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An equivalent term in use among orders such as the Jesuits is "econome", which comes from the Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
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