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Apontifical commission (Latin:pontificia commissio) is a committee of Catholic experts convened by thePope for a specific purpose. The following is a list of commissions, the dates they began and the pope who established.

1. Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology,^[1] 6 January 1852 byPope Pius IX.
2. Pontifical Biblical Commission,^[2] 30 October 1902 byPope Leo XIII.
3. Pontifical Commission for Latin America,^[3] 19 April 1958 byPope Pius XII.
4. International Theological Commission, 11 April 1969 byPope Paul VI.
5. Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, 22 October 1974 by Pope Paul VI.^[4]
6. Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims, 22 October 1974 by Pope Paul VI.^[5]
7. Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State,^[6] 26 November 2000 byPope John Paul II.
8. Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors,^[7] 22 March 2014 byPope Francis.
9. Pontifical Commission for the Activities of Public Juridical Persons of the Church in the Healthcare Sector,^[8] 12 December 2015 by Pope Francis.
10. Pontifical Commission for the World Day of Children, November 2024 by Pope Francis.^[9]

Former pontifical commissions include:

1. Pontifical Commission for Russia (1925Pope Pius XI – 1993Pope John Paul II).
2. Pontifical Commission for the Drafting of the Code of Eastern Canon Law (1935Pope Pius XI – 1991Pope John Paul II).
3. Pontifical Commission on Birth Control (1963Pope John XXIII – 1968Pope Paul VI).^[10]
4. Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church (1988Pope John Paul II – 2012Pope Benedict XVI).
5. Pontifical CommissionEcclesia Dei (1988Pope John Paul II – 2017Pope Francis).^[11]
6. Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Institute for Works of Religion (2013Pope Francis – 2014 PopePope Francis).
7. Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Organisation of the Economic-Administrative Structure of the Holy See (2013Pope Francis – 2014Pope Francis).

• Interdicasterial Commission on Particular Churches, 18 March 1989 byPope John Paul II.
• Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious, 18 March 1989 byPope John Paul II.
• Interdicasterial Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order, 18 March 1989 byPope John Paul II.
• Interdicasterial Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe, 15 January 1993 byPope John Paul II.
• Interdicasterial Commission for the Revision of the General Regulations of the Roman Curia, 12 April 2022 byPope Francis.^[12]
• (former)Interdicasterial Commission for the Catechism of the Catholic Church [it], (1993Pope John Paul II – 1997Pope John Paul II).

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