Pontifical Delegate

• a prelate 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