Diocese of San Diego
STATUTES OF THE DIOCESAN FINANCE COUNCIL
ARTICLE TWO: DUTIES
a. To advise the Bishop of San Diego on financial policies for the diocese.
b. Using the services of the diocesan finance office, to prepare annually a budget of income and expenditure over the coming year for the governance of the entire diocese, in accordance with the directions of the bishop, and after appropriate consultation with the heads of the diocesan departments.
c. Using the services of the diocesan finance office, at the end of each fiscal year to account for the income and expenditure of the diocese.
d. To direct the finance office to examine the annual reports of the parishes and of the other public juridic persons subject to the Bishop of San Diego. Each parish is to be examined upon change of pastor or at least every five years.
e. To express an opinion, after legitimate convocation in accord with canon 127.1 on those matters where the Code of Canon Law calls for the diocesan bishop to have recourse to the Finance Council.
f. To give or withhold consent, with regard to acts of extraordinary administration, to those acts judged to endanger the patrimonial condition of the public juridic person in question, and to leases covered by the norms laid down by the Conference of Bishops.
g. To present other recommendations regarding fiscal policy in the diocese.
h. To monitor investment policies.
i. To inform the Bishop of San Diego regarding financial trends which could affect the stable