CONGREGATION FOR DIVINE WORSHIP AND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE SACRAMENTS. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is the congregation of the Roman Curia that handles most affairs relating to liturgical practices of the Latin Church as distinct from the Eastern Catholic Churches and also some technical matters relating to the Sacraments. Its functions were originally exercised by the Sacred Congregation of Rites, set up in January 1588 by Pope Sixtus V.
The congregation is the direct successor of the Sacred Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments (1908–1969).
In 1975 it was given the title "Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship" and incorporated the functions of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship which had been created in 1969 to take on responsibility for the liturgical affairs previously handled by the Sacred Congregation of Rites (1588–1969).
Between 1984 and 1988 it was briefly redivided into the Congregation for the Sacraments and the Congregation for Divine Worship under a single Prefect.
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