The
Annuario Pontificio (
Italian for
Pontifical Yearbook) is the annual directory of the
Holy See. It
lists all the popes to date and all officials of the Holy See's
departments. It also gives complete lists, with contact information, of the
cardinals and
Catholic bishops throughout the world, the
dioceses (with statistics about each), the departments of the
Roman Curia, the Holy See's
diplomatic missions abroad, the
embassies accredited to the Holy See, the headquarters of
religious institutes (again with statistics on each), certain academic institutions, and other similar information. The index includes, along with all the names in the body of the book, those of all priests who have been granted the title of "
Monsignor". As the title suggests, the red-covered yearbook, compiled by the Central Statistics Office of the Church and published by
Libreria Editrice Vaticana, is mostly in Italian.