OFFI CE OF  THE  ARCHBISHOP
GRANT OF FACULTY FOR CONFIRMATION

With the continuing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and in order not to delay unduly the 
reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation, I, the Most Reverend Salvatore Cordileone, Archbishop 
of San Francisco, issue the following decree concerning the celebration of the Sacrament of 
Confirmation.

Pastors and parochial administrators of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, in addition to faculties 
already granted to them by the universal law of the Church, are granted the faculty to administer 
the Sacrament of Confirmation to their parishioners and anyone within the boundaries of their 
parish who are currently prepared and/or in need of the Sacrament of Confirmation (cf. can. 884, 
§1). A letter requesting the faculty to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation will not be 
required from pastors and parochial administrators for the duration of this grant.

In addition, I further concede the faculty for a pastor or parochial administrator, as need may 
require, to subdelegate a priest to administer the Sacramanet of Confirmation, ad casum.

This grant of the Diocesan Bishop is valid until and including Easter Sunday, April 5, 2021. 



 

All are invited to join with other PCLs for an engaging morning for Lenten refletion.  Offered in English and Spanish


 

 

On the 150th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church Pope Francis calls for a year dedicated to St. Joseph during this pandemic.

Apostolic Letter

Litany to St. Joseph

 

Prayer to St. Jospeh that Pope Francis prays each morning and encourages all to pray

Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer,
Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
To you God entrusted his only Son;
in you Mary placed her trust;
with you Christ became man.

Blessed Joseph, to us too,
show yourself a father
and guide us in the path of life.
Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage,
and defend us from every evil.  Amen.