The department is responsible for the financial administration of the Diocese by:
- Securing the practice of good accountability and putting in place adequate systems of accounting control;
- Ensuring that the financial budgets are operating normally in all Church Institutions and the budgets approved are observed:
- Controlling that diocesan funds and other assets are properly administered and accounted for;
- Preparing the annual budget of the Diocese for study by the Diocesan Financial Committee (DFC);
- Supervising projects, institutions, schools and any other entity whose financial affairs come under the financial administration of the Diocese;
- Verifying that parishes and institutions send periodically their statements of accounts, the proposed budget and the inventory of all Church properties;
- Using funds deposited to the accounts of the Diocese only for the purpose for which they were deposited;
- Providing, at the end of the year, an account of all income and expenditure.