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Answer for the clue "Office of the Papal curia ", 6 letters:
datary

Word definitions for datary in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context Roman Catholicism English) an officer in the Roman Catholic Church who dispensed benefices

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Datary \Da"ta*ry\, n. [LL. datarius. See Dataria .] (R. C. Ch.) An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria. The office or employment of a datary.

Usage examples of datary.

Papal Datary, a Florentine by the name of Lorenzo Pucci, was leaving to join the Pope in Bologna, he sought him out and asked if he would speak to Julius in his behalf, try to collect the five hundred ducats still owed him for the half of the vault he had completed, secure permission to begin the second half, money to erect the scaffold.

We'll have to have the aurodium converted to Republic dataries, even though that will require some time.