ROME — Pope Francis on Monday announced a major restructuring of the Vatican’s outdated administrative and economic bureaucracy as he established an agency to oversee budgets and financial planning and also created a powerful post of auditor general to guard against fiscal mismanagement.

The changes are the latest example of how Francis is moving to confront management problems in the Vatican as part of his broader mandate to overhaul the Roman Curia, the administration that runs the Holy See. He has begun shuffling personnel while also speaking out against careerism in the Roman Catholic Church, especially in the Vatican.

To lead the new agency, the Secretariat for the Economy, Francis selected Cardinal George Pell, the archbishop of Sydney, Australia, who is also one of eight cardinals serving on a special commission advising the pope on administrative overhaul and other issues. Shortly before Francis was elected pope last March, Cardinal Pell was openly critical of mismanagement under Pope Benedict XVI — in particular a scandal over private letters leaked by Benedict’s butler.

“It would be useful to have a pope who can pull the show together, lift the morale of the Curia and strengthen a bit of the discipline there,” Cardinal Pell told The Associated Press at the time.