In addition to religious services, celebrations and jinfuko (managing households burdening religion-related matters), the roles of jingikan in the Meiji period included shoryo (the administration of imperial tombs) and religious mission.
明治の神祇官の職掌は古代の神祇官のそれである祭祀、祝部、神封戸などに加えて、新たに諸陵と宣教が加えられた。