The diocesan administrator has greater powers, essentially those of a bishop except for matters excepted by the nature of the matter or expressly by law. One interesting note here: a bishop may transfer or remove an administrator at any time; however, a pastor does have certain rights protected by canon law which could cause some "intrigue" in the interactions with his bishop. Let’s first take a look at what the law says about who’s in charge of what, when a parish priest is at the head of a parish (as is the norm). While a priest is generally appointed who is known as the Parish Priest (or pastor in some countries), canon law also provides that the pastoral care of a parish, or group of parishes, can be entrusted to a group of priests. They are restricted by canon law in what they can do to the diocese they temporarily administer. Canon 427.1 states that a diocesan administrator has the power of a diocesan bishop, excluding those matters which are excepted by their very nature or by the law itself. This type of administrator is commonly an auxiliary bishop of the diocese, a priest serving as the vicar general of the diocese, or the ordinary of a neighboring diocese.

A legitimately erected parish possesses juridic personality by the law itself. Canon law subjects his activity to various legal restrictions and to special supervision by the college of consultors (as for example canons 272 and 485). As such, the bishop may obtain this knowledge and advice during a priests time as administrator of a parish. Since the 1917 edition of the Code of Canon Law, and especially since the promulgation of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, the technical terms used and becoming more familiar are pastor, parochial vicar and administrator. For example, such an administrator may not sell real estate owned by the diocese. Let’s just examine the meaning of these terms. (The following citations are the particular canons from the 1983 Code of Canon Law.) One of the priests must be appointed, however, as the moderator.4A priest may also be appointed Parish Priest of a number of parishes.Where there is a shortage of priests, a deacon, lay person or a community of persons can share in the pastoral care of a parish. 516 §1.

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1404 - 1416) title ii. And there are a number of things which the law specifically does not permit an administrator to do. Can. A: The “canon law on this” is very straightforward, so it’s not clear why there is so much apparent confusion at Denise’s parish.

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