The Right of Bishops-Emeriti for a Place of Residence in the Diocese
lt is natural for most human beings to experience a kind of vacuum of power upon retiring from the position or authority of administration. lt is also true with a bishop emeritus as a human being. He may still undergo an experience of lass of his pastoral office. This psychological state of a bishop...
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| Language: | English |
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Institution of Oriental Canon Law
2021
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Iustitia
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 319-335 |
| IxTheo Classification: | SA Church law; state-church law SB Catholic Church law |
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Bischof Emeritus
B Place of residence B Catholic church Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 402 |
| Summary: | lt is natural for most human beings to experience a kind of vacuum of power upon retiring from the position or authority of administration. lt is also true with a bishop emeritus as a human being. He may still undergo an experience of lass of his pastoral office. This psychological state of a bishop emeritus could be accentuated if he - on the acceptance of his resignation from his pastoral office - cannot avail of a suitable 'place of residence' for him in the diocese he foliated last. lt is high time for the episcopal conferences - as indicated in Christus Dominus, 21, Ecclesiae Sanctae I, 11 and in CIC c. 402 and CCEO c. 211 - to study the issue of appropriate support for a bishop emeritus. |
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| ISSN: | 2248-9789 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Iustitia
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