59. CELEBRATION BY THE BISHOP

See Congregation of Rites, instruction on the simplification of pontifical rites and insignia, June 21, 1968.

For occasions when the bishop is present at a celebration of the Eucharist but, for a just reason, does not elect to be the principal celebrant, he may assign another to celebrate the liturgy of the Eucharist while he presides over

the introductory rites, the liturgy of the word and the concluding rite of the Mass. For directives on the manner in which this is done, see «Newsletter» of the Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, May - June, 1981.