CHAPTER II
: THE MINISTER OF CONFIRMATION
Can.
882 The ordinary minister of confirmation is a Bishop. A priest can also
validly confer this sacrament if he has the faculty to do so, either from the
general law or by way of a special grant from the competent authority.
Can.
883 The following have, by law, the faculty to administer confirmation:
1° within
the confines of their jurisdiction, those who in law are equivalent to a
diocesan Bishop;
2° in
respect of the person to be confirmed, the priest who by virtue of his office
or by mandate of the diocesan Bishop baptises an adult or admits a baptised
adult into full communion with the catholic Church;
3° in
respect of those in danger of death, the parish priest or indeed any priest.
Can.
884 §1 The diocesan Bishop is himself to administer confirmation or to ensure
that it is administered by another Bishop. If necessity so requires, he may
grant to one or several specified priests the faculty to administer this
sacrament.
§2 For a
grave reason the Bishop, or the priest who by law or by special grant of the
competent authority has the faculty to confirm, may in individual cases invite
other priests to join with him in administering the sacrament.
Can.
885 §1 The diocesan Bishop is bound to ensure that the sacrament of
confirmation is conferred upon his subjects who duly and reasonably request it.
§2 A priest
who has this faculty must use it for those in whose favour it was granted.
Can.
886 §1 A Bishop in his own diocese may lawfully administer the sacrament of
confirmation even to the faithful who are not his subjects, unless there is an
express prohibition by their own Ordinary.
§2 In order
lawfully to administer confirmation in another diocese, unless it be to his own
subjects, a Bishop needs the permission, at least reasonably presumed, of the
diocesan Bishop.
Can.
887 A priest who has the faculty to administer confirmation may, within the
territory assigned to him, lawfully administer this sacrament even to those
from outside the territory, unless there is a prohibition by their own
Ordinary. He cannot, however, validly confirm anyone in another territory,
without prejudice to the provision of can. 883, n.3.
Can.
888 Within the territory in which they can confer confirmation, ministers may
confirm even in exempt places.
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