ARTICLE 4:
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED AND THE INVESTIGATION
Can.
1050 For a person to be promoted to sacred orders, the following documents are
required:
1° a
certificate of studies duly completed in accordance with can. 1032;
2" for
those to be ordained to the priesthood, a certificate of the reception of the
diaconate
3° for
those to be promoted to the diaconate, certificates of the reception of
baptism, of confirmation and of the ministries mentioned in can. 1035, and a
certificate that the declaration mentioned in can. 1036 has been made, if an
ordinand to be promoted to the permanent diaconate is married, a certificate of
his marriage and testimony of his wife's consent.
Can.
1051 In the investigation of the requisite qualities of one who is to be
ordained, the following provisions are to be observed:
1° there is
to be a certificate from the rector of the seminary or of the house of
formation, concerning the qualities required in the candidate for the reception
of the order, namely sound doctrine, genuine piety, good moral behaviour,
fitness for the exercise of the ministry, likewise, after proper investigation,
a certificate of the candidate's state of physical and psychological health;
2° the
diocesan Bishop or the major Superior may, in order properly to complete the
investigation, use other means which, taking into account the circumstances of
time and place, may seem useful, such as testimonial letters, public notices or
other sources of information.
Can.
1052 §1 For a Bishop to proceed to an ordination which he is to confer by his
own right, he must be satisfied that the documents mentioned in can. 1050 are
at hand and that, as a result of the investigations prescribed by law, the
suitability of the candidate has been positively established.
§2 For a
Bishop to proceed to the ordination of someone not his own subject, it is
sufficient that the dimissorial letters state that those documents are at hand,
that the investigation has been conducted in accordance with the law, and that
the candidate's suitability has been established. If the ordinand is a member
of a religious institute or a society of apostolic life, these letters must
also testify that he has been definitively enrolled in the institute or society
and that he is a subject of the Superior who gives the letters.
§3 If, not
withstanding all this, the Bishop has definite reasons for doubting that the
candidate is suitable to receive orders, he is not to promote him.
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