CHAPTER I :
THE CELEBRATION OF ORDINATION AND THE MINISTER
Can.
1010 An ordination is to be celebrated during Mass, on a Sunday or holyday of
obligation. For pastoral reasons, however, it may take place on other days
also, even on ferial days.
Can.
1011 §1 An ordination is normally to be celebrated in the cathedral church. For
pastoral reasons, however, it may be celebrated in another church or oratory.
§2 Clerics
and other members of Christ's faithful are to be invited to attend an
ordination, so that the greatest possible number may be present at the
celebration.
Can.
1012 The minister of sacred ordination is a consecrated Bishop.
Can.
1013 No Bishop is permitted to consecrate anyone as Bishop, unless it is first
established that a pontifical mandate has been issued.
Can.
1014 Unless a dispensation has been granted by the Apostolic See, the principal
consecrating Bishop at an episcopal consecration is to have at least two other
consecrating Bishops with him. It is, however, entirely appropriate that all
the Bishops present should join with these in consecrating the Bishop-elect.
Can.
1015 §1 Each candidate is to be ordained to the priesthood or to the diaconate
by his proper Bishop, or with lawful dimissorial letters granted by that
Bishop.
§2 If not
impeded from doing so by a just reason, a Bishop is himself to ordain his own
subjects. He may not, however, without an apostolic indult lawfully ordain a
subject of an oriental rite.
§3 Anyone
who is entitled to give dimissorial letters for the reception of orders may
also himself confer these orders, if he is a Bishop.
Can.
1016 In what concerns the ordination to the diaconate of those who intend to
enrol themselves in the secular clergy, the proper Bishop is the Bishop of the
diocese in which the aspirant has a domicile, or the Bishop of the diocese to
which he intends to devote himself. In what concerns the priestly ordination of
the secular clergy, it is the Bishop of the diocese in which the aspirant was
incardinated by the diaconate.
Can.
1017 A Bishop may not confer orders outside his own jurisdiction except with
the permission of the diocesan Bishop.
Can.
1018 §1 The following can give dimissorial letters for the secular clergy:
1° the
proper Bishop mentioned in can. 1016;
2° the
apostolic Administrator; with the consent of the college of consultors, the
diocesan Administrator; with the consent of the council mentioned in can. 495
§2, the Pro-vicar and Pro-prefect apostolic.
§2 The
diocesan Administrator, the Pro-vicar and Pro-prefect apostolic are not to give
dimissorial letters to those to whom admission to orders was refused by the
diocesan Bishop or by the Vicar or Prefect apostolic.
Can.
1019 §1 It belongs to the major Superior of a clerical religious institute of
pontifical right or of a clerical society of apostolic life of pontifical right
to grant dimissorial letters for the diaconate and for the priesthood to his
subjects who are, in accordance with the constitutions, perpetually or
definitively enrolled in the institute or society.
§2 The
ordination of all other candidates of whatever institute or society, is
governed by the law applying to the secular clergy, any indult whatsoever
granted to Superiors being revoked.
Can.
1020 Dimissorial letters are not to be granted unless all the testimonials and
documents required by the law in accordance with cann. 1050 and 1051 have first
been obtained.
Can.
1021 Dimissorial letters may be sent to any Bishop in communion with the
Apostolic See, but not to a Bishop of a rite other than that of the ordinand,
unless there is an apostolic indult.
Can.
1022 When the ordaining Bishop has received the prescribed dimissorial letters,
he may proceed to the ordination only when the authenticity of these letters is
established beyond any doubt whatever.
Can.
1023 Dimissorial letters can be limited or can be revoked by the person
granting them or by his successor; once granted, they do not lapse on the
expiry of the grantor's authority.
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