C. Norms for refugee priests who have fled from their country for grave reasons.

art. 10 - Any Bishop who welcomes a refugee priest from a mission territory into his Diocese, that is, someone who has had to leave his home for grave reasons, must consult with the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples prior to giving him a pastoral office.

The Supreme Pontiff John Paul II, during the course of the Audience granted to the undersigned Cardinal on the 24 April 2001, approved the present Instruction and ordered its publication. 

Rome, from the Office of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, 25 April 2001, Feast of Saint Mark, the Evangelist.

Jozef Cardinal Tomko

Charles Schleck, C.S.C.,
Archbishop tit. of Africa,
Adjunct Secretary