CHAPTER I. The Celebration of Funerals

Can. 1177 §1. A funeral for any deceased member of the faithful must generally be celebrated in his or her parish

church.

§2. Any member of the faithful or those competent to take care of the funeral of a deceased member of the

faithful are permitted to choose another church for the funeral rite with the consent of the person who governs it

and after no-tification of the proper pastor of the deceased.

§3. If a death occurred outside the person’s own parish, and the body was not transferred to it nor another

church legitimately chosen for the funeral rite, the funeral is to be celebrated in the church of the parish where the

death occurred unless particular law has designated another church.

Can. 1178 The funeral of a diocesan bishop is to be celebrated in his own cathedral church unless he has chosen

another church.

Can. 1179 The funerals of religious or members of a society of apostolic life are generally to be celebrated in their

own church or oratory by the superior if the institute or society is clerical; otherwise by the chaplain.

Can. 1180 §1. If a parish has its own cemetery, the deceased members of the faithful must be buried in it unless the

deceased or those competent to take care of the burial of the deceased have chosen another cemetery

legitimately.§2. Everyone, however, is permitted to choose the cemetery of burial unless prohibited by law.

Can. 1181 Regarding offerings on the occasion of funeral rites, the prescripts of can. 1264 are to be observed, with

the caution, however, that there is to be no favoritism toward persons in funerals and that the poor are not deprived

of fitting funerals.

Can. 1182 When the burial has been completed, a record is to be made in the register of deaths according to the

norm of particular law.