Art.. 3. Removal

Can.192 A person is removed from office either by a decree issued legitimately by competent

authority, without prejudice to rights possibly acquired by contract, or by the law itself according

to the norm of can. 194.

Can.193 §1. A person cannot be removed from an office conferred for an indefinite period of time

except for grave causes and according to the manner of proceeding defined by law.

§2. The same is valid for the removal of a person from an office conferred for a definite period

of time before this time has elapsed, without prejudice to the prescript of can. 624, §3.

§3. A person upon whom an office is conferred at the prudent discretion of a competent

authority according to the prescripts of the law can, upon the judgment of the same authority, be

removed from that office for a just cause.

§4. To take effect, the decree of removal must be communicated in writing.

Can.194 §1. The following are removed from an ecclesiastical office by the law itself:

1/ a person who has lost the clerical state;

2/ a person who has publicly defected from the Catholic faith or from the communion of the

Church;

3/ a cleric who has attempted marriage even if only civilly.

§2. The removal mentioned in nn. 2 and 3 can be enforced only if it is established by the

declaration of a competent authority.

Can.195 If a person is removed not by the law itself but by a decree of competent authority from

an office which provides the person’s support, the same authority is to take care that the support

is provided for a suitable period, unless other provision is made.