Canon 262

1. The eparchial bishop, after consulting the college of eparchial consultors and the finance council, is to appoint an eparchial finance officer who is to be a member of the Christian

faithful expert in economic matters and distinguished for honesty. 2. The eparchial finance officer is appointed for a term

determined by particular law; he is not to be removed during his

term of office except for serious cause in the judgment of the

eparchial bishop after consulting the college of eparchial consultors and the finance council. 3. It is the duty of the

eparchial finance officer, under the authority of the eparchial

bishop, who is to determine more fully the finance officer's

rights and relationships to the finance council, to administer

the temporal goods of the eparchy, to supervise the administration of ecclesiastical goods in the whole eparchy, to provide for

their preservation, safety and increase, to supply for the negligence of local administrators and to administer the goods which

lack an administrator designated by the law. 4. The eparchial

finance officer must account for his or her administration to the

eparchial bishop every year and as often as it is requested by

the eparchial bishop; the eparchial bishop is to examine the account presented by the eparchial finance officer through the

finance council. 5. Can. 232 is to be observed in regard to

the obligations of the eparchial finance officer when the eparchial see is vacant.