Canon 286

When the eparchial see is vacant or impeded, the administrator of

the eparchy or another who governs the eparchy in the interim, is

competent: (1) to name as pastor a presbyter proposed by a

major superior according to the norm of can. 284, 2; (2) to

name a pastor from other presbyters if the eparchial see has been

vacant or impeded for at least one year.