Canon 724

1. Only the local hierarch is competent to confer on any presbyter by a special grant the faculty of administering the sacrament of penance to any of the Christian faithful. 2. The superior of an institute of consecrated life, provided he is endowed

with the executive power of governance, can confer the faculty

mentioned in can. 723, 2 on any presbyter according to the norms

of the typicon or statutes.