Canon 726

1. The faculty of administering the sacrament of penance should

not be revoked except for a serious reason. 2. If this faculty

is revoked by the hierarch mentioned in can. 722, 4 who bestowed

it, the presbyter loses the same everywhere; however if it is revoked by another competent authority, the presbyter loses it only

within the jurisdiction of the one who revoked it. 3. In addition to being revoked, the faculty ceases, for those mentioned in

can. 722, 4, by dismissal from office, from the loss of enrollment in an eparchy, or from the loss of domicile.