Canon 898

1. Besides the Roman Pontiff, the patriarch with the consent of

the synod of bishops of the patriarchal Church, or the metropolitan of a metropolitan Church sui iuris with the consent of the

council of hierarchs, can receive a bishop of an Eastern non-Catholic Church into the Catholic Church. 2. The right of

receiving anyone else into the Catholic Church pertains to the

hierarch of the place, or if the particular law provides for it,

also to the patriarch. 3. The right of receiving individual

lay persons into the Catholic Church belongs also to the parish

priest, unless this is forbidden by particular law.