Canon 759

1. The prescribed age for the diaconate is completion of

twenty-three years, for the presbyterate the completion of

twenty-four years, with due regard for particular law requiring

an older age in a particular Church sui iuris. 2. Dispensation

beyond a year from the age required by common law is reserved to

the patriarch, if it is a case of a candidate who has a domicile

or quasi-domicile within the territorial boundaries of the patriarchal Church; otherwise, to the Apostolic See.