Review article

Procedure of removing or replacing a pastor

Pero Pranjić ; University of Sarajevo - Catholic Theological Faculty in Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

Finding a priest to serve as pastor in a specific parish is very important and can also be very complicated. This explains why Canon Law has 13 canons dealingwith this matter. This article presents the canons in the old Canon Law (Codex iuris canonici), published in 1917 and the canons of the new Canon Law in order to offer a comparison and facilitate better understanding of the new canons. The article primarily deals with the removal but also the replacement of a pastor. The article lays out the regulations which the diocesan bishop should follow in both cases, and it offers suggestions to pastors on how to handle this situation, especially in cases where the pastormay believe that replacement or removal is inappropriate. The regulations dealt within this article apply only to diocesan priests, while other regulations apply to pastorsfrom among the religious.

Keywords

pastor; removal from office; clerical censure; replacement; appeal against administrative decisions; canonical fairness; the good of souls

Hrčak ID:

272210

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/272210

Publication date:

20.12.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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