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If a diocese has a coadjutor bishop, the coadjutor succeeds immediately to the episcopal see upon the previous bishop's death or resignation, and there is no vacancy of the see. The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in Western and Central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. If a diocese has a coadjutor bishop, the coadjutor succeeds immediately to the episcopal see upon the previous bishop's death or resignation, and there is no vacancy of the see. Under the code of canon law, an interim apostolic or diocesan administrator must be appointed to oversee the affairs of the diocese when the diocese becomes vacant. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warmia is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Poland. [4] Canon law subjects his activity to various legal restrictions and to special supervision by the college of consultors (as for example canons 272 and 485). An episcopal see is, in the usual meaning of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The current ordinary is Wolfgang Ipolt. [1] The college must elect as administrator a priest or bishop at least 35 years old. According to historian Norman Cantor, the Investiture Controversy was "the turning-point in medieval civilization", marking the end of the Early Middle Ages with the Germanic peoples' "final and decisive" acceptance of Christianity. A similar situation was in a number of imperially immediate abbeys with their prince-abbots and princess-abbesses. The diocesan administrator has greater powers, essentially those of a bishop except for matters excepted by the nature of the matter or expressly by law. [2] If the college of consultors fails to elect a priest of the required minimum age within the time allotted, the choice of diocesan administrator passes to the metropolitan archbishop or, if the metropolitan see is vacant, to the senior by appointment of the suffragan bishops of the ecclesiastical province. Candidates elected, who lacked canon-law prerequisites and/or papal confirmation, would officially only hold the title diocesan administrator (but nevertheless colloquially be referred to as prince-bishop). The see also does not become vacant if the Pope appoints an apostolic administrator. Documents are not to be removed from the secret archive or safe. the diocesan administrator himself. The largest territory of the empire after 962 was the Kingdom of Germany, though it also came to include the neighboring Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Burgundy, the Kingdom of Italy, and numerous other territories. Candidates elected, who lacked canon-law prerequisites and/or papal confirmation, would officially only hold the title diocesan administrator (but nevertheless colloquially be referred to as prince-bishop). Its capital was Halberstadt in present-day Saxony-Anhalt, north of the Harz mountain range, Germany. 3° to appoint a diocesan Administrator in accordance with canon 421 §2 and 425 §3. Apostolic administrators of stable administrations are equivalent in canon law with diocesan bishops, meaning they have essentially the same authority as a diocesan bishop. The bishop could require, for example, that every parish’s finance council include a civil lawyer, an accountant, and a banker. ... courts from interpreting canon law to resolve intra-church disputes. The college of consultors elects an administrator within eight days after the see is known to be vacant. The administrator, even if he is a priest, has the powers and obligations of a diocesan Bishop except in cases where the law explicitly restricts him or when the nature of the case itself reserved the action to the diocesan Bishop (canon 427, § 1). Studien zur Geschichte der Reichskirche zwischen 1517 und 1648, Stuttgart 1995, Catholic Church hierarchy#Equivalents of diocesan bishops in law, Prince-bishoprics ruled by Protestant bishops, Code of Canon Law, canons 421 §2 and 425 §3, Out-of-date article in the Catholic Encyclopedia, written before the Codes of Canon Law of 1917 and 1983 altered the conditions. Since the Investiture Controversy in 11th and 12th centuries the cathedral chapters used to elect the Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire. Later, when Protestants were usually denied papal confirmation, the emperors nevertheless invested the unconfirmed candidates as princes - by a so-called liege indult (German: Lehnsindult) - due to political coalitions and conflicts within the empire, in order to gain candidates as imperial partisans. The college of consultors elects an administrator within eight days after the see is known to be vacant. More importantly, it set the stage for the religious and political system of the High Middle Ages. The title for the equivalent officer in the Eastern churches is syncellus and protosyncellus. Between 1821 and 1972 it was officially known as (Arch)Diocese of Breslau. The Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1225 until 1803. The information that Protestant clerical rulers would generally have been called administrators, as written in several encyclopedies, does not fit historically documented practice. The coadjutor is a bishop himself, although he is also appointed as vicar general. A diocesan administrator is a provisional ordinary of a Roman Catholic particular church. Kevin E. McKenna, JCD 0:00 – 23:05 Slides 1 – 16 1. Some (not all) of the Diocesan Bishop’s decisions require that they be given a hearing or “consulted;” other decisions require their consent when indicated in canon law. An episcopal conference can transfer the functions of the consultors to the cathedral chapter. In any beside their primary bishopric, they would have to be called an administrator. The Archdiocese of Wrocław is a Latin Rite archdiocese of the Catholic Church named after its capital Wrocław in Poland. The information that Protestant clerical rulers would generally have been called administrators, as written in several encyclopedies, does not fit historically documented practice. From its founding as a bishopric in 1000 until 1821, it was under the Archbishopric of Gniezno in Greater Poland. The prince-bishops had seat and vote on the Ecclesiastical Bench of the College of Ruling Princes of the Imperial Diet. The diocesan administrator (not the diocesan bishop) must obtain the consent ... Canon Law in dealing with the functions and competencies of the Diocesan Consultors concerns the areas that will be dealt with in the 1983 Code of Canon Law, namely questions … (See Code of Canon Law, no’s 502-510). This was the case with Catholic candidates, who were elected for an episcopal see with its revenues as a mere appanage and with all Protestant candidates, who all lacked either the necessary vocational training or the papal confirmation. This type of apostolic administrator is usually the bishop of a titular see. They can be "numbered", in which case they are provided with a fixed "prebend", or "unnumbered", in which case the bishop indicates the number of canons according to the rents. Such donations usually comprised earning assets, originally landed estates with serfs defraying dues or with vassal tenants of noble rank providing military services and forwarding dues collected from serfs. A coadjutor bishop is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The election of a diocesan administrator is a fulfillment of Canon Law 421 (1) which states: “The College of Consultors must elect a Diocesan Administrator, namely the one who is … The 1983 Code of Canon Law, also called the Johanno-Pauline Code, is the "fundamental body of ecclesiastical laws for the Latin Church". This was because the emperor would have to use force to bar the candidates from ruling, with the emperors lacking the respective power or pursuing other goals. According to Canon Law, a Diocesan Administrator must be appointed to ensure the proper functioning of the Diocese until the arrival of the new Bishop. Administrators sede vacante or sede plena only serve in their role until a newly chosen diocesan bishop takes possession of the diocese. So they then also elected Protestants as bishops, who usually were denied papal confirmation. The Ermland/Warmia see was a Prussian diocese under the jurisdiction of the Archbishopric of Riga that was a protectorate of Teutonic Prussia (1243–1466) and a protectorate by treaty of Poland - later part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Peace of Thorn (1466–1772). Even more confusingly, parts of the prince-archbishopric belonged in religious respect to the neighbouring diocese of Verden, making up 10% of its diocesan territory. In some Church of England cathedrals there are two such bodies, the lesser and greater chapters, which have different functions. This was because the emperor would have to use force to bar the candidates from ruling, with the emperors lacking the respective power or pursuing other goals. Unconfirmed incumbents of the sees were called Elected Bishops or Elected Archbishops. Diocesan administrators in canon law. However, the Peace also secularised many of the prior Protestant prince-bishoprics and transformed them into hereditary monarchies. [1] The college must elect as administrator a priest or bishop at least 35 years old. A similar situation was in a number of imperially immediate abbeys with their prince-abbots and princess-abbesses. Prince-bishoprics, which were ruled by Protestants, were the following: The Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, also Archbishopric of Bremen, — not to be confused with the former Archdiocese of Bremen, and the modern Archdiocese of Hamburg, founded in 1994 — was an ecclesiastical principality (787–1566/1648) of the Holy Roman Empire, which after its definitive secularization in 1648, became the hereditary Duchy of Bremen. Since the Investiture Controversy in 11th and 12th centuries the cathedral chapters used to elect the Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire. As vicar of the bishop, the vicar general exercises the bishop's ordinary executive power over the entire diocese and, thus, is the highest official in a diocese or other particular church after the diocesan bishop or his equivalent in canon law. The prince-archbishopric, which was under the secular rule of the archbishop, consisted of about a third of the diocesan territory. The historic territory of Verden emerged from the Monarchs of the Frankish Diocese of Verden in the area of present-day central and northeastern Lower Saxony and existed as such until 1648. [7] Capitular election was the default rule before the adoption of the 1983 Code of Canon Law;[8] this old default rule is reflected in the term for the equivalent of a diocesan administrator in the 1917 code: vicar capitular. The Bishopric of Minden was a Roman Catholic diocese and a state, the Prince-Bishopric of Minden, of the Holy Roman Empire. So they then also elected Protestants as bishops, who usually were denied papal confirmation. This was the case with Catholic candidates, who were elected for an episcopal see with its revenues as a mere appanage and with all Protestant candidates, who all lacked either the necessary vocational training or the papal confirmation. An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. However, in the early years of Reformation, with the schism not yet fully implemented, it was not always obvious, who tended to Protestantism, so that some candidates only turned out to be Protestants after they had been papally confirmed as bishop and imperially invested as prince. The Diocese and Prince-bishopric of Schwerin was a Catholic diocese in Schwerin, Mecklenburg, in Germany. Groupings of Particular Churches”, in The Code of Canon Law, A Text and Commentary, (eds.) Canon law subjects his activity to various legal restrictions and to special supervision by the college of consultors (as for example canons 272 and 485). The Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck, was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire until 1803. This type of apostolic administrator is usually the bishop of a titular see. Prince-bishoprics, which were ruled by Protestants, were the following: Prince-bishoprics ruled by Protestant bishops. Later, when Protestants were usually denied papal confirmation, the emperors nevertheless invested the unconfirmed candidates as princes - by a so-called liege indult (German : Lehnsindult) - due to political coalitions and conflicts within the empire, in order to gain candidates as imperial partisans. A diocesan administrator is bound by the obligations and possesses the power of a diocesan bishop, excluding those matters which are excepted by their nature or by the law itself. In modern times, the coadjutor automatically succeeds the diocesan bishop upon the latter's retirement, removal, or death. 460-572) CODE OF CANON LAW . •Civil courts must defer to hierarchical tribunals to avoid civil interpretation of, and subsequent The diocesan administrator has greater powers, essentially those of a bishop except for matters excepted by the nature of the matter or expressly by law. Some Bishops ruled more than one bishopric for long. McKenna notes that the Code of Canon Law is designed for mediation, not litigation. In order to specify this territorial meaning the term Stift is then composed with the compound "hoch" as Hochstift, denoting a prince-bishopric, or Erzstift for a prince-archbishopric. [2] If the college of consultors fails to elect a priest of the required minimum age within the time allotted, the choice of diocesan administrator passes to the metropolitan archbishop or, if the metropolitan see is vacant, to the senior by appointment of the suffragan bishops of the ecclesiastical province.[3]. The see also does not become vacant if the Pope appoints an apostolic administrator. The first assembly of bishops to meet regularly, with its own legal structure and ecclesial leadership function, is the Swiss Bishops' Conference, which was founded in 1863. Some Bishops ruled more than one bishopric for long. However, he is given authority to appoint pastors if no archbishop is named within a year of Archbishop Buechlein’s retirement. The proper law of religious institutes is also a form of canon law. The diocesan administrator remains in charge until a new bishop takes possession of the see or until he presents his resignation to the college of consultors.[5]. 365, 366, §1) and even the conciliar decree Christus Dominus (no. However, sometimes the respective incumbent of the see never gained a papal confirmation, but was still invested with the princely power. 3 With many capitulars converting to Lutheranism or Calvinism during the Reformation, the majorities in many chapters consisted of Protestant capitulars. 22). •§3. Prince-bishoprics were elective monarchies of imperial immediacy within the Empire, with the monarch being the respective bishop usually elected by the chapter and confirmed by the Holy See, or exceptionally only appointed by the Holy See. The power of governance is attached to the office of administrator (canon 131, § 1). Before the election of the diocesan administrator of a vacant see, the governance of the see is entrusted, with the powers of a vicar general, to the auxiliary bishop, if there is one, or to the senior among them, if there are several, otherwise to the college of consultors as a whole. They are restricted by canon law in what they can do to the diocese they temporarily administer. The administrator is also prohibited by canon law from naming pastors of parishes. The college of consultors elects an administrator within eight days after the see is known to be vacant. J. Coriden, -T. Green, -E. Heintschel, NY, 1985, p. 370. The first registered bishop was ordained in the diocese in 1053, and the diocese ceased to exist in 1994. (Cann. However, in the early years of Reformation, with the schism not yet fully implemented, it was not always obvious, who tended to Protestantism, so that some candidates only turned out to be Protestants after they had been papally confirmed as bishop and imperially invested as prince. Sede vacante is a term for the state of an episcopal see while without a bishop. The Canon Law text is from the Vatican web site and its English translation of the entire Canon. [5]. Codex Iuris Canonici Canons 431–432 (1917). BOOK II. Papally confirmed bishops were then invested by the emperor with the princely regalia, thus the title prince-bishop. cann. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The coadjutor bishop is, however, given authority beyond that ordinarily given to the vicar general, making him co-head of the diocese in all but ceremonial precedence. Canon 421 §1 The college of consultors must elect a diocesan administrator, namely the one who is to govern the diocese temporarily, within eight days from receiving notice of the vacancy of an episcopal see and without prejudice to the provisions of Can. §2 Where circumstances require it, the Apostolic See can give the Metropolitan special functions and power, to be determined in particular law. This restriction was abandoned by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, when the emperor accepted Protestant administrators as fully empowered rulers. It was promulgated on 25 January 1983 by John Paul II and took legal effect on the First Sunday of Advent 1983. In any beside their primary bishopric, they would have to be called an administrator. The period of time allowed before a new law after its official promulgation goes into force is known in the terminology of Canon Law as the vacatio legis. The twelve members of the Diocesan Chapter also fulfill the role of College of Consultors in the Diocese of Clogher, thereby acting as senior advisers to the bishop and, in the event of a vacant See, electing a Diocesan Administrator when required to do so. I looked at the Code of Canon Law referenced in the article (Book II, Part II, Section II, Chapter III, Art. The college of consultors elects an administrator within eight days after the see is known to be vacant. The diocesan administrator remains in charge until a new bishop takes possession of the see or until he presents his resignation to the college of consultors. Eike Wolgast: Hochstift und Reformation. Studien zur Geschichte der Reichskirche zwischen 1517 und 1648, Stuttgart 1995, Catholic Church hierarchy#Equivalents of diocesan bishops in law, Code of Canon Law, canons 421 §2 and 425 §3, Out-of-date article in the Catholic Encyclopedia, written before the Codes of Canon Law of 1917 and 1983 altered the conditions, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diocesan_administrator&oldid=912976561, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 August 2019, at 02:59. § 2 . However, one common restriction was that administered prince-bishoprics were denied to emit their deputies to the diets of the Empire or of the imperial circles (German: Reichstag, or Kreistag, respectively). An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. J. H. PROVOST, “Title II. Apostolic administrators of stable administrations are equivalent in canon law with diocesan bishops, meaning they have essentially the same authority as a diocesan bishop. Also the opposite occurred with a papally confirmed bishop, never invested as prince. The current Code of Canon Law was issued by Pope John Paul II in 1983. A diocesan bishop who has completed his 75th year is requested by canon law to tender his resignation from office to the supreme pontiff. Diocesan financial officers should begin to develop an implementation plan for review and discussion with their bishops, Finance Councils, and auditors. THE PEOPLE OF GOD ... person is not to be a pastor. 2, #416-430, The Vacant See), and it doesn’t mention how long apostolic administrator appointments take. Nevertheless, in local tradition often they are called bishops in all their bishoprics. [7] Capitular election was the default rule before the adoption of the 1983 Code of Canon Law; [8] this old default rule is reflected in the term for the equivalent of a diocesan administrator in the 1917 code: vicar capitular. It is the second and current comprehensive codification of canonical legislation for the Latin Church sui iuris of the Catholic Church. These chapters are made up of canons and other officers, while in the Church of England chapters now includes a number of lay appointees; in the Roman Catholic Church their creation is the purview of the pope. A diocesan administrator is a provisional ordinary of a Roman Catholic particular church. Handbook,” shall constitute the corpus of canon law for the Diocese of Charleston for parish administration. Canonists have generally held that for … The Consultors’ letter says, Thawale was elected to fill the vacancy in fulfilment of Canon Law (Can. Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg was a Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, then Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, then Prince-Bishop of Paderborn. [3]. In addition, canon law includes other laws issued by the pope, a bishop for his diocese, and certain other groupings of bishops (e.g., the bishops of a province). 502 §3. §2 If a diocesan Administrator has not been legitimately elected within the prescribed time for whatever cause, his designation devolves upon [6] In those countries in which the episcopal conference has transferred the functions, the cathedral chapter, and not the consultors, elect the diocesan administrator. The responsibility for electing a Diocesan Administrator rests with the College of Consultors. Bishop-elect Kulick, a 54-year-old canon lawyer, has served as diocesan administrator since Sept. 15, when he was elected to the post by the diocese’s College of … Its capital was Minden which is in modern-day Germany. Canon law requests voluntary resignation. Their status was confirmed by the Second Vatican Council and further defined by Pope Paul VI's 1966 motu proprio, Ecclesiae sanctae. Eike Wolgast: Hochstift und Reformation. Unconfirmed incumbents of the sees were called Elected Bishops or Elected Archbishops. A college, in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, is a collection of persons united together for a common object so as to form one body. The Diocese of Görlitz is a diocese of the Roman Catholic church in Germany. An episcopal conference can transfer the functions of the consultors to the cathedral chapter. The Prince-Bishopric of Warmia was a semi-independent ecclesiastical state, ruled by the incumbent ordinary of the Ermland/Warmia see and comprising one third of the then diocesan area. Canon 537 also states that parish finance councils are governed by the norms laid down by the diocesan bishop. Canon Law and the Diocesan Administrator The Role of Law in the Contemporary Church By Fr. If the college of consultors fails to elect a priest of the required minimum age within the time allotted, the choice of diocesan administrator passes to the metropolitan archbishop or, if the metropolitan see is vacant, to the senior by appointment of the suffragan bishops of the ecclesiastical province. Church nor to all the Eastern Churches” (c. 1493, §2). More than forty episcopal conferences existed before the Second Vatican Council. [4] Canon law subjects his activity to various legal restrictions and to special supervision by the college of consultors (as for example canons 272 and 485). The other two thirds of the diocese were under the secular rule of Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights. The Bishopric of Halberstadt was a Roman Catholic diocese and a state within the Holy Roman Empire, the Prince-bishopric of Halberstadt. A diocese becomes vacant whenever the diocesan bishop dies, retires, resigns, or is … The members are consequently said to be incorporated, or to form a corporation. In the canon law of the Catholic Church, the term is used to refer to the vacancy of any see of a particular church, but it comes into especially wide journalistic use when the see is that of the papacy. For example, Church law allows the administrator to issue letters authorizing the ordination of diocesan priests or deacons but states he can only do so with the consent of the College of Consultors of the diocese. When he has accepted election , the diocesan administrator obtains power and no other confirmation is required , without prejudice to the obligation mentioned in ⇒ can. Other age canons include: bishop, married deacon and diocesan administrator 35, VG, JV and EV 30, Priest 25, final religious profession 21. Papally confirmed bishops were then invested by the emperor with the princely regalia, thus the title prince-bishop. Canon law also prohibits the administrator from closing parishes or relegating churches to secular uses. This morning, Thursday June 18, 2020, the College of Consultors met by ZOOM. For example, such an admini… ... • Translations are from Code of Canon Law ---English Edition New Translation, prepared under the auspices of the Canon Law Society of America, Washington, D.C. 1999. For a shorter and more-readable narrative about Canon Law requirements on finances, see the two-page summary “Canon Law and Diocesan Finance Councils.” Canon Laws on the Diocesan Finance Council Canon … The members of the Diocesan Chapter are: [6] In those countries in which the episcopal conference has transferred the functions, the cathedral chapter, and not the consultors, elect the diocesan administrator. The college must elect as administrator a priest or bishop at least 35 years old. Canon 98 Majority §1 One who reaches majority has full rights in the church. This territory described in local sources today incorrectly as Bistum Verden and, in 1648, was given the title Principality of Verden, sometimes referred to as the Duchy of Verden. A vicar general is the principal deputy of the bishop of a diocese for the exercise of administrative authority and possesses the title of local ordinary. Prince-bishoprics were elective monarchies of imperial immediacy within the Empire, with the monarch being the respective bishop usually elected by the chapter and confirmed by the Holy See, or exceptionally only appointed by the Holy See. However, sometimes the respective incumbent of the see never gained a papal confirmation, but was still invested with the princely power. [4] Canon law subjects his activity to various legal restrictions and to special supervision by the college of consultors (as for example canons 272 and 485). How can this be translated into the role of the diocesan By undercutting imperial power, the controversy led to nearly 50 years of civil war in Germany. The Investiture Controversy or Investiture Contest was a conflict between church and state in medieval Europe over the ability to install high church officials through investiture. This restriction was abandoned by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, when the emperor accepted Protestant administrators as fully empowered rulers. Among the Eastern churches, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Kerala uses this title and remains an exception. Imperial immediacy was a privileged constitutional and political status rooted in German feudal law under which the Imperial estates of the Holy Roman Empire such as Imperial cities, prince-bishoprics and secular principalities, and individuals such as the Imperial knights, were declared free from the authority of any local lord and placed under the direct authority of the Emperor, and later of the institutions of the Empire such as the Diet, the Imperial Chamber of Justice and the Aulic Council. I would say that since the title administrator indicates a leadership role in common English usage and is likewise used in canon law to refer to a priest or a bishop in a directive role (for example, diocesan or apostolic administrator), it certainly could lead to confusion and would be unlawful in the light of Ecclesiae de Mysterio. The Papal Bull decreed that the new book of law was to go into effect on Whitsunday, May the nineteenth, 1918. When landed estates, donated as a Stift to maintain the college of a monastery, the chapter of a collegiate church or the cathedral chapter of a diocese, formed a territory enjoying the status of an imperial state within the Holy Roman Empire then the term Stift often also denotes the territory itself. Nevertheless, in local tradition often they are called bishops in all their bishoprics. Many Protestant candidates, elected by the capitulars, neither achieved papal confirmation nor a liege indult, but nevertheless, as a matter of fact held de facto princely power. Many Protestant candidates, elected by the capitulars, neither achieved papal confirmation nor a liege indult, but nevertheless, as a matter of fact held de facto princely power. The smaller body usually consists of the residentiary members and is included in the larger one. 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