Holy
See changes laws governing episcopal resignations
(Vatican Radio) The Holy See on Wednesday announced changes to
the Church law governing the resignation of diocesan bishops: ordinaries,
coadjutors, and auxiliaries; the changes also regard Cardinals who head Roman
curial dicasteries, and other curial department heads who are not cardinals.
The changes have been made by Papal rescript, and were announced by the
Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
Specifically, the
7-article rescript confirms the retirement age for ordinaries, coadjutors and auxiliaries
at 75. Article 3 of the rescript further states that any bishop whose
resignation is accepted, thereby ceases to hold any other office at the
national level (e.g. in the bishops’ conference of his country), which he held
in virtue of his pastoral charge.
Article 4 of the
rescript confirms the right of a pastor to offer his resignation before the age
of 75, for reason of illness or for other grave reason. Article 5 specifies
that, in some circumstances, competent authority may ask a bishop to offer his
resignation from pastoral office.
Article 6 of the
rescript deal with Cardinals who are Department Heads of the Roman Curia and
the other Cardinals who held office appointed by the Pope. These, too, are
required to submit their resignations at the age of seventy-five years. Article
7 deals with the heads of dicasteries who are not cardinals, with the
secretaries and the bishops who held other offices appointed by the Pope. These
lose their office upon reaching 75 years of age. Those who serve as members of
dicasteries cease in their membership thereof upon reaching the age of 80.
Those, who are members of certain dicasteries in virtue of their being heads of
another, cease in their membership of those other dicasteries when they cease
in their leadership position.
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