Published: 2023-11-30

Reasons for the removal and transfer of the parish priest

Grzegorz Leszczyński
Prawo Kanoniczne
Section: Articles and dissertations
https://doi.org/10.21697/pk.2023.66.3.04

Abstract

The article is an answer to the question: whether the bishop of a diocese has the right to remove a parish priest always or, while maintaining the procedures, he can do it only in certain circumstances. It should be stated that there is no voluntary removal or transfer of a parish priest. Each bishop of a diocese is bound not only by the procedure, but above all by the reasons, which are precisely defined in the Code of Canon Law. Therefore, an action that is inconsistent with the procedure, but also for reasons other than those specified in the Code, may constitute an abuse of power, and therefore a crime.

Keywords:

parish priests, procedure, removal of parish priest, transfer of parish priest

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Leszczyński, G. (2023). Reasons for the removal and transfer of the parish priest . Prawo Kanoniczne, 66(3), 67–80. https://doi.org/10.21697/pk.2023.66.3.04

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