CODE OF CANONS OF THE EASTERN CHURCHES : TITLE V – THE MAJOR ARCHIEPISCOPAL CHURCHES

 CODE OF CANONS OF THE EASTERN CHURCHES : TITLE V – THE MAJOR ARCHIEPISCOPAL CHURCHES

CODE OF CANONS OF THE EASTERN CHURCHES : TITLE V – THE MAJOR ARCHIEPISCOPAL CHURCHES

TITLE: V

THE MAJOR ARCHIEPISCOPAL CHURCHES

 

Can.151 – A major archbishop is the metropolitan of a see determined or recognized by the Supreme Authority of the Church, who presides over an entire Eastern Church sui iuris not endowed with the patriarchal title.

Can.152 – What is stated in common law concerning patriarchal Churches or patriarchs is understood to be applicable to major archiepiscopal Churches or major archbishops, unless the common law expressly provides otherwise or it is evident from the nature of the matter.

Can.153 - §1. A major archbishop is elected according to the norm of cann. 63 – 74.

§2. After acceptance of the election, the synod of bishops of the major archiepiscopal Church must notify the Roman Pontiff through a synodal letter about the canonical conduct of the election; however, the one who is elected, in a letter signed in his own hand, must petition the confirmation of his election from the Roman Pontiff.

§3. After having obtained the confirmation, the one who is elected, in the presence of the synod of bishops of the major archiepiscopal Church, must make a profession of faith and promise to carry out faithfully his office; afterwards his proclamation and enthronement are to be performed. If, however, the one who is elected is not yet an ordained bishop, the enthronement cannot validly be done before he receives episcopal ordination.

§4. If, however the confirmation is denied, a new election is to be conducted within the time established by the Roman Pontiff.

Can.154 – Major archbishops hold the precedence of honor immediately after patriarchs according to the order in which the Church over which they preside was erected as a major archiepiscopal Church. 

 CODE OF CANONS OF THE EASTERN CHURCHES : TITLE V – THE MAJOR ARCHIEPISCOPAL CHURCHES