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The Sanctifying Function of the Church » Other Acts of Divine Worship » Ecclesiastical Funerals
Canon 1176. §1 Christ’s faithful who have died are to be given a Church funeral according to the norms of law.

§2 Church funerals are to be celebrated according to the norms of the liturgical books. In these funeral rites the Church prays for the spiritual support of the dead, it honours their bodies, and at the same time it brings to the living the comfort of hope.

§3 The Church earnestly recommends that the pious custom of burial be retained; but it does not forbid cremation, unless this is chosen for reasons which are contrary to christian teaching.


§1. Christifideles defuncti exequiis ecclesiasticis ad normam iuris donandi sunt.

§2. Exequiae ecclesiasticae, quibus Ecclesia defunctis spiritualem opem impetrat eorumque corpora honorat ac simul vivis spei solacium affert, celebrandae sunt ad normam legum liturgicarum.

§3. Enixe commendat Ecclesia, ut pia consuetudo defunctorum corpora sepeliendi servetur; non tamen prohibet cremationem, nisi ob rationes christianae doctrinae contrarias electa fuerit.
The Sanctifying Function of the Church » Other Acts of Divine Worship » Ecclesiastical Funerals » The celebration of funerals
Canon 1177. §1 The funeral of any deceased member of the faithful should normally be celebrated in the church of that person’s proper parish.

§2 However, any member of the faithful, or those in charge of the deceased person’s funeral, may choose another church; this requires the consent of whoever is in charge of that church and a notification to the proper parish priest of the deceased.

§3 When death has occurred outside the person’s proper parish, and the body is not returned there, and another church has not been chosen, the funeral rites are to be celebrated in the church of the parish where the death occurred, unless another church is determined by particular law.

§1. Exequiae pro quolibet fideli defuncto generatim in propriae paroeciae ecclesia celebrari debent.

§2. Fas est autem cuilibet fideli, vel iis quibus fidelis defuncti exequias curare competit, aliam ecclesiam funeris eligere de consensu eius, qui eam regit, et monito defuncti parocho proprio.

§3. Si extra propriam paroeciam mors acciderit, neque cadaver ad eam translatum fuerit, neque aliqua ecclesia funeris legitime electa, exequiae celebrentur in ecclesia paroeciae ubi mors accidit, nisi alia iure particulari designata sit.
Canon 1178. The funeral ceremonies of a diocesan Bishop are to be celebrated in his own cathedral church, unless he himself has chosen another church.

Exequiae Episcopi dioecesani in propria ecclesia cathedrali celebrentur, nisi ipse aliam ecclesiam elegerit.
Canon 1179. Normally, the funerals of religious or of members of a society of apostolic life are to be celebrated in their proper church or oratory: by the Superior, if the institute or society is a clerical one; otherwise, by the chaplain.

Exequiae religiosorum aut sodalium societatis vitae apostolicae generatim celebrantur in propria ecclesia aut oratorio a Superiore, si institutum aut societas sint clericalia, secus a cappellano.
Canon 1180. §1 If a parish has its own cemetery, the deceased faithful are to be buried there, unless another cemetery has lawfully been chosen by the deceased person, or by those in charge of that person’s burial.

§2 All may, however, choose their cemetery of burial unless prohibited by law from doing so.

§1. Si paroecia proprium habeat coemeterium, in eo tumulandi sunt fideles defuncti, nisi aliud coemeterium legitime electum fuerit ab ipso defuncto vel ab iis quibus defuncti sepulturam curare competit.

§2. Omnibus autem licet, nisi iure prohibeantur, eligere coemeterium sepulturae.
Canon 1181. The provisions of can. 1264 are to be observed in whatever concerns the offerings made on the occasion of funerals. Moreover, care is to be taken that at funerals there is to be no preference of persons, and that the poor are not deprived of proper funeral rites.

Ad oblationes occasione funerum quod attinet, serventur praescripta can. 1264, cauto tamen ne ulla fiat in exequiis personarum acceptio neve pauperes debitis exequiis priventur.
Canon 1182. After the burial an entry is to be made in the register of the dead, in accordance with particular law.

Expleta tumulatione, inscriptio in librum defunctorum fiat ad normam iuris particularis.
The Sanctifying Function of the Church » Other Acts of Divine Worship » Ecclesiastical Funerals » Those to whom ecclesiastical funerals must be granted or denied
Canon 1183. §1 As far as funeral rites are concerned, catechumens are to be reckoned among Christ’s faithful.

§2 Children whose parents had intended to have them baptised but who died before baptism, may be allowed Church funeral rites by the local Ordinary.

§3 Provided their own minister is not available, baptised persons belonging to a non-catholic Church or ecclesial community may, in accordance with the prudent judgement of the local Ordinary, be allowed Church funeral rites, unless it is established that they did not wish this.

§1. Ad exequias quod attinet, christifidelibus catechumeni accensendi sunt.

§2. Ordinarius loci permittere potest ut parvuli, quos parentes baptizare intendebant quique autem ante baptismum mortui sunt, exequiis ecclesiasticis donentur.

§3. Baptizatis alicui Ecclesiae aut communitati ecclesiali non catholicae adscriptis, exequiae ecclesiasticae concedi possunt de prudenti Ordinarii loci iudicio, nisi constet de contraria eorum voluntate et dummodo minister proprius haberi nequeat.
Canon 1184. §1 Church funeral rites are to be denied to the following, unless they gave some signs of repentance before death:

1° notorious apostates, heretics and schismatics;

2° those who for anti-christian motives chose that their bodies be cremated;

3° other manifest sinners to whom a Church funeral could not be granted without public scandal to the faithful.

§2 If any doubt occurs, the local Ordinary is to be consulted and his judgement followed.

§1. Exequiis ecclesiasticis privandi sunt, nisi ante mortem aliqua dederint paenitentiae signa:

1° notorii apostatae, haeretici et schismatici;

2° qui proprii corporis cremationem elegerint ob rationes fidei christianae adversas;

3° alii peccatores manifesti, quibus exequiae ecclesiasticae non sine publico fidelium scandalo concedi possunt.

§2. Occurrente aliquo dubio, consulatur loci Ordinarius, cuius iudicio standum est.
Canon 1185. Any form of funeral Mass is also to be denied to a person who has been excluded from a Church funeral.

Excluso ab ecclesiasticis exequiis deneganda quoque est quaelibet Missa exequialis.

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