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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.

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