Canon 145. §1 An ecclesiastical office is any post which by divine or ecclesiastical disposition is established in a stable manner to further a spiritual purpose.

§2 The duties and rights proper to each ecclesiastical office are defined either by the law whereby the office is established, or by a decree of the competent authority whereby it is at one and at the same time established and conferred.

§1. Officium ecclesiasticum est quodlibet munus ordinatione sive divina sive ecclesiastica stabiliter constitutum in finem spiritualem exercendum.

§2. Obligationes et iura singulis officiis ecclesiasticis propria definiuntur sive ipso iure quo officium constituitur, sive decreto auctoritatis competentis quo constituitur simul et confertur.

Canon 146. An ecclesiastical office cannot be validly obtained without canonical provision.

Officium ecclesiasticum sine provisione canonica valide obtineri nequit.

Canon 147. The provision of an ecclesiastical office is effected: by its being freely conferred by the competent ecclesiastical authority; by appointment made by the same authority, where there has been a prior presentation; by confirmation or admission by the same authority, where there has been a prior election or postulation; finally, by a simple election and acceptance of the election, if the election does not require confirmation.

Provisio officii ecclesiastici fit: per liberam collationem ab auctoritate ecclesiastica competenti; per institutionem ab eadem datam, si praecesserit praesentatio; per confirmationem vel admissionem ab eadem factam, si praecesserit electio vel postulatio; tandem per simplicem electionem et electi acceptationem, si electio non egeat confirmatione.

Canon 148. Unless the law provides otherwise, the provision of an office is the prerogative of the authority which is competent to establish, change or suppress the office.

Auctoritati, cuius est officia erigere, innovare et supprimere, eorundem provisio quoque competit, nisi aliud iure statuatur.

Canon 149. §1 In order to be promoted to an ecclesiastical office, one must be in communion with the Church, and be suitable, that is, possessed of those qualities which are required for that office by universal or particular law or by the law of the foundation.

§2 The provision of an ecclesiastical office to a person who lacks the requisite qualities is invalid only if the qualities are expressly required for validity by universal or particular law or by the law of the foundation; otherwise it is valid, but it can be rescinded by a decree of the competent authority or by a judgement of an administrative tribunal.

§3 The provision of an office made as a result of simony, is invalid by virtue of the law itself.

§1. Ut ad officium ecclesiasticum quis promoveatur, debet esse in Ecclesiae communione necnon idoneus, scilicet iis qualitatibus praeditus, quae iure universali vel particulari aut lege fundationis ad idem officium requiruntur.

§2. Provisio officii ecclesiastici facta illi qui caret qualitatibus requisitis, irrita tantum est, si qualitates iure universali vel particulari aut lege fundationis ad validitatem provisionis expresse exigantur; secus valida est, sed rescindi potest per decretum auctoritatis competentis aut per sententiam tribunalis administrativi.

§3. Provisio officii simoniace facta ipso iure irrita est.

Canon 150. An office which carries with it the full care of souls, for which the exercise of the order of priesthood is required, cannot validly be conferred upon a person who is not yet a priest.

Officium secumferens plenam animarum curam, ad quam adimplendam ordinis sacerdotalis exercitium requiritur, ei qui sacerdotio nondum auctus est valide conferri nequit.

Canon 151. The provision of an office which carries with it the care of souls is not to be deferred without grave reason.

Provisio officii animarum curam secumferentis, sine gravi causa ne differatur.

Canon 152. Two or more offices which are incompatible, that is, which cannot be exercised at the same time by the same person, are not to be conferred upon anyone.

Nemini conferantur duo vel plura officia incompatibilia, videlicet quae una simul ab eodem adimpleri nequeunt.

Canon 153. §1 The provision of an office which in law is not vacant is by that very fact invalid, nor does it become valid by subsequent vacancy.

§2 If, however, there is question of an office which by law is conferred for a determinate time, provision can be made within six months before the expiry of this time, and it takes effect from the day the office falls vacant.

§3 The promise of any office, by whomsoever it is made, has no juridical effect.

§1. Provisio officii de iure non vacantis est ipso facto irrita, nec subsequenti vacatione convalescit.

§2. Si tamen agatur de officio quod de iure ad tempus determinatum confertur, provisio intra sex menses ante expletum hoc tempus fieri potest, et effectum habet a die officii vacationis.

§3. Promissio alicuius officii, a quocumque est facta, nullum parit iuridicum effectum.

Canon 154. An office which in law is vacant, but which someone unlawfully still holds, may be conferred, provided that it has been properly declared that such possession is not lawful, and that mention is made of this declaration in the letter of conferral.

Officium de iure vacans, quod forte adhuc ab aliquo illegitime possidetur, conferri potest, dummodo rite declaratum fuerit eam possessionem non esse legitimam, et de hac declaratione mentio fiat in litteris collationis.

Canon 155. One who confers an office in the place of another who is negligent or impeded, does not thereby acquire any power over the person on whom the office is conferred; the juridical condition of the latter is the same as if the provision of the office had been carried out in accordance with the ordinary norm of law.

Qui, vicem alterius neglegentis vel impediti supplens, officium confert, nullam inde potestatem acquirit in personam cui collatum est, sed huius condicio iuridica perinde constituitur, ac si provisio ad ordinariam iuris normam peracta fuisset.

Canon 156. The provision of any office is to be made in writing.

Cuiuslibet officii provisio scripto consignetur.

Canon 157. Unless the law expressly states otherwise, it is the prerogative of the diocesan Bishop to make appointments to ecclesiastical offices in his own particular Church by free conferral.

Nisi aliud explicite iure statuatur. Episcopi dioecesani est libera collatione providere officiis ecclesiasticis in propria Ecclesia particulari.

Canon 158. §1 Presentation to an ecclesiastical office by a person having the right of presentation must be made to the authority who is competent to make an appointment to the office in question; unless it is otherwise lawfully provided, presentation is to be made within three months of receiving notification of the vacancy of the office.

§2 If the right of presentation belongs to a college or group of persons, the person to be presented is to be designated according to the provisions of can. 165--179.

§1. Praesentatio ad officium ecclesiasticum ab eo, cui ius praesentandi competit, fieri debet auctoritati cuius est ad officium de quo agitur institutionem dare, et quidem, nisi aliud legitime cautum sit, intra tres menses ab habita vacationis officii notitia.

§2. Si ius praesentationis cuidam collegio aut coetui personarum competat, praesentandus designetur servatis can. 165-179 praescriptis.

Canon 159. No one is to be presented who is unwilling. Accordingly, one who is proposed for presentation must be consulted, and may be presented if within eight canonical days a refusal is not entered.

Nemo invitus praesentetur; quare qui praesentandus proponitur, mentem suam rogatus, nisi intra octiduum utile recuset, praesentari potest.

Canon 160. §1 One who has the right of presentation may present one or more persons, either simultaneously or successively.

§2 No persons may present themselves. However a college or a group of persons may present one of its members.

§1. Qui iure praesentationis gaudet, unum aut etiam plures, et quidem tum una simul tum successive, praesentare potest.

§2. Nemo potest seipsum praesentare; potest autem collegium aut coetus personarum aliquem suum sodalem praesentare.

Canon 161. §1 Unless the law prescribes otherwise, one who has presented a person who is judged unsuitable, may within a month present another candidate, but once only.

§2 If before the appointment is made the person presented has withdrawn or has died, the one with the right of presentation may exercise this right again, within a month of receiving notice of the withdrawal or of the death.

§1. Nisi aliud iure statuatur, potest qui aliquem praesentaverit non idoneum repertum, altera tantum vice, intra mensem, alium candidatum praesentare.

§2. Si praesentatus ante institutionem factam renuntiaverit aut de vita decesserit, potest qui iure praesentandi pollet, intra mensem ab habita renuntiationis aut mortis notitia, ius suum rursus exercere.

Canon 162. A person who has not presented anyone within the canonical time prescribed by can. 158 §1 and can. 161, or who has twice presented a candidate judged to be unsuitable, loses the right of presentation for that case. The authority who is competent to appoint may then freely provide for the vacant office, but with the consent of the proper Ordinary of the person appointed.

Qui intra tempus utile, ad normam can. 158, §1 et can. 161 praesentationem non fecerit, itemque qui bis praesentaverit non idoneum repertum, pro eo casu ius praesentationis amittit, atque auctoritati, cuius est institutionem dare, competit libere providere officio vacanti, assentiente tamen proprio provisi Ordinario.

Canon 163. The authority to whom, in accordance with the law, it belongs to appoint one who is presented, is to appoint the person lawfully presented whom he has judged suitable, and who has accepted. If a number lawfully presented are judged suitable, he is to appoint one of them.

Auctoritas, cui ad normam iuris competit praesentatum instituere, instituat legitime praesentatum quem idoneum reppererit et qui acceptaverit; quod si plures legitime praesentati idonei reperti sint, eorundem unum instituere debet.

Canon 164. Unless it has been otherwise provided in the law, the provisions of the following canons are to be observed in canonical elections.

Nisi aliud iure provisum fuerit, in electionibus canonicis serventur praescripta canonum qui sequuntur.

Canon 165. Unless it is otherwise provided in the law or in the statutes of the college or group, if a college or a group of persons enjoys the right to elect to an office, the election is not to be deferred beyond three canonical months, to be reckoned from the receipt of notification of the vacancy of the office. If the election does not take place within that time, the ecclesiastical authority who has the right of confirming the election or the right to make provision otherwise, is freely to provide for the vacant office.

Nisi aliud iure aut legitimis collegii vel coetus statutis cautum sit, si cui collegio aut coetui personarum sit ius eligendi ad officium, electio ne differatur ultra trimestre utile computandum ab habita notitia vacationis officii; quo termino inutiliter elapso, auctoritas ecclesiastica, cui ius confirmandae electionis vel ius providendi successive competit, officio vacanti libere provideat.

Canon 166. §1 The one who presides over the college or group is to summon all those who belong to the college or group. When it has to be personal, the summons is valid if it is made in the place of domicile or quasi-domicile or in the place of residence.

§2 If someone who should have been summoned was overlooked and was therefore absent, the election is valid. However, if that person insists and gives proof of being overlooked and of absence, the election, even if confirmed, must be rescinded by the competent authority, provided it is juridically established that the recourse was submitted within no more than three days of having received notification of the election.

§3 If more than one third of the voters were overlooked, the election is invalid by virtue of the law itself, unless all those overlooked were in fact present.

§1. Collegii aut coetus praeses convocet omnes ad collegium aut ad coetum pertinentes; convocatio autem, quando personalis esse debet, valet, si fiat in loco domicilii vel quasi-domicilii aut in loco commorationis.

§2. Si quis ex vocandis neglectus et ideo absens fuerit, electio valet; attamen ad eiusdem instantiam, probata quidem praeteritione et absentia, electio, etiam si confirmata fuerit, a competenti auctoritate rescindi debet, dummodo iuridice constet recursum saltem intra triduum ab habita notitia electionis fuisse transmissum.

§3. Quod si plures quam tertia pars electorum neglecti fuerint, electio est ipso iure nulla, nisi omnes neglecti reapse interfuerint.

Canon 167. §1 When the summons has been lawfully made, those who are present on the day and in the place specified in the summons have the right to vote. Unless it is otherwise lawfully provided in the statutes, votes cast by letter or by proxy cannot be admitted.

§2 If an elector is present in the building in which the election is being held, but because of infirmity is unable to be present at the election, a written vote is to be sought from that person by the scrutineers.

§1. Convocatione legitime facta, suffragium ferendi ius habent praesentes die et loco in eadem convocatione determinatis, exclusa, nisi aliud statutis legitime caveatur, facultate ferendi suffragia sive per epistolam sive per procuratorem.

§2. Si quis ex electoribus praesens in ea domo sit, in qua fit electio, sed electioni ob infirmam valetudinem interesse nequeat, suffragium eius scriptum a scrutatoribus exquiratur.

Canon 168. Even if someone has a right to vote in his or her own name by reason of a number of titles, that person may cast only one vote.

Etsi quis plures ob titulos ius habeat ferendi nomine proprio suffragii, non potest nisi unicum suffragium ferre.

Canon 169. In order that an election be valid, no one may be allowed to vote who does not belong to the college or group.

Ut valida sit electio, nemo ad suffragium admitti potest, qui ad collegium vel coetum non pertineat.

Canon 170. If the freedom of an election has in any way been in fact impeded, the election is invalid by virtue of the law itself.

Electio, cuius libertas quoquo modo reapse impedita fuerit, ipso iure invalida est.

Canon 171. §1 The following are legally incapable of casting a vote:

1° one incapable of a human act;

2° one lacking active voice;

3° one who is excommunicated, whether by judgement of a court or by a decree whereby this penalty is imposed or declared;

4° one who notoriously defected from communion with the Church.

§2 If any of the above persons is admitted, the vote cast is invalid. The election, however, is valid, unless it is established that, without this vote, the person elected would not have gained the requisite number of votes.

§1. Inhabiles sunt ad suffragium ferendum:

1° incapax actus humani;

2° carens voce activa;

3° poena excommunicationis innodatus sive per sententiam iudicialem sive per decretum quo poena irrogatur vel declaratur;

4° qui ab Ecclesiae communione notorie defecit.

§2. Si quis ex praedictis admittatur, eius suffragium est nullum, sed electio valet, nisi constet, eo dempto, electum non rettulisse requisitum suffragiorum numerum.

Canon 172. §1 For a vote to be valid, it must be:

1° free; a vote is therefore invalid if, through grave fear or deceit, someone was directly or indirectly made to choose a certain person or several persons separately;

2° secret, certain, absolute and determinate.

§2 Conditions attached to a vote before an election are to be considered non-existent.

§1. Suffragium, ut validum sit, esse debet:

1° liberum; ideoque invalidum est suffragium eius, qui metu gravi aut dolo, directe vel indirecte, adactus fuerit ad eligendam certam personam aut diversas personas disiunctive;

2° secretum, certum, absolutum, determinatum.

§2. Condiciones ante electionem suffragio appositae tamquam non adiectae habeantur.

Canon 173. §1 Before an election begins, at least two scrutineers are to be appointed from among the college or group.

§2 The scrutineers are to collect the votes and, in the presence of the one who presides at the election, to check whether the number of votes corresponds to the number of electors; they are then to examine the votes and to announce how many each person has received.

§3 If the number of votes exceeds the number of electors, the act is null.

§4 All the proceedings of an election are to be accurately recorded by the one who acts as notary. They are to be signed at least by that notary, by the person who presides and by the scrutineers, and they are to be carefully preserved in the archive of the college.

§1. Antequam incipiat electio, deputentur e gremio collegii aut coetus duo saltem scrutatores.

§2. Scrutatores suffragia colligant et coram praeside electionis inspiciant an schedularum numerus respondeat numero electorum, suffragia ipsa scrutentur palamque faciant quot quisque rettulerit.

§3. Si numerus suffragiorum superet numerum eligentium, nihil est actum.

§4. Omnia electionis acta ab eo qui actuarii munere fungitur accurate describantur, et saltem ab eodem actuario, praeside ac scrutatoribus subscripta, in collegii tabulario diligenter asserventur.

Canon 174. §1 Unless the law or the statutes provide otherwise, an election can be made by compromise, that is the electors by unanimous and written consent transfer the right of election for this occasion to one or more suitable persons, whether they belong to the college or are outside it, who in virtue of this authority are to elect in the name of all.

§2 If the college or group consists solely of clerics, the persons to whom the power of election is transferred must be in sacred orders; otherwise the election is invalid.

§3 Those to whom the power of election is transferred must observe the provisions of law concerning an election and, for the validity of the election, they must observe the conditions attached to the compromise, unless these conditions are contrary to the law. Conditions which are contrary to the law are to be regarded as non-existent.

§1. Electio, nisi aliud iure aut statutis caveatur, fieri etiam potest per compromissum, dummodo nempe electores, unanimi et scripto consensu, in unum vel plures idoneos sive de gremio sive extraneos ius eligendi pro ea vice transferant, qui nomine omnium ex recepta facultate eligant.

§2. Si agatur de collegio aut coetu ex solis clericis constanti, compromissarii in sacris debent esse constituti; secus electio est invalida.

§3. Compromissarii debent iuris praescripta de electione servare atque, ad validitatem electionis, condiciones compromisso appositas, iuri non contrarias, observare; condiciones autem iuri contrariae pro non appositis habeantur.

Canon 175. A compromise ceases, and the right to vote reverts to those who transferred it, when:

1° it is revoked by the college or group before it has been put into effect;

2° a condition attached to the compromise has not been fulfilled;

3° the election has been held, but invalidly.

Cessat compromissum et ius suffragium ferendi redit ad compromittentes:

1° revocatione a collegio aut coetu facta, re integra;

2° non impleta aliqua condicione compromisso apposita;

3° electione absoluta, si fuerit nulla.

Canon 176. Unless it is otherwise provided in the law or the statutes, the person who has received the requisite number of votes in accordance with can. 119, n. 1, is deemed elected and is to be proclaimed by the person who presides over the college or group.

Nisi aliud iure aut statutis caveatur, is electus habeatur et a collegii aut coetus praeside proclametur, qui requisitum suffragiorum numerum rettulerit, ad normam can. 119, n. 1.

Canon 177. §1 The election is to be notified immediately to the person elected who must, within eight canonical days from the receipt of notification of the election, intimate to the person who presides over the college or group whether or not he or she accepts the election; otherwise, the election has no effect.

§2 The person elected who has not accepted loses every right deriving from the election, nor is any right revived by subsequent acceptance; the person may, however, be elected again. The college or group must proceed to a new election within a month of being notified of non-acceptance.

§1. Electio illico intimanda est electo, qui debet intra octiduum utile a recepta intimatione significare collegii aut coetus praesidi utrum electionem acceptet necne; secus electio effectum non habet.

§2. Si electus non acceptaverit, omne ius ex electione amittit nec subsequenti acceptatione convalescit, sed rursus eligi potest; collegium autem aut coetus intra mensem a cognita non-acceptatione ad novam electionem procedere debet.

Canon 178. If the election does not require confirmation, by accepting the election the person elected immediately obtains the office with all its rights; otherwise, he or she acquires only a right to the office.

Electus, acceptata electione, quae confirmatione non egeat, officium pleno iure statim obtinet; secus non acquirit nisi ius ad rem.

Canon 179. §1 If the election requires confirmation, the person elected must, either personally or through another, ask for confirmation by the competent authority within eight canonical days of acceptance of the office- otherwise that person is deprived of every right, unless he or she has established that there was just reason which prevented confirmation being sought.

§2 The competent authority cannot refuse confirmation if he has found the person elected suitable in accordance with can. 149 §1, and the election has been carried out in accordance with the law.

§3 Confirmation must be given in writing.

§4 Before receiving notice of the confirmation, the person elected may not become involved in the administration of the office, neither in spiritual nor in material affairs; any acts possibly performed by that person are invalid.

§5 When confirmation has been notified, the person elected obtains full right to the office, unless the law provides otherwise.

§1. Electus, si electio confirmatione indigeat, intra octiduum utile a die acceptatae electionis confirmationem ab auctoritate competenti petere per se vel per alium debet; secus omni iure privatur, nisi probaverit se a petenda confirmatione iusto impedimento detentum fuisse.

§2. Competens auctoritas, si electum reppererit idoneum ad normam can. 149, §1, et electio ad normam iuris fuerit peracta, confirmationem denegare nequit.

§3. Confirmatio in scriptis dari debet.

§4. Ante intimatam confirmationem, electo non licet sese immiscere administrationi officii sive in spiritualibus sive in temporalibus et actus ab eo forte positi nulli sunt.

§5. Intimata confirmatione, electus pleno iure officium obtinet, nisi aliud iure caveatur.

Canon 180. §1 If a canonical impediment, from which a dispensation is possible and customary, stands in the way of the election of a person whom the electors judge more suitable and prefer, they can, unless the law provides otherwise, postulate that person from the competent authority.

§2 Those to whom the power of electing has been transferred by compromise may not make a postulation, unless this is expressly stated in the terms of the compromise.

§1. Si electioni illius quem electores aptiorem putent ac praeferant impedimentum canonicum obstet, super quo dispensatio concedi possit ac soleat, suis ipsi suffragiis eum possunt, nisi aliud iure caveatur, a competenti auctoritate postulare.

§2. Compromissarii postulare nequeunt, nisi id in compromisso fuerit expressum.

Canon 181. §1 For a postulation to have effect, at least two thirds of the votes are required.

§2 A vote for postulation must be expressed by the term ‘I postulate’, or an equivalent. The formula ‘I elect or postulate’, or its equivalent, is valid for election if there is no impediment; otherwise, it is valid for postulation.

§1. Ut postulatio vim habeat, requiruntur saltem duae tertiae partes suffragiorum.

§2. Suffragium pro postulatione exprimi debet per verbum: postulo, aut aequivalens; formula: eligo vel postulo, aut aequipollens, valet pro electione, si impedimentum non exsistat, secus pro postulatione.

Canon 182. §1 The postulation must be sent, within eight canonical days, by the person who presides to the authority which is competent to confirm the election, to whom it belongs to grant the dispensation from the impediment or, if he has not this authority, to seek the dispensation from a superior authority. If confirmation is not required, the postulation must be sent to the authority which is competent to grant the dispensation.

§2 If the postulation is not forwarded within the prescribed time, it is by that very fact invalid, and the college or group is for that occasion deprived of the right of election or of postulation, unless it is proved that the person presiding was prevented by a just impediment from forwarding the postulation, or did not do so in due time because of deceit or negligence.

§3 The person postulated does not acquire any right from the postulation; the competent authority is not obliged to admit the postulation.

§4 The electors may not revoke a postulation made to the competent authority, except with the consent of that authority.

§1. Postulatio a praeside intra octiduum utile mitti debet ad auctoritatem competentem ad quam pertinet electionem confirmare, cuius est dispensationem de impedimento concedere, aut, si hanc potestatem non habeat, eandem ab auctoritate superiore petere; si non requiritur confirmatio, postulatio mitti debet ad auctoritatem competentem ut dispensatio concedatur.

§2. Si intra praescriptum tempus postulatio missa non fuerit, ipso facto nulla est, et collegium vel coetus pro ea vice privatur iure eligendi aut postulandi nisi probetur praesidem a mittenda postulatione iusto fuisse detentum impedimento aut dolo vel neglegentia ab eadem tempore opportuno mittenda abstinuisse.

§3. Postulato nullum ius acquiritur ex postulatione; eam admittendi auctoritas competens obligatione non tenetur.

§4. Factam auctoritati competenti postulationem electores revocare non possunt, nisi auctoritate consentiente.

Canon 183. §1 If a postulation is not admitted by the competent authority the right of election reverts to the college or group.

§2 If the postulation has been admitted, this is to be notified to the person postulated, who must reply in accordance with can. 177 §1.

§3 The person who accepts a postulation which has been admitted immediately obtains full right to the office.

§1. Non admissa ab auctoritate competenti postulatione, ius eligendi ad collegium vel coetum redit.

§2. Quod si postulatio admissa fuerit, id significetur postulato, qui respondere debet ad normam can. 177, §1.

§3. Qui admissam postulationem acceptat, pleno iure statim officium obtinet.

Canon 184. §1 An ecclesiastical office is lost on the expiry of a predetermined time; on reaching the age limit defined by law; by resignation; by transfer; by removal; by deprivation.

§2 An ecclesiastical office is not lost on the expiry, in whatever way, of the authority of the one by whom it was conferred, unless the law provides otherwise.

§3 The loss of an office, once it has taken effect, is to be notified as soon as possible to those who have any right in regard to the provision of the office.

§1. Amittitur officium ecclesiasticum lapsu temporis praefiniti, expleta aetate iure definita, renuntiatione, translatione, amotione necnon privatione.

§2. Resoluto quovis modo iure auctoritatis a qua fuit collatum, officium ecclesiasticum non amittitur, nisi aliud iure caveatur.

§3. Officii amissio, quae effectum sortita est, quam primum omnibus nota fiat, quibus aliquod ius in officii provisionem competit.

Canon 185. The title ‘emeritus’ may be conferred on one who loses office by reason of age, or of resignation which has been accepted.

Ei, qui ob impletam aetatem aut renuntiationem acceptatam officium amittit, titulus emeriti conferri potest.

Canon 186. Loss of office by reason of the expiry of a predetermined time or of reaching the age limit, has effect only from the moment that this is communicated in writing by the competent authority.

Lapsu temporis praefiniti vel adimpleta aetate, amissio officii effectum habet tantum a momento, quo a competenti auctoritate scripto intimatur.

Canon 187. Anyone who is capable of personal responsibility can resign from an ecclesiastical office for a just reason.

Quisquis sui compos potest officio ecclesiastico iusta de causa renuntiare.

Canon 188. A resignation which is made as a result of grave fear unjustly inflicted, or of deceit, or of substantial error, or of simony, is invalid by virtue of the law itself.

Renuntiatio ex metu gravi, iniuste incusso, dolo vel errore substantiali aut simoniace facta, ipso iure irrita est.

Canon 189. §1 For a resignation to be valid, whether it requires acceptance or not, it must be made to the authority which is competent to provide for the office in question, and it must be made either in writing, or orally before two witnesses.

§2 The authority is not to accept a resignation which is not based on a just and proportionate reason.

§3 A resignation which requires acceptance has no force unless it is accepted within three months. One which does not require acceptance takes effect when the person resigning communicates it in accordance with the law.
[NB see m.p. Learn to take your leave, 12.II.2018, art. 5 (cf. can. 401)]

§4 Until a resignation takes effect, it can be revoked by the person resigning. Once it has taken effect, it cannot be revoked, but the person who resigned can obtain the office on the basis of another title.

§1. Renuntiatio, ut valeat, sive acceptatione eget sive non, auctoritati fieri debet cui provisio ad officium de quo agitur pertinet, et quidem scripto vel oretenus coram duobus testibus.

§2. Auctoritas renuntiationem iusta et proportionata causa non innixam ne acceptet.

§3. Renuntiatio quae acceptatione indiget, nisi intra tres menses acceptetur, omni vi caret; quae acceptatione non indiget effectum sortitur communicatione renuntiantis ad normam iuris facta.

§4. Renuntiatio, quamdiu effectum sortita non fuerit, a renuntiante revocari potest; effectu secuto revocari nequit, sed qui renuntiavit, officium alio ex titulo consequi potest.

Canon 190. §1 A transfer can be made only by the person who has the right to provide both for the office which is lost and at the same time for the office which is being conferred.

§2 A grave reason is required if a transfer is made against the will of the holder of an office and, always without prejudice to the right to present reasons against the transfer, the procedure prescribed by law is to be observed.

§3 For a transfer to have effect, it must be notified in writing.

§1. Translatio ab eo tantum fieri potest, qui ius habet providendi officio quod amittitur et simul officio quod committitur.

§2. Si translatio fiat invito officii titulari, gravis requiritur causa et, firmo semper iure rationes contrarias exponendi, servetur modus procedendi iure praescriptus.

§3. Translatio, ut effectum sortiatur, scripto intimanda est.

Canon 191. §1 In the process of transfer, the first office is vacated by the taking of canonical possession of the other office, unless the law or the competent authority has prescribed otherwise.

§2 The person transferred receives the remuneration attached to the previous office until the moment of obtaining canonical possession of the other office.


§1. In translatione, prius officium vacat per possessionem alterius officii canonice habitam, nisi aliud iure cautum aut a competenti auctoritate praescriptum fuerit.

§2. Remunerationem cum priore officio conexam translatus percipit, donec alterius possessionem canonice obtinuerit.

Canon 192. One is removed from office either by a decree of the competent authority lawfully issued, observing of course the rights possibly acquired from a contract, or by virtue of the law in accordance with can. 194.

Ab officio quis amovetur sive decreto ab auctoritate competenti legitime edito, servatis quidem iuribus forte ex contractu quaesitis, sive ipso iure ad normam can. 194.

Canon 193. §1 No one may be removed from an office which is conferred on a person for an indeterminate time, except for grave reasons and in accordance with the procedure defined by law.

§2 This also applies to the removal from office before time of a person on whom an office is conferred for a determinate time, without prejudice to can. 624 §3.

§3 When in accordance with the provisions of law an office is conferred upon someone at the prudent discretion of the competent authority, that person may, upon the judgement of the same authority, be removed from the office for a just reason.

§4 For a decree of removal to be effective, it must be notified in writing.

§1. Ab officio quod alicui confertur ad tempus indefinitum, non potest quis amoveri nisi ob graves causas atque servato procedendi modo iure definito.

§2. Idem valet, ut quis ab officio, quod alicui ad tempus determinatum confertur, ante hoc tempus elapsum amoveri possit, firmo praescripto can. 624, §3.

§3. Ab officio quod, secundum iuris praescripta, alicui confertur ad prudentem discretionem auctoritatis competentis, potest quis iusta ex causa, de iudicio eiusdem auctoritatis, amoveri.

§4. Decretum amotionis, ut effectum sortiatur, scripto intimandum est.

Canon 194. §1 The following are removed from ecclesiastical office by virtue of the law itself:

1° one who has lost the clerical state;

2° one who has publicly defected from the catholic faith or from communion with the Church;

3° a cleric who has attempted marriage, even a civil one.

§2 The removal mentioned in nn. 2 and 3 can be insisted upon only if it is established by a declaration of the competent authority.

§1. Ipso iure ab officio ecclesiastico amovetur:

1° qui statum clericalem amiserit;

2° qui a fide catholica aut a communione Ecclesiae publice defecerit;

3° clericus qui matrimonium etiam civile tantum attentaverit.

§2. Amotio, de qua in nn. 2 et 3, urgeri tantum potest, si de eadem auctoritatis competentis declaratione constet.

Canon 195. If by a decree of the competent authority, and not by the law itself, someone is removed from an office on which that person’s livelihood depends, the same authority is to ensure that the person’s livelihood is secure for an appropriate time, unless this has been provided for in some other way.

Si quis, non quidem ipso iure, sed per decretum auctoritatis competentis ab officio amoveatur quo eiusdem subsistentiae providetur, eadem auctoritas curet ut ipsius subsistentiae per congruum tempus prospiciatur, nisi aliter provisum sit.

Canon 196. §1 Deprivation of office, that is, as a punishment for an offence, may be effected only in accordance with the law.

§2 Deprivation takes effect in accordance with the provisions of the canons concerning penal law.


§1. Privatio ab officio, in poenam scilicet delicti, ad normam iuris tantummodo fieri potest.

§2. Privatio effectum sortitur secundum praescripta canonum de iure poenali.