Canon 413. §1 Unless the Holy See has provided otherwise, when a see is impeded, the governance of the diocese devolves on the coadjutor Bishop, if there is one. If there is no coadjutor, or if he is impeded, it devolves upon the auxiliary Bishop, or the Vicar general, or the episcopal Vicar, or another priest: the order of persons to be followed is to be that determined in the list which the diocesan Bishop is to draw up as soon as possible after taking possession of his diocese. This list, which is to be communicated to the Metropolitan, is to be revised at least every three years, and kept under secrecy by the chancellor.

§2 If there is no coadjutor Bishop or if he is impeded, and the list mentioned in §1 is not at hand, it is the responsibility of the college of consultors to elect a priest who will govern the diocese.

§3 The person who undertakes the governance of the diocese according to the norms of §§1 or 2, is to notify the Holy See as soon as possible that the see is impeded and that he has undertaken the office.

§1. Sede impedita, regimen dioecesis, nisi aliter Sancta Sedes providerit, competit Episcopo coadiutori, si adsit; eo deficiente aut impedito, alicui Episcopo auxiliari aut Vicario generali vel episcopali aliive sacerdoti, servato personarum ordine statuto in elencho ab Episcopo dioecesano quam primum a capta dioecesis possessione componendo; qui elenchus cum Metropolita communicandus singulis saltem trienniis renovetur atque a cancellario sub secreto servetur.

§2. Si deficiat aut impediatur Episcopus coadiutor atque elenchus, de quo in §1, non suppetat, collegii consultorum est sacerdotem eligere, qui dioecesim regat.

§3. Qui dioecesis regimen, ad normam §§1 vel 2, susceperit, quam primum Sanctam Sedem moneat de sede impedita ac de suspecto munere.