CODE OF CANON LAW TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION BOOK I. GENERAL NORMS . TITLE I. ECCLESIASTICAL LAWS (Cann. 7 - 22) . TITLE II. CUSTOM (Cann. 23 - 28) . TITLE III. GENERAL DECREES AND INSTRUCTIONS (Cann. 29 - 34) . TITLE IV. SINGULAR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS (Cann. 35 - 93) . CHAPTER I. COMMON NORMS . CHAPTER II. SINGULAR DECREES AND PRECEPTS . CHAPTER III. RESCRIPTS . CHAPTER IV. PRIVILEGES . CHAPTER V. DISPENSATIONS
. TITLE V. STATUTES AND RULES OF ORDER (Cann. 94 - 95) . TITLE VI. PHYSICAL AND JURIDIC PERSONS (Cann. 96 - 123) . CHAPTER I. THE CANONICAL CONDITION OF PHYSICAL PERSONS . CHAPTER II. JURIDIC PERSONS
. TITLE VII. JURIDIC ACTS (Cann. 124 - 128) . TITLE VIII. THE POWER OF GOVERNANCE (Cann. 129 - 144) . TITLE IX. ECCLESIASTICAL OFFICES (Cann. 145 - 196) . CHAPTER I. PROVISION OF ECCLESIASTICAL OFFICE . Art. 1. FREE CONFERRAL . Art. 2. PRESENTATION . Art. 3. ELECTION . Art. 4. POSTULATION
. CHAPTER II. LOSS OF ECCLESIASTICAL OFFICE . Art. 1. RESIGNATION . Art. 2. TRANSFER . Art. 3. REMOVAL . Art. 4. PRIVATION
. TITLE X. PRESCRIPTION (Cann. 197 - 199) . TITLE XI. COMPUTATION OF TIME (Cann. 200 - 203)
BOOK II. THE PEOPLE OF GOD . PART I. THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL (Cann. 204 - 207) . TITLE I. THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF ALL THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL (Cann. 208 - 223) . TITLE II. THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF THE LAY CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL (Cann. 224 - 231) . TITLE III. SACRED MINISTERS OR CLERICS (Cann. 232 - 293) . CHAPTER I. THE FORMATION OF CLERICS . CHAPTER II. THE ENROLLMENT, OR INCARDINATION, OF CLERICS . CHAPTER III. THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF CLERICS . CHAPTER IV. LOSS OF THE CLERICAL STATE
. TITLE IV. PERSONAL PRELATURES (Cann. 294 - 297) . TITLE V. ASSOCIATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL (Cann. 298 - 329) . CHAPTER I. COMMON NORMS . CHAPTER II. PUBLIC ASSOCIATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL . CHAPTER III. PRIVATE ASSOCIATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL . CHAPTER IV. SPECIAL NORMS FOR ASSOCIATIONS OF THE LAITY
. PART II. THE HIERARCHICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH . SECTION I. THE SUPREME AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 330 - 367) . CHAPTER I. THE ROMAN PONTIFF AND THE COLLEGE OF BISHOPS . Art. 1. THE ROMAN PONTIFF . Art. 2. THE COLLEGE OF BISHOPS
. CHAPTER II. THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS . CHAPTER III. THE CARDINALS OF THE HOLY ROMAN CHURCH . CHAPTER IV. THE ROMAN CURIA . CHAPTER V. LEGATES OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF
. SECTION II. PARTICULAR CHURCHES AND THEIR GROUPINGS . TITLE I. PARTICULAR CHURCHES AND THE AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED IN THEM (Cann. 368 - 430) . CHAPTER I. PARTICULAR CHURCHES . CHAPTER II. BISHOPS . Art. 1. BISHOPS IN GENERAL . Art. 2. DIOCESAN BISHOPS . Art. 3. COADJUTOR AND AUXILIARY BISHOPS
. CHAPTER III. THE IMPEDED SEE AND THE VACANT SEE . Art. 1. THE IMPEDED SEE . Art. 2. THE VACANT SEE
. TITLE II. GROUPINGS OF PARTICULAR CHURCHES (Cann. 431 - 459) . CHAPTER I. ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCES AND ECCLESIASTICAL REGIONS . CHAPTER II. METROPOLITANS . CHAPTER III. PARTICULAR COUNCILS . CHAPTER IV. CONFERENCES OF BISHOPS
. TITLE III. THE INTERNAL ORDERING OF PARTICULAR CHURCHES (Cann. 460 - 572) . CHAPTER I. THE DIOCESAN SYNOD . CHAPTER II. THE DIOCESAN CURIA . Art. 1. VICARS GENERAL AND EPISCOPAL VICARS . Art. 2. THE CHANCELLOR, OTHER NOTARIES, AND THE ARCHIVES . Art. 3. THE FINANCE COUNCIL AND THE FINANCE OFFICER
. CHAPTER III. THE PRESBYTERAL COUNCIL AND THE COLLEGE OF CONSULTORS . CHAPTER IV. CHAPTERS OF CANONS . CHAPTER V. THE PASTORAL COUNCIL . CHAPTER VI. PARISHES, PASTORS, AND PAROCHIAL VICARS . CHAPTER VII. VICARS FORANE . CHAPTER VIII. RECTORS OF CHURCHES AND CHAPLAINS . Art. 1. RECTORS OF CHURCHES . Art. 2. CHAPLAINS
. PART III. INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE AND SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE . SECTION I: INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE . TITLE I: NORMS COMMON TO ALL INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE (Cann. 573 - 606) . TITLE II. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES (Cann. 607 - 709) . CHAPTER I. RELIGIOUS HOUSES AND THEIR ERECTION AND SUPPRESSION . CHAPTER II. THE GOVERNANCE OF INSTITUTES . Art. 1. SUPERIORS AND COUNCILS . Art. 2. CHAPTERS . Art. 3. TEMPORAL GOODS AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION
. CHAPTER III. THE ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES AND THE FORMATION OF MEMBERS . Art. 1. ADMISSION TO THE NOVITIATE . Art. 2. THE NOVITIATE AND FORMATION OF NOVICES . Art. 3. RELIGIOUS PROFESSION . Art. 4. THE FORMATION OF RELIGIOUS
. CHAPTER IV. THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF INSTITUTES AND THEIR MEMBERS . CHAPTER V. THE APOSTOLATE OF INSTITUTES . CHAPTER VI. SEPARATION OF MEMBERS FROM THE INSTITUTE . Art. 1. TRANSFER TO ANOTHER INSTITUTE . Art. 2. DEPARTURE FROM AN INSTITUTE . Art. 3. DISMISSAL OF MEMBERS
. CHAPTER VII. RELIGIOUS RAISED TO THE EPISCOPATE . CHAPTER VIII. CONFERENCES OF MAJOR SUPERIORS
. TITLE III. SECULAR INSTITUTES (Cann. 710 - 730)
. SECTION II. SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE (Cann. 731 - 746)
BOOK III. THE TEACHING FUNCTION OF THE CHURCH (747 - 755) . TITLE I. THE MINISTRY OF THE DIVINE WORD (Cann. 756 - 780) . CHAPTER I. THE PREACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD . CHAPTER II. CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTION
. TITLE II. THE MISSIONARY ACTION OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 781 - 792) . TITLE III. CATHOLIC EDUCATION (Cann. 793 - 821) . CHAPTER I. SCHOOLS . CHAPTER II. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTES OF HIGHER STUDIES . CHAPTER III. ECCLESIASTICAL UNIVERSITIES AND FACULTIES
. TITLE IV. INSTRUMENTS OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AND BOOKS IN PARTICULAR (Cann. 822 - 832) . TITLE V. THE PROFESSION OF FAITH (Can. 833)
BOOK IV. FUNCTION OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 834 - 848) . PART I. THE SACRAMENTS . TITLE I. BAPTISM (Cann. 849 - 878) . CHAPTER I. THE CELEBRATION OF BAPTISM . CHAPTER II. THE MINISTER OF BAPTISM . CHAPTER III. THOSE TO BE BAPTIZED . CHAPTER IV. SPONSORS . CHAPTER V. THE PROOF AND REGISTRATION OF THE CONFERRAL OF BAPTISM
. TITLE II. THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION (Cann. 879 - 896) . CHAPTER I. THE CELEBRATION OF CONFIRMATION . CHAPTER II. THE MINISTER OF CONFIRMATION . CHAPTER III. THOSE TO BE CONFIRMED . CHAPTER IV. SPONSORS . CHAPTER V. THE PROOF AND REGISTRATION OF THE CONFERRAL OF CONFIRMATION
. TITLE III. THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST (Cann. 897 - 958) . CHAPTER I. THE EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION . Art. 1. THE MINISTER OF THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST . Art. 2. PARTICIPATION IN THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST . Art. 3. THE RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION . Art. 4. THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST
. CHAPTER II. THE RESERVATION AND VENERATION OF THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST . CHAPTER III. THE OFFERING GIVEN FOR THE CELEBRATION OF MASS
. TITLE IV. THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE (Cann. 959 - 997) . CHAPTER I. THE CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT . CHAPTER II. THE MINISTER OF THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE . CHAPTER III. THE PENITENT . CHAPTER IV. INDULGENCES
. TITLE V. THE SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK (Cann. 998 - 1007) . CHAPTER I. THE CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT . CHAPTER II. THE MINISTER OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK . CHAPTER III. THOSE ON WHOM THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK IS TO BE CONFERRED
. TITLE VI. ORDERS (Cann. 1008 - 1054) . CHAPTER I. THE CELEBRATION AND MINISTER OF ORDINATION . CHAPTER II. THOSE TO BE ORDAINED . Art. 1. REQUIREMENTS IN THOSE TO BE ORDAINED . Art. 2. THE PREREQUISITES FOR ORDINATION . Art. 3. IRREGULARITIES AND OTHER IMPEDIMENTS . Art. 4. THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND INVESTIGATION
. CHAPTER III. THE NOTATION AND TESTIMONIAL OF ORDINATION CONFERRED TITLE VII. MARRIAGE (Cann. 1055 - 1165) . CHAPTER I. PASTORAL CARE AND THOSE THINGS WHICH MUST PRECEDE THE CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE . CHAPTER II. DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENTS IN GENERAL . CHAPTER III. SPECIFIC DIRIMENT IMPEDIMENTS . CHAPTER IV. MATRIMONIAL CONSENT . CHAPTER V. THE FORM OF THE CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE . CHAPTER VI. MIXED MARRIAGES . CHAPTER VII. MARRIAGE CELEBRATED SECRETLY . CHAPTER VIII. THE EFFECTS OF MARRIAGE . CHAPTER IX. THE SEPARATION OF SPOUSES . Art. 1. DISSOLUTION OF THE BOND . Art. 2. SEPARATION WITH THE BOND REMAINING
. CHAPTER X. THE CONVALIDATION OF MARRIAGE . Art. 1. SIMPLE CONVALIDATION . Art. 2. RADICAL SANATION
. PART II : THE OTHER ACTS OF DIVINE WORSHIP . TITLE I: SACRAMENTALS (Cann. 1166 - 1172) . TITLE II. THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS (Cann. 1173 - 1175) . TITLE III. ECCLESIASTICAL FUNERALS (Cann. 1176 - 1185) . CHAPTER I. THE CELEBRATION OF FUNERALS . CHAPTER II. THOSE TO WHOM ECCLESIASTICAL FUNERALS MUST BE GRANTED OR DENIED
. TITLE IV. THE VENERATION OF THE SAINTS, SACRED IMAGES, AND RELICS (Cann. 1186 - 1190) . TITLE V. A VOW AND AN OATH (Cann. 1191 - 1204) . CHAPTER I. A VOW . CHAPTER II. AN OATH
. PART III : SACRED PLACES AND TIMES . TITLE I: SACRED PLACES (Cann. 1205 - 1243) . CHAPTER I. CHURCHES . CHAPTER II. ORATORIES AND PRIVATE CHAPELS . CHAPTER III. SHRINES . CHAPTER IV. ALTARS . CHAPTER V. CEMETERIES
. TITLE II. SACRED TIMES (Cann. 1244 - 1258) . CHAPTER I. FEAST DAYS . CHAPTER II. DAYS OF PENANCE
BOOK V. THE TEMPORAL GOODS OF THE CHURCH . TITLE I. THE ACQUISITION OF GOODS (Cann. 1259 - 1272) . TITLE II. THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOODS (Cann. 1273 - 1289) . TITLE III. CONTRACTS AND ESPECIALLY ALIENATION (Cann. 1290 - 1298) . TITLE IV. PIOUS WILLS IN GENERAL AND PIOUS FOUNDATIONS (Cann. 1299 - 1310)
BOOK VI. SANCTIONS IN THE CHURCH . PART I. DELICTS AND PENALTIES IN GENERAL . TITLE I THE PUNISHMENT OF DELICTS IN GENERAL (Cann. 1311 - 1312) . TITLE II. PENAL LAW AND PENAL PRECEPT (Cann. 1313 - 1320) . TITLE III. THE SUBJECT LIABLE TO PENAL SANCTIONS (Cann. 1321 - 1330) . TITLE IV. PENALTIES AND OTHER PUNISHMENTS (Cann. 1331 - 1340) . CHAPTER I. CENSURES . CHAPTER II. EXPIATORY PENALTIES . CHAPTER III. PENAL REMEDIES AND PENANCES
. TITLE V. THE APPLICATION OF PENALTIES (Cann. 1341 - 1353) . TITLE VI. THE CESSATION OF PENALTIES (Cann. 1354 - 1363)
. PART II. PENALTIES FOR INDIVIDUAL DELICTS . TITLE I. DELICTS AGAINST RELIGION AND THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 1364 - 1369) . TITLE II DELICTS AGAINST ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITIES AND THE FREEDOM OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 1370 - 1377) . TITLE III. USURPATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL FUNCTIONS AND DELICTS IN THEIR EXERCISE (Cann. 1378 - 1389) . TITLE IV. THE CRIME OF FALSEHOOD (Cann. 1390 - 1391) . TITLE V. DELICTS AGAINST SPECIAL OBLIGATIONS (Cann. 1392 - 1396) . TITLE VI. DELICTS AGAINST HUMAN LIFE AND FREEDOM (Cann. 1397 - 1398) . TITLE VII. GENERAL NORM (Can. 1399)
BOOK VII PROCESSES . PART I. TRIALS IN GENERAL (Cann. 1400 - 1403) . TITLE I. THE COMPETENT FORUM (Cann. 1404 - 1416) . TITLE II. DIFFERENT GRADES AND KINDS OF TRIBUNALS (Cann. 1417 - 1445) . CHAPTER I. THE TRIBUNAL OF FIRST INSTANCE . Art. 1. THE JUDGE . Art. 2. AUDITORS AND RELATORS . Art. 3. THE PROMOTER OF JUSTICE, THE DEFENDER OF THE BOND, AND THE NOTARY
. CHAPTER II. THE TRIBUNAL OF SECOND INSTANCE . CHAPTER III. THE TRIBUNALS OF THE APOSTOLIC SEE
. TITLE III. THE DISCIPLINE TO BE OBSERVED IN TRIBUNALS (Cann. 1446 - 1475) . CHAPTER I. THE DUTY OF JUDGES AND MINISTERS OF THE TRIBUNAL . CHAPTER II. THE ORDER OF ADJUDICATION . CHAPTER III. TIME LIMITS AND DELAYS . CHAPTER IV. THE PLACE OF THE TRIAL . CHAPTER V. PERSONS TO BE ADMITTED TO THE COURT AND THE MANNER OF PREPARING AND KEEPING THE ACTS
. TITLE IV. THE PARTIES IN A CASE (Cann. 1476 - 1490) . CHAPTER I. THE PETITIONER AND THE RESPONDENT . CHAPTER II. PROCURATORS FOR LITIGATION AND ADVOCATES
. TITLE V. ACTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS (Cann. 1491 - 1500) . CHAPTER I. ACTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS IN GENERAL . CHAPTER II. SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
. PART II. THE CONTENTIOUS TRIAL . SECTION I. THE ORDINARY CONTENTIOUS TRIAL . TITLE I. THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE (Cann. 1501 - 1512) . CHAPTER I. THE INTRODUCTORY LIBELLUS OF LITIGATION . CHAPTER II. THE CITATION AND NOTIFICATION OF JUDICIAL ACTS
. TITLE II. THE JOINDER OF THE ISSUE (Cann. 1513 - 1516) . TITLE III. THE TRIAL OF THE LITIGATION (Cann. 1517 - 1525) . TITLE IV. PROOFS (Cann. 1526 - 1586) . CHAPTER I. THE DECLARATIONS OF THE PARTIES . CHAPTER II. PROOF THROUGH DOCUMENTS . Art. 1. THE NATURE AND TRUSTWORTHINESS OF DOCUMENTS . Art. 2. THE PRESENTATION OF DOCUMENTS
. CHAPTER III. WITNESSES AND TESTIMONIES . Art. 1. THOSE WHO CAN BE WITNESSES . Art. 2. THE INTRODUCTION AND EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES . Art. 3. THE EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES . Art. 4. THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF TESTIMONIES
. CHAPTER IV. EXPERTS . CHAPTER V. JUDICIAL EXAMINATION AND INSPECTION . CHAPTER VI. PRESUMPTIONS
. TITLE V. INCIDENTAL CASES (Cann. 1587 - 1597) . CHAPTER I. PARTIES WHO DO NOT APPEAR . CHAPTER II. THE INTERVENTION OF A THIRD PERSON IN A CASE
. TITLE VI. THE PUBLICATION OF THE ACTS, THE CONCLUSION OF THE CASE, AND THE DISCUSSION OF THE CASE (Cann. 1598 - 1606) . TITLE VII. THE PRONOUNCEMENTS OF THE JUDGE (Cann. 1607 - 1618) . TITLE VIII. CHALLENGE OF THE SENTENCE (Cann. 1619 - 1640) . CHAPTER I. COMPLAINT OF NULLITY AGAINST THE SENTENCE . CHAPTER II. APPEAL
. TITLE IX. RES IUDICATA AND RESTITUTIO IN INTEGRUM (Cann. 1641 - 1648) . CHAPTER I. RES IUDICATA . CHAPTER II. RESTITUTIO IN INTEGRUM
. TITLE X. JUDICIAL EXPENSES AND GRATUITOUS LEGAL ASSISTANCE (Can. 1649) . TITLE XI. THE EXECUTION OF THE SENTENCE (Cann. 1650 - 1655)
. SECTION II. THE ORAL CONTENTIOUS PROCESS (Cann. 1656 - 1670)
. PART III. CERTAIN SPECIAL PROCESSES . TITLE I. MARRIAGE PROCESSES (Cann. 1671 - 1707) . CHAPTER I. CASES TO DECLARE THE NULLITY OF MARRIAGE . Art. 1. THE COMPETENT FORUM . Art. 2. THE RIGHT TO CHALLENGE A MARRIAGE . Art. 3. THE INTRODUCTION AND INSTRUCTION OF THE CASE . Art. 4. THE JUDGMENT, ITS APPEALS AND ITS EFFECTS . Art. 5. THE BRIEFER MATRIMONIAL PROCESS BEFORE THE BISHOP . Art. 6. THE DOCUMENTARY PROCESS . Art. 7. GENERAL NORMS . . CHAPTER II. CASES OF SEPARATION OF SPOUSES . CHAPTER III. PROCESS FOR THE DISPENSATION OF A MARRIAGE RATUM ET NON CONSUMMATUM . CHAPTER IV. PROCESS IN THE PRESUMED DEATH OF A SPOUSE
. TITLE II. CASES FOR DECLARING THE NULLITY OF SACRED ORDINATION (Cann. 1708 - 1712) . TITLE III. METHODS OF AVOIDING TRIALS (Cann. 1713 - 1716)
. PART IV. THE PENAL PROCESS (Cann. 1717 - 1731) . CHAPTER I. THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION . CHAPTER II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROCESS . CHAPTER III. ACTION TO REPAIR DAMAGES
. PART V. THE METHOD OF PROCEEDING IN ADMINISTRATIVE RECOURSE AND IN THE REMOVAL OR TRANSFER OF PASTORS . SECTION I. RECOURSE AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE DECREES (Cann. 1732 - 1739) . SECTION II. THE PROCEDURE IN THE REMOVAL OR TRANSFER OF PASTORS (Cann. 1740 - 1752) . CHAPTER I. THE MANNER OF PROCEEDING IN THE REMOVAL OF PASTORS . CHAPTER II. THE MANNER OF PROCEEDING IN THE TRANSFER OF PASTORS