Christus Dominus EN

DECREE CONCERNING THE PASTORAL OFFICE OF BISHOPS OCTOBER 28, 1965

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9999 CHRISTUS DOMINUS 1 PREFACE 3 CHAPTER I THE RELATIONSHIP OF BISHOPS TO THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH 4 I. The Role of the Bishops in the Universal Church 8 II. Bishops and the Apostolic See 10 CHAPTER II BISHOPS AND THEIR PARTICULAR CHURCHES OR DIOCESES 11 I. Diocesan Bishops 22 II. Diocesan Boundaries 24 III. Assistants in the Pastoral Office of the Diocesan Bishops 25 1. Coadjutor and auxiliary bishops 27 2. The diocesan curia and commissions 28 3. The diocesan clergy 33 4. Religious 35 CHAPTER III CONCERNING BISHOPS COOPERATING FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF MANY CHURCHES 36 I. Synods, Councils and especially Episcopal Conferences 39 II. The Boundaries of Ecclesiastical Provinces and the Erection of Ecclesiastical Regions 42 III. Bishops Having an Inter-Diocesan Office 44 GENERAL DIRECTIVE

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