Chapter — 1917 Code of Canon Law
Chapter I: Of the Minister of Extreme Unction
Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters. Each canon links to its 1983 counterpart.
§ 1. Every priest and only a priest validly administers this sacrament.
§ 2. With the prescription of can. 397, n. 3, 514, Secs. 1-3 preserved, the ordinary minister is the pastor of the place in which the sick person dwells; but in a case of necessity, or with at least the reasonably presumed permission of the same pastor or local Ordinary, any other priest can minister this sacrament.
§ 1. Hoc sacramentum valide administrat omnis et solus sacerdos.
§ 2. Salvo praescripto can. 397, n. 3, 514, §§ 1-3, minister ordinarius est parochus loci, in quo degit infirmus; in casu autem necessitatis, vel de licentia saltem rationabiliter praesumpta eiusdem parochi vel Ordinarii loci, alius quilibet sacerdos hoc sacramentum ministrare potest.
1983 Code correlation: can. 1003
The ordinary minister is held by justice to administer this sacrament by himself personally or through another, and in a case of necessity any priest is so held by charity.
Minister ordinarius ex iustitia tenetur hoc sacramentum per se ipse vel per alium administrare, et in casu necessitatis ex caritate quilibet sacerdos.