Chapter — 1917 Code of Canon Law
Chapter IV: Of the Diocesan Curia
Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters. Each canon links to its 1983 counterpart.
§ 1. The diocesan Curia consists of those persons who give assistance in the governance of the whole diocese to the Bishop or to another who governs the diocese in place of the Bishop.
§ 2. Therefore to it belong the Vicar General, the officialis, the chancellor, the promoter of justice, the defender of the bond, synodal judges and examiners, pastor consultors, auditors, notaries, couriers, and apparitors.
§ 1. Curia dioecesana constat illis personis quae Episcopo aliive qui, loco Episcopi, dioecesim regit, opem praestant in regimine totius dioecesis.
§ 2. Quare ad eam pertinent Vicarius Generalis, officialis, cancellarius, promotor iustitiae, defensor vinculi, synodales iudices et examinatores, parochi consultores, auditores, notarii, cursores et apparitores.
1983 Code correlation: can. 469
§ 1. The nomination of those who exercise the aforesaid offices or duties is to be committed to writing, according to the norm of can. 159.
§ 2. Those nominated, moreover, must:
1° In the hands of the Bishop take an oath concerning faithfully exercising the duty, every acceptance of persons being put aside.
2° Treat the business pertaining to them under the authority of the Bishop according to the norm of law.
3° Preserve secrecy within the limits and according to the manner determined by law or by the Bishop.
§ 1. Nominatio eorum qui praedicta officia vel munera exercent, scripto consignetur, ad normam can. 159.
§ 2. Nominati vero debent:
1° In manibus Episcopi iusiurandum praestare de munere fideliter exercendo, quavis personarum acceptione posthabita;
2° Negotia ad se spectantia sub auctoritate Episcopi tractare ad normam iuris;
3° Secretum servare intra fines et secundum modum a iure vel ab Episcopo determinatum.
1983 Code correlation: can. 470-71
Concerning the officialis, promoter of justice, defender of the bond, synodal judges, auditors, couriers, and apparitors, the prescriptions of canons 1573-1593 are to be observed; concerning the Vicar General, chancellor and other notaries, synodal examiners, and pastor consultors, the prescriptions of the canons which follow.
De officiali, promotore iustitiae, defensore vinculi, iudicibus synodalibus, auditoribus, cursoribus et apparitoribus, serventur praescripta can. 1573-1593; de Vicario Generali, cancellario aliisque notariis, examinatoribus synodalibus et parochis consultoribus, praescripta canonum qui sequuntur.
1983 Code correlation: can. 472