Can an eastern rite bishop become the pope?

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Theoretically any Catholic male can be elected Pope. I suppose a man chould be chosen who was not even a Christian provided he received Baptism, the other Sacraments of initiation, holy orders, consecration as a bishop. Maybe Canon Law is specific to Catholic men, East or West. Didn’t check that out.
 
If Ambrose could be chosen Bishop of Milan while not yet a baptized Christian, why not the Bishop of Rome. Aurelius Ambrosius ( c. 340 – 397), better known in English as Ambrose was a bishop of Milan who within a week, was baptized, ordained and duly consecrated bishop of Milan. In other words God is not limited even by Canon Law 🙂
 
Ambrose was elected Bishop of Milan while not yet a baptized Christian. So election of men to bishop in the Catholic Church is not restricted except to males. God is higher than Canon Law. In the inter regnum, isn’t the Conclave the highest authority in the Church? Correct me if I am wrong.
 
Speaking of Ambrose, he was not even a baptized Christian when he was elected bishop of Milan!
 
isn’t the Conclave the highest authority in the Church? Correct me if I am wrong.
If someone is elected, they are in- it means they have the respect and support of the vast majority of cardinals present.

However, the reality is that this is not going to happen. The only people with a realistic chance of being elected pope are the men in attendance at the conclave. Anyone else is a crapshoot. Since they aren’t there on the premises, they can’t be asked in advance if they will accept. It would be an embarrassment to the cardinals to elect someone else who isn’t there and then have them turn it down.
 
I understand what you wrote, but my question concerned the governance of the Church prior to the election of a pope.
 
The Pope is not circumscribed by any Church authority. A Pope from another rite could celebrate in his Easter rite. Who is there to oppose him?
 
The Pope is not circumscribed by any Church authority. A Pope from another rite could celebrate in his Easter rite. Who is there to oppose him?
The Faithful in the Diocese of Rome are Latin Rite- their expectation is to celebrate the liturgy in their own rite.
 
Are there other examples of an Eastern Rite Bishop becoming bishop of a Latin Rite diocese? Is this not the key factor. The Pope is the head of the Church because he is the Bishop of Rome. Not the other way around.
 
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I don’t know of any divine mandate that the Pope be the bishop of Rome. Maybe he could move his pontifical see to, say, Avignon, France.
 
???

That was a disgraceful period where the bishop of Rome lived in france.

Eventually, the call of his see brought the bishop back.

Bishops neglecting their see is an ancient problem.
 
This actually violates the ancient canons. The pope is duly the bishop of Rome always… because St Peter set up and left his cathedra at Rome and passed on that authority to the Roman bishop after his death.
 
The Pope is the successor to Peter, that’s a divine mandate. Peter was the Bishop of Rome. Even during the Avignon papacy, the Pope was the Bishop of Rome, not the Bishop of Avignon
 
This actually violates the ancient canons
It is presumably a reference to the Avignon captivity, which actually happened. A series of Popes never made it to their see. Yes, shameful.

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The pope is duly the bishop of Rome always… b
No, that’s exactly backwards.

“Pope” is a title given to the bishop of Rome.
 
It would be unlikely, but not impossible. The Pope is the de facto patriarch of the Latin Church (he abandoned to formal title a while ago), which on practical matter requires an eastern-rite bishop who is an expert in Latin patrimony.

It is also complicated by the relationship of the western and eastern patriarchs, who are considered peers. The universal mission of the Pope is unique to the patriarch of Rome, which is liturgically Latin. It would take serious ecumenical discussion for an Eastern-rite bishop to be elected Pope without ecumenical harm.

From an ecumenical standpoint, Orthodox often consider Eastern Catholics to be at least equivalent to Latin Catholics, so having an eastern-Catholic Pope is irrelevant. The election of an eastern-Catholic bishop as pope would tend to reinforce the this view of Eastern Catholics as only superficially distinct from Latin Catholics. This would push the Orthodox further away from communion.

However, in a reunited church with the Orthodox in communion with the Pope, it would pose a difficulty to elect a qualified eastern-bishop as Pope, rather than as patriarch of his ascribed ritual church. Those who are currently Orthodox would see this as an intrusion on their autocephelousy, meaning that Eastern Rite churches would be reduced to administrative divisions rather than theologically and spiritually distinct churches.
 
I have seen a serious case made that noone outside the arch-diocese of Rome should be chosen . . .
 
I have seen a serious case made that noone outside the arch-diocese of Rome should be chosen . . .
I think normatively this should be the case. The worst popes and most controversial aspects of the papacy have all come from non Roman and non Italian popes and cardinals seeking to influence the papal chair.
 
Why? Bishops elsewhere are chosen from outside a diocese. Seems to be the norm.
 
It really shouldn’t be though. A local prelate who is used to the area should be raised to the episcopal throne. Alas the canons of the council of Sardica say:

Canon 1: “corruption must be done away with from its foundation.” Bishops must not move from his own city to another more populated place because those men who move "are serving ambition and aiming at the possession of power." Bishops who move from their own city are to be punished sternly and “shall not even be admitted to lay communion.”

Now you can argue most bishops simply move because they are requested but today’s climate in the church already shows that bishops sometimes seek “promotions” to bigger more important sees.
 
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