Diocesan administrator questions

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Following the resignation of the old bishop, and preceding the installation of a new one, a diocesan administrator runs the diocese.

1. Who selects the diocesan administrator?
2. Who is eligible to become a diocesan administrator?

 

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When we were between bishops, our archbishop handled the affairs of the diocese.

 

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Here is the canon law on vacant episcopal sees.

 

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Canon 421 §1 Within eight days of receiving notification of the vacancy of an episcopal see, a diocesan Administrator is to be elected by the college of consultors, to govern the diocese for the time being, without prejudice to the provisions of can. 502 §3.

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Canon 425 §1 Only a priest who has completed his thirty-fifth year of age, and has not already been elected, appointed or presented for the same see, can validly be deputed to the office of diocesan Administrator.

§2 As diocesan Administrator a priest is to be elected who is outstanding for doctrine and prudence.

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Many thanks