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CHCatholic
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I live in Canada, but if I were to enter the priesthood I would really want to do it in Europe…are their any general Canon Laws against this or is it specific with each diocese?
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Caesar
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No. You may join a religious order or congregation outside of your Diocese.
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Friar_David_O.Carm
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You may also join a diocese that is not the one you live in.
The diocese may place requirements on you though, such as wanting you to move into the diocese and live there for some time before you enter into formation.
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Bruised_Reed
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Even in another country. I have meet diocesan priest who were from Ireland, Scotland, different countries in Africa.
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chicago
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In Chicago, the vocations people are doing a good job of recruiting men from countries like Poland, Viet Nam, and the Latin American countries to be priests for our Archdiocese. In fact, we’re probably getting more vocations from those places than from the native population.
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Caesar
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A few years ago many priests in Canadian Dioceses were recruiting from Africa. They seemed to have stopped doing that for the most part, perhaps because the African priests seem to be more orthodox then the Bishops here would like.
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CHCatholic
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This is what I want to do…but the other way around…after visiting Europe I feel that if I were to become a priest it would be there, particularily Austria.
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Jared123
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Europe needs good orthodox priests, as does Canada.
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NewGuyInChurch
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CHCatholic, I live in Ottawa and I believe that St. Clement Parish has or had at least one priest on loan from France for a while. I don’t think the Church has any rules on forcing you to stay in your “home diocese”… but Canada can really use some good priests too, so don’t make up your mind to leave us too fast! 
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m134e5
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No, but you should consider that God has you where you are for a reason, and be willing to go wherever He wants you to- even if that means not going anywhere.
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