Moving from Latin to Byzantine Rite

[Eastern_Guy]

Has anyone here run into any resistance from Latin priest/bishop when electing to change to the Byzantine/Eastern Rite?

If so, what challenges did you run into?

 

[bpbasilphx]

You don’t change “rites.” You change to another sui juris churche.

 

[Eastern_Guy]

You don’t change “rites.” You change to another sui juris churche.

I mean if you are a Roman Catholic (a latin rite) and then you decide you want to change rite and be an Byzantine Catholic, has anyone had any resistance when getting the approval to do so?

I read that if you wanted to go from Latin Rite to Byzantine Rite (Eastern Catholic) you had to get approval from your bishop. And that said I wanted to know if anyone had experience a problem or resistance when opting to change rites?

I hope I was clear. Thank you.

 

[bpbasilphx]

You need permission of BOTH bishops.

But the proper expression is STILL not “change rite” but “change sui juris church.”

 

[Eastern_Guy]

You need permission of BOTH bishops.

But the proper expression is STILL not “change rite” but “change sui juris church.”

I’m sorry for not using the appropriate expression. I think people understand what I was getting at.

Has anyone experienced resistance when initiating discussion with their Latin Bishop/Priest about moving/changing?

 

[Patchunky]

I’m sorry for not using the appropriate expression. I think people understand what I was getting at.

Has anyone experienced resistance when initiating discussion with their Latin Bishop/Priest about moving/changing?

We’ve had 4 or 5 people do this at my parish in the last 2 years.

Basically, they fill out the paperwork and a few months later our priest says, I got the paper work back and it’s approved.

Done deal, no questions, no phone calls, no interviews…

Don’t know what was put on the paper work though…

hope this helps…

 

[mardukm]

I’ve never thought about this before. But maybe this is the appropriate time and place to ask.

I travel back and forth between Egypt and the States often. I am registered in my local Church in Egypt. Should I or can I register at a local Coptic Catholic parish in the United States as well?

Also, when I am in the States, I only have immediate access to a local Latin parish. Should I or could I register in THAT parish?

Blessings,
Marduk

 

[Aramis]

I’ve never thought about this before. But maybe this is the appropriate time and place to ask.

I travel back and forth between Egypt and the States often. I am registered in my local Church in Egypt. Should I or can I register at a local Coptic Catholic parish in the United States as well?

Also, when I am in the States, I only have immediate access to a local Latin parish. Should I or could I register in THAT parish?

Blessings,
Marduk

You can register in any parish of any church & rite where you regularly attend.

Whether you should or not (due to your part-time status) is another matter.

Discuss it with the local Roman pastor. Generally, people should be registered in only one parish at a time. Registration does not change Canonical Enrollment, but does affect expected participation in diocesan fund drives and parish-to-diocese tithes.

Some parishes have a separate list for “part-timers”; persons who are known to participate in the parish, and spend a chunk of the year there, but are formally registered in another parish. (In Alaska, many parishes lose 5-10% during the October-March snow-season… )

 

[mardukm]

Dear brother Aramis,

Discuss it with the local Roman pastor. Generally, people should be registered in only one parish at a time. Registration does not change Canonical Enrollment, but does affect expected participation in diocesan fund drives and parish-to-diocese tithes.

Thank you so much, brother! The highlighted portion was what I was really concerned about, and you had the prescience to address it even though I did not explicitly state it.

Abundant blessings,
Marduk

 

[Aramis]

Dear brother Aramis,

Thank you so much, brother! The highlighted portion was what I was really concerned about, and you had the prescience to address it even though I did not explicitly state it.

Abundant blessings,
Marduk

I’m glad I included that, then.

For other’s clarity: it takes agreement of the old bishop and the new bishop to change canonical enrollment into a specific sui iuris church, and is normally done only at the request of the affected person. Registration into a parish is a whole different thing, and requires only the person(s) registering and the parish pastor’s permission.