Tucson Seeks to Incorporate Parishes

[HagiaSophia]

"The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson plans a series of meetings next month for parishioners and parish leaders that will pave the way for separately incorporating parishes.

The move to form 74 independent nonprofit corporations by April would be nearly certain to protect them from being sold off to pay diocesan debt…"

kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=3811668

 

[Fortiterinre]

The important thing is that the Bishop and presumably his consultors must form a Board of Members which is over the Board of Directors of each individual parish. Without a Board of Members unmbrella structure, each individual parish would be completely independent and could use civil law to ignore the Bishop or worse.

 

[Catholic29]

Just as St. Stanislaus has done anyway, with or without the Board of Members.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=73636

 

[Arba_Sicula]

Fortiterinre:

Without a Board of Members unmbrella structure, each individual parish would be completely independent and could use civil law to ignore the Bishop or worse.

There’s no reason to believe that a civil remedy for the problems dioceses have been facing will lead to ecclesiastical breaks with the diocese.

 

[Friar_David_O.Carm]

Fortiterinre:

The important thing is that the Bishop and presumably his consultors must form a Board of Members which is over the Board of Directors of each individual parish. Without a Board of Members unmbrella structure, each individual parish would be completely independent and could use civil law to ignore the Bishop or worse.

They could only ignore the Bishop for so long. When the Bishop no longer supplies clergy to the parish, it would cease to be a parish.