What canonical rights does a priest administrator not have that a pastor does?

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What canonical rights does a pastor have that a priest administrator not have?
 
My parish just had an administrator for the past year. (New pastor coming next week.) I don’t remember everything, but I remember the explanation when Fr. Administrator came in was that essentially an administrator does not change things. They don’t start new building projects, but can continue an ongoing one. (So we actually had groundbreaking on a project during his administration because the previous pastor had done a lot to get there.) There’s more,but I’ve long since recycled that bulletin.

Are you asking out of curiosity or because your parish is getting an administrator and you’re wondering what’s gonna happen?
 
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I would also be interested in how it relates to non priest administrators of parishes. In my US diocese they have put parishes under administration of deacons, religious women, and laity. In each case, there is one priest designated as sacramental minister, and another in some kind of canonical role. Both priests are retired or have a full time job elsewhere. (In my opinion they should use only deacons for heading up parishes in the absence of a priest. They have a relationship with the bishop through the ordination.)

Is a non priest administrator in the same temporary or provisional position as temporary priest administrators?
 
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If I am not mistaken, administrators actually have a good deal less canonical rights than a pastor does. At least in my home diocese, every decision an administrator makes is subject to direct diocesan oversight. Pastors have canonical rights in certain areas to unilaterally make decisions and can only overturned or halted by his Ordinary.

We had a Deacon for an administrator at my parish for a year and one of our Order’s priest is now an administrator in a different parish. Both say that, while some approvals have been waived for smaller decisions, they still must work closely with diocesan oversight in the running of the parish.
 
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Is a non priest administrator in the same temporary or provisional position as temporary priest administrators?
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Somewhat. They do not, of course, have the sacramental rights of a priest administrator. All decisions concerning liturgy or sacraments must be made (or at least officially approved of) by the priest assigned for those duties. If it is a Deacon administrator, some of those sacramental privelages and authority can be delegated based upon the sacramental duties of a Deacon (Baptisms, Marriages, Eucharistic services and adoration as an ordinary minister of the Eucharist) or they still may be held by the priest assigned in as the sacramental functionary. Sometimes full liturgical control is passed on to the Deacon outside of the actual execution of the Mass due to many Deacons being trained as a liturgical Master of Ceremonies during their formation programs. It all depends upon both the individual and the diocese in question.
 
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A pastor generally also has the right to not be removed without cause (or until his term expires, in countries such as the US that impose one.)

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