Why does the laity no longer ratify the appointment of Bishops?

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According to Canon IV of the Council of Nicaea, the “metropolitan” had to ratify the appointment of provincial bishops. Why is this no longer a Church practice?
 
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It is by all means proper that a bishop should be appointed by all the bishops in the province; but should this be difficult, either on account of urgent necessity or because of distance, three at least should meet together, and the suffrages of the absent [bishops] also being given and communicated in writing, then the ordination should take place. But in every province the ratification of what is done should be left to the Metropolitan.
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In this case the “Metropolitan” is not the laity or any group of people, it refers to the Metropolitan Bishop. Metropolitan Bishops today are called archbishops.

The canon simply states that the Metropolitan Bishop needs to approve of any new bishop in the province.
 
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