Would love to hear from any canon lawyers out there: what happens if people buy a church and the bishop says no? They own it--is it just a "private chapel" then? or whatever the term is. They could have masses if they hire their own priest for a mass, or have baptisms by a deacon, etc. Could they keep the blessed sacrament there in a tab…
Would love to hear from any canon lawyers out there: what happens if people buy a church and the bishop says no? They own it--is it just a "private chapel" then? or whatever the term is. They could have masses if they hire their own priest for a mass, or have baptisms by a deacon, etc. Could they keep the blessed sacrament there in a tabernacle? And, if it wasn't officially "profaned" or whatever by the bishop (is that a thing??) then could basically do anything they want with it according to canon law?
On another note--who typically "owns" a parish these days in the US? I know that the dioceses aren't supposed to. Is there some "corporation" set up for each parish that is it's own business? I assume so, but then who legally makes decisions? Does the outgoing priest legally (according to civil law) "give" control to the new priest?
Would love to hear from any canon lawyers out there: what happens if people buy a church and the bishop says no? They own it--is it just a "private chapel" then? or whatever the term is. They could have masses if they hire their own priest for a mass, or have baptisms by a deacon, etc. Could they keep the blessed sacrament there in a tabernacle? And, if it wasn't officially "profaned" or whatever by the bishop (is that a thing??) then could basically do anything they want with it according to canon law?
On another note--who typically "owns" a parish these days in the US? I know that the dioceses aren't supposed to. Is there some "corporation" set up for each parish that is it's own business? I assume so, but then who legally makes decisions? Does the outgoing priest legally (according to civil law) "give" control to the new priest?