Moderator of the Curia in the 1983 Code of Canon Law and the Particular Polish Law Cover Image

Moderator kurii w Kodeksie Prawa Kanonicznego z 1983 roku i partykularnym prawie polskim
Moderator of the Curia in the 1983 Code of Canon Law and the Particular Polish Law

Author(s): Patrycja Kukulska
Subject(s): Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: tasks diocesan curia; the principle of coordination; management diocese; the diocesan bishop;

Summary/Abstract: The legislature in the 1983 Code of Canon Law introduced into the structures of the diocesan curia new ecclesiastical office under the name of moderator of the curia. It has competence in the administrative aspects of the functioning of the diocesan curia. It is the organ that the diocesan bishop may appoint to the principle of coordination of administrative tasks. Moderator of the curia is established according to the discretion of individual bi-shops of the diocese. It is also the office that is directly involved in the exercise of executive power. The Bishop may appoint a moderator of the curia for the Vicar General, or a priest who is not a vicar general, if the circumstances so require. The tasks of the moderator of the curia should care about the most fruitful execution of the tasks assigned to individual employees curia, curia employees convene meetings to present and exchange information and reconciliation of current tasks, ensuring the presence of curial staff, chairing meetings of all employees of the curia, or at least the chairmen of the papers, delegate notaries.

  • Issue Year: 3/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 67-82
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish