La divisione amministrativa dell’istituto religioso
Division administrative of the religious institute

Summary/Abstract: Religious institutes with the central management, if the external conditions and the internal law permit, are usually divided into provinces. Following the intention of canon 621 CIC/83 the province creates „connection or putting together of several houses under the jurisdiction of one superior, which is the integral part of the institute”. Usually the institutes are divided into provinces based on the territorial criterion, but other possibilities, for example personnel criterion, based on the affiliation to particular nation or language are permitted.Besides provinces there is a possibility of creating other analogical administrative entities as it is mentioned in canon 620, which talks about equal equivalent part. Such entity is described by the internal law of the institutes by various names, namely: vice-province, region, custody. They are created for the transitional period of time because there are not enough members for the creation of the province or because there are no sufficient organisational structures. There might be other important reasons, like lack of fulfilment of internal law requirements, that could prevent the creation of the province.

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