Parish Board of Directors

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A parish Board , depending on the state / diocese and parish council , church committee or church administration called, is responsible for assets, buildings, land and personnel of the respective Roman Catholic parish and is the highest body or even the legal entity of a parish in financial matters. In contrast, the parish council is responsible for pastoral care .

Legal basis

Canon law ( Codex Iuris Canonici ) stipulates that there must be an asset management council ( Consilium a rebus oeconomicis ) in every parish , in which selected believers help the pastor (who represents the parish in all legal transactions) in the administration of the parish assets.

The legal structure of the body and the scope of its jurisdiction depend on the state church law contracts applicable to the diocese in question . For the North Rhine-Westphalian dioceses, for example, the (Prussian) law passed in 1924 on the administration of Catholic church property in the version of September 1, 2003, in which a body called the “church council” is required, to which the pastor or one from the episcopal authority is required Clergyman entrusted with the management of the congregation as chairman, the elected members and persons authorized or appointed on the basis of a special legal title.

Tasks and structure

The tasks of the parish administrative council include approving the parish's annual budget as well as rental and leasing matters. His area of ​​responsibility also includes responsibility for buildings and staff, for example the staff of the kindergartens belonging to the parish.

The council is elected directly or by the parish council for six or eight years. In some dioceses it is also customary to elect half of the body every three or four years.

The pastor or parish administrator is the chairman of the parish administrative council, whereby it is reserved for him, if the state church law allows it, to hand over the chairmanship of the council. In such a case the new chairman is elected from the church council. The chairman is then appointed for the term of office by the responsible bishop at the request of the pastor . Often a church caretaker , rendant or head of administration supports the pastor / parish administrator in preparing the meetings of the parish council and in implementing its resolutions.

The regulations described differ in the individual dioceses. In addition to the eight-year electoral term, there is also one of six years, for example in North Rhine-Westphalia or Bavaria . In some dioceses the parish council or the church administration is elected by direct election by the parishioners, in other dioceses by the parish council.

In the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart , the administrative committee is elected from members of the parish council. Members by virtue of office are the pastor and the clergyman. It is the only committee that must be formed in every church.

According to their statutes, the parish council and the church council are obliged to cooperate and, if necessary, to participate.

There was no parish council in Austria . Here, the parish council or accepts church council the duties of the parish board of directors. Since 2016, the asset management board in the Archdiocese of Vienna has been performing similar tasks.

With recognition under public law

In public-legal recognition of the Church as a national church , or rather as a public body , the Church in these matters is subordinate to the parent state law, resulting in different constitutions of the Councils structures result, depending on the rules applicable to the region state church treaties and regulations. For this organization with church care (instead of the parish board of directors) see: parish line #When of public recognition

Overview of terminology and structures in the German dioceses

diocese designation Chair Election mode Term of office Legal basis
Aachen, Essen, Cologne, Münster (north rhine-west part), Paderborn (north rhine-west part) Church council Pastor Direct dial Six years
Augsburg, Munich and Freising, Bamberg, Eichstätt, Passau, Regensburg and Würzburg Church administration Pastor, church administration director Direct dial Six years
Berlin Church council Chair: Pastor (Bishop can appoint another KV member) Direct dial Eight years
Dresden-Meissen Church council
Freiburg Board of Trustees Pastor Parish Council Depending on the term of office of the PGR (five years)
Fulda Board of Directors Pastor or (in the case of his renouncement) a member elected by the body Direct dial Six years
Goerlitz Church council Pastor Direct dial Eight years
Hamburg Church council Pastor or other person appointed by the bishop Direct dial Four years
Hildesheim Church council Pastor or other person appointed by the bishop Direct dial Four years
Limburg Board of Directors Pastor or (in the case of his renouncement) a member elected by the body Parish Council According to the term of office of the parish council (four years)
Magdeburg Church council Pastor or other person appointed by the bishop Direct dial Four years
Mainz Board of Directors Pastor Parish Council According to the term of office of the parish council (four years)
Münster (Oldenburg part) Church committee Pastor or person appointed by the Episcopal Official Direct dial Four years
Osnabrück Church council Pastor or other person appointed by the bishop Direct dial Four years
Paderborn (Lower Saxony part) Church council Pastor or other person appointed by the bishop Direct dial Four years
Rottenburg-Stuttgart Parish council and its administrative committee Pastor; he can delegate or hand over the chairmanship Parish council: direct election; Administrative committee: parish council from its members Five years
Speyer Board of Directors Pastor Direct dial Four years
trier Board of Directors Pastor Parish Council Eight years

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CIC can. 537; see. c. 532 ( [1] ).
  2. ↑ § 2; see right.nrw.de
  3. ↑ PDF
  4. ↑ Overview and source: kirchenrecht-online.de / pgr-vvr
  5. ^ (Prussian) Law on the Administration of Catholic Church Assets of July 24, 1924
  6. ↑ Regulations for ecclesiastical foundations in the Bavarian (arch) dioceses (KiStiftO)
  7. ↑ Church Asset Management Act in the Archdiocese of Berlin (KiVVG)
  8. ^ Regulations governing the administration of the Catholic Church's assets
  9. ↑ Law on the Administration and Representation of Church Assets in the Diocese of Fulda (Church Assets Management Act - KVVG)
  10. ↑ Law on the Administration of Catholic Church Assets in the Diocese of Görlitz (Church Asset Management Act - KiVVG Görlitz)
  11. ↑ Church Property Management Act for the Archdiocese of Hamburg (KVVG)
  12. ↑ Church Property Management Act for the Diocese of Hildesheim (KVVG)
  13. ↑ Law on the Administration and Representation of Church Assets in the Diocese of Limburg (Church Assets Management Act - KVVG)
  14. ↑ Law on the Administration of Church Assets in the Diocese of Magdeburg (VermG)
  15. ↑ Law on the Administration and Representation of Church Assets in the Diocese of Mainz (Church Assets Management Act -KVVG)
  16. ↑ Church Property Administration Act (KVVG) for the Oldenburg part of the diocese of Münster
  17. ↑ Church Property Management Act for the Diocese of Osnabrück (KVVG)
  18. ↑ Church Property Management Act for the portion of the Archdiocese of Paderborn (KVVG) in the state of Lower Saxony
  19. ^ Regulations for the parishes and local church foundations in the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese ( Parish Regulations - KGO)
  20. ^ Regulations for the election of the administrative boards of the parishes in the diocese of Speyer
  21. ↑ Law on the Administration and Representation of Church Assets in the Diocese of Trier (Church Assets Management Act - KVVG)