Rota of the Apostolic Nunciature in Spain

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The Rota of the Apostolic Nunciature in Spain ( Spanish Tribunal de la Rota de la Nunciatura Apostólica en España ; Latin Tribunal Rotae Nuntiaturae Apostolicae in Hispania ; Spanish Rota for short ) is a court of the Roman Catholic Church with its seat at the Apostolic Nunciature in Madrid .

history

A predecessor of the Spanish Rota is documented in documents from the Nuncio Girolamo da Schio from 1529. It was created as a privilege to Spain by Motu proprio of Pope Clement XIV in 1771. It was dissolved in 1932/33 after the Azaña government had withdrawn its civil law competences in marriage matters ; 1947 she was by Pius XII. newly founded.

organization

The current organization of the Spanish Rota is based on standards from 1999. The Rota has seven judges (auditors); one of them is the dean as primus inter pares (norms Art. 2). The cases are each dealt with in a committee (rotation) of three judges (norms Art. 20). The dean presides over the court (norms Art. 18); the nuncio oversees his judgment like a bishop (norms Art. 15). The Rota staff also includes a church attorney (Promotor iustitiae), a defender of the marriage bond or ordination and their deputies (norms Art. 8).

Deans since 1948

  • 1948–1950 Monreal y Oliver, Santiago
  • 1950–1960 Miguélez Domínguez, Lorenzo
  • 1960–1960 Morera Sabater, José
  • 1960–1969 Prieto Rodriguez, Heriberto J.
  • 1969–1972 López Ruyales, Desiderio
  • 1972–1975 Pérez Mier, Laureano
  • 1975-1976 Del Amo Pachón, León
  • 1976-2000 García Faílde, Juan José
  • 2000-2005 Gil de las Heras, Feliciano
  • 2005-2009 Panizo Orallo, Santiago
  • since 2009 Morán Bustos, Carlos Manuel

Jurisdiction

The Spanish Rota decides on matters from Spain

  • in the second instance , if the court of a metropolitan diocese or an immediate archdiocese has decided in the first instance (norms Art. 37 § 1 a; cf. can. 1438 n. 2 CIC ); exceptionally also if a suffragan court has decided in the first instance (norms Art. 37 § 3)
  • in the third instance , if a metropolitan court , an interdiocesan court of second instance or the Spanish Rota itself has decided in the second instance (norms Art. 37 § 1 b)
  • in a higher instance (norms Art. 37 § 1 c)
  • exceptionally also in the first instance (norms Art. 37 § 2).

Matters reserved for the Roman courts are excluded (norms Art. 35; cf. cann. 1405, 1445 CIC). The competence of the Spanish Rota is not exclusive; in particular, the appeal can also go directly to the Roman Rota (norms Art. 38).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AAS 39 (1947) 155 ; BOE - A-1947-2666
  2. ↑ AAS 92 (2000) 5
  3. ↑ Source up to here: BOE ( buscar )
  4. ↑ domusmariae.es

Coordinates: 40 ° 24 ′ 47.8 "  N , 3 ° 42 ′ 34"  W.