Suburbicariis sedibus
Suburbicariis sedibus was a motu proprio of Pope John XXIII. It was released on April 11, 1962.
The Pope had already announced the reorganization in the Motu proprio Ad suburbicarias dioeceses the year before. In this letter the Pope stipulated that in the future he would freely appoint the cardinal bishops . Previously, they were filled according to seniority . Thus the seven longest serving cardinals were heads of the Suburbicarian dioceses .
With Suburbicariis sedibus , the Pope stipulated that the Suburbicarian dioceses of Albano , Ostia , Porto and Santa Rufina , Palestrina , Sabina and Poggio Mirteto , Frascati and Velletri should in future have their own resident diocesan bishops . They should have full episcopal power over their dioceses. In the future, the cardinal bishops should only exercise patronage over their titular seats, like the cardinal priests over their titular churches .
The Pope stipulated that the cardinal bishops may celebrate a mass with a throne and canopy in their respective cathedral . In the other churches of their diocese they require the approval of the diocesan bishop. As before, you can be buried in the respective cathedral. They were released from the obligation to celebrate mass for their diocese. The cardinal bishops still solemnly take possession of their respective diocese, but are no longer involved in the administration of the diocese.
For the diocese of Ostia, which the respective cardinal dean also held, no separate bishop has been appointed to this day. The respective cardinal vicar leads the diocese as apostolic administrator .
As a result of industrialization , more and more people moved near Rome. The Suburbikarian dioceses, which until then had few inhabitants, became large settlements. As a result, the episcopal duties also increased. Since the cardinal bishops, as cardinals of the curia, support the Pope in leading the universal Church, this was difficult to agree on. Pope Pius X placed suffragans (titular bishops) at their side , as they were residing in Rome because of the Curia offices (CIC 238 (1917)) . Pope Benedict XV reversed this (CIC 240 (1917)). Auxiliary bishops were assigned to the cardinal bishops who took over most of the pastoral and administrative tasks.
Together with the Motu proprio Cum gravissima , which stipulated that the cardinal deacons should be ordained bishops in the future, Suburbicariis sedibus caused the three cardinal classes to become purely honorary.
Suburbicarian diocese | Then incumbent | Term of office | Successor as Cardinal Bishop | Term of office | Successor as diocesan bishop | Term of office |
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Albano | Giuseppe Pizzardo | 1948-1970 | Krikor Bedros XV. Agagianian | 1970-1971 | Raffaele Macario | 1966-1977 |
Ostia | Eugène Tisserant | 1951-1972 | Amleto Giovanni Cicognani | 1972-1973 | ||
Porto and Santa Rufina | Eugène Tisserant | 1946-1972 | Paolo Marella | 1972-1984 | Andrea Pangrazio | 1967-1984 |
Palestrina | Benedetto Aloisi Masella | 1948-1970 | Carlo Confalonieri | 1972-1986 | Pietro Severi | 1966-1975 |
Sabina and Poggio Mirteto | Giuseppe Ferretto | 1961-1973 | Antonio Samore | 1974-1983 | Marco Caliaro | 1962-1988 |
Frascati | vacant | 1962 | Amleto Giovanni Cicognani | 1962-1973 | Luigi Liverzani | 1962-1989 |
Velletri | Clemente Micara | 1946-1965 | Fernando Cento | 1965-1973 | Dante Bernini | 1975-1982 |
Web links
Original text of the Suburbicariis sedibus
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Martin Bräuer: Handbook of the Cardinals: 1846-2012 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-026947-5 ( google.de [accessed on July 11, 2020]).
- ^ Stephan Haering , Wilhelm Rees , Heribert Schmitz : Handbook of Catholic Church Law . Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7917-7084-0 ( google.de [accessed on July 11, 2020]).
- ^ Michael Buchberger: Lexicon for theology and church . Herder, 1964 ( google.de [accessed July 14, 2020]).