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INCARDINATION [1 record]

Record 1 2024-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Religion (General)
  • Organization Planning
  • Recruiting of Personnel
  • Sociology of Ideologies
CONT

Incardination specifies the relationship of clerics to the [Catholic Church] and the service which they render in it. Taken from the Latin term incardinare(to hang on a hinge), incardination is traditionally used to refer to the attachment of the priest or deacon to a diocesan [Catholic Church] headed by the diocesan bishop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Religion (Généralités)
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Recrutement du personnel
  • Sociologie des idéologies
DEF

Lien juridique qui rattache tout prêtre à son diocèse ou à son institut religieux.

CONT

Par son ordination, le prêtre est associé à la mission de son évêque. S'il exerce des activités depuis cinq ans dans un diocèse autre que celui de son incardination, il peut demander à être incardiné dans ce nouveau diocèse.

Spanish

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