Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
Decretum Congressus of 09.06.1970, Prot. N. 124/69 CA

Petitioner	Rev.dus X
Respondent	S. Congregatio pro Clericis
Object	Iurium
Publication	Apoll 43 (1970) 526-530 IC 12/23 (1972) 56-58 LE IV, n. 3867 Per 60 (1971) 333-337
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Content	De provisione parochi renuntiantis. Recursus non admittitur ad disceptationem.
Sources  ? Legenda   Canons of the Code 1983 All the canons that are found in the in iure and in the in facto part of the decisions are reported in the sources. The canons that constitute the main object of the decision or on which the decision sets out a principle of interpretation are reported in bold. The canons of the 1983 Code are shown in italics: - if they do not appear in the text of the decision but if the decision deals with them; - if they correspond to canons of the 1917 Code, of which the decision (prior to 1983) deals. Other sources All the sources that are found in the in iure and in the in facto part of the decisions are reported.	CIC can. 1743 [CIC1917] 2150 § 3 2154; 2155; 2161 § 2; 2161 § 3;   Decretum «Maxima cura» can. 28 § 3;   Ecclesiae Sanctae I, n. 20 § 1
Legal Summary	1. Parochus renuntiare sub condicione non potest, quia Litterae Apostolicae motu proprio datae Ecclesiae Sanctae (n. 20, § 1) can. 2150, § 3 abrogaverunt. Quam ob rem pactum seu contractus inter Ordinarium et parochum renuntiantem hac de re ex iuris praescripto excluditur. 2. Non potest Ordinarius loci dioecesim vel Institutum dioecesanum obligare ut parocho renuntianti solvat usque ad mortem determinatam pensionem quae erogatur solummodo sacerdotibus a quolibet munere solutis, etiamsi renuntians aliunde habeat media necessaria ad congruam sustentationem. 3. Nomine legis non solum Codicis praescriptum intellegitur, sed etiam pacta conventa seu contractus, quod et Signatura Apostolica admittit (in casu refertur ad decretum diei 6 aprilis 1920, in AAS 12 [1920] 257). 1. A pastor cannot renounce his office under a condition, because the Apostolic Letter issued motu proprio Ecclesiae Sanctae (n. 20, § 1) abrogated can. 2150, § 3. For this reason, a pact or contract on this matter between the Ordinary and the renouncing pastor is excluded by the prescript of the law. 2. The local Ordinary cannot oblige the diocese or a diocesan institute to pay a renouncing pastor, until death, a fixed pension that is disbursed only to priests discharged from every office, even if the one renouncing has from other sources the means necessary for fitting support. 3. By the term "law" is understood not only a prescript of the Code, but also covenants entered into or contracts — which the Apostolic Signatura too admits (in this case, reference is made to the decree of 6 April 1920, in AAS 12 [1920] 257).   Italian