Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
Decretum Congressus of 11.11.1969, Prot. N. 831/68 CA

Petitioner	Rev.dus X
Respondent	S. Congregatio pro Clericis
Object	Remotionis a paroecia
Publication	Apoll 43 (1970) 522-524 IC 12/23 (1972) 54-55 LE IV, n. 3801 Per 60 (1971) 331-333
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Content	Recursus admittitur ad disceptationem. Dein causa perempta declaratur.
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. 1748 [CIC1917] 2157-2161;   Christus Dominus n. 31;   Ecclesiae Sanctae I, n. 20 § 2
Legal Summary	1. Etsi Concilium Vaticanum II modum procedendi in amotione parochorum propter rationes pastorales faciliorem expeditioremque reddat, nihilominus dici non potest ad coactam translationem sufficere quamcumque causam ordinis pastoralis, nempe ad arbitrium Episcopi, eo quod in motu proprio Ecclesiae Sanctae statuitur, ad validam translationem parochi renuentis, normas Codicis, usque ad codicem recognitum, servandas esse. 1. Although the Second Vatican Council, for pastoral reasons, renders the procedure for the removal of pastors easier and more expeditious, it nonetheless cannot be said that any reason whatsoever of the pastoral order — namely, one left to the Bishop’s free will — suffices for a compulsory transfer; inasmuch as the motu proprio Ecclesiae Sanctae lays down that, for the valid transfer of a pastor who refuses it, the norms of the Code are to be observed until the revised Code [is promulgated].   Italian
Comments	M. Landau, Amtsenthebung und Versetzung von Pfarrern. Eine Untersuchung des geltenden Rechts unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Rechtsprechung der Zweiten Sektion des Höchsten Gerichts der Apostolischen Signatur, Frankfurt am Main 1999, 238