Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
Sententia definitiva of 01.12.2009, Prot. N. 38743/06 CA

Petitioner	Rev.dus X
Respondent	Congregatio pro Clericis
Object	Translationis
coram	Burke
Publication	IE 27 (2015) 105-114; W.L. Daniel, Ministerium Iustitiae II, 105-116
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Translations	angl.: W.L. Daniel, Ministerium Iustitiae II, 105-116; it., IE 27 (2015) 105-114
Content	Constat de violatione legis in procedendo.
Notes	Cf. prot. nn. 38743/06 CA - DS; 46792/12 CA
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 cann. 51; 274 § 2; 1740-1747; 1741, n. 1; 1742 § 1; 1748-1752; 1747; 1748; 1749; 1750; 1752
Legal Summary	1. Sufficit ut inter rationes adductas bonum animarum de quo in can 1748 reapse habeatur ut translatio legitima censeri possit (in casu adductae fuerunt etiam causae amotioni aptae). 2. Officium ad quod Episcopus parochum transferre vult propter bonum animarum vel Ecclesiae necessitatem aut utilitatem (cf. can. 1748) necessarie determinatum esse debet. Violatio legis proinde in procedendo habetur si procedura quoad translationem ad aliud officium parochi instituitur at decretum translationis ad officium cappellani denique editur; nam ad translationem ad officium cappellani deficiunt invitatio, de qua in can. 1748, colloquium cum duobus parochis, de quo in can. 1750, immo et articulatio rationum in ipso decreto, de qua in can. 51. 3. Illegitima translatione decreta, non eo ipso cadit suspensio ab Episcopo forte parocho translato irrogata ob inoboedientiam praescriptis de quibus in can. 1752, quatenus ad can. 1747, § 1 remittit. Cf. etiam maximae decreti Secretarii sub prot. n. 38743/06 CA 1. Suffice it that among the reasons listed was in fact the good of souls referred to in can 1748, such that the transfer could be considered legitimate (in this case also, causes for removal were also considered). 2. The office to which the Bishop intends to transfer the pastor for the good of souls, or need, or usefulness of the Church (cf. can. 1748) must necessarily be determined. There is therefore a violation of the law in proceeding if the procedure for the transfer to another parish is used, but the final decision is for the transfer to the office of chaplain; for the transfer to the office of chaplain lacked the invitation mentioned in can. 1748, the consultation of the two parish priests mentioned in can. 1750, indeed the same articulation of the reasons in the same decree mentioned in can. 51. 3. Having decreed the illegitimacy of the transfer, the present suspension, which was imposed by the Bishop on the transferred pastor on account of disobedience to the prescriptions mentioned in can. 1752, does not cease automatically, in so far as the canon refers to can. 1747, § 1.   Italian - German - Spanish - French - Portughese
Comments	J. Canosa, «Aspetti dello statuto giuridico dei chierici trattati in due decisioni della Segnatura Apostolica», IE 27 (2015) 117-124