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diocesan administrator wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 diocesan or archdiocesan administrators in canon law 2 administrators of prince bishoprics 3 protestant elected bishops toggle protestant elected bishops subsection 3 1 prince bishoprics ruled by protestant bishops 4 see also 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents diocesan administrator 15 languages български čeština deutsch esperanto español français bahasa indonesia italiano nederlands polski português română русский slovenčina slovenščina edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia provisional ordinary of a catholic particular church part of a series on the hierarchy of the catholic church saint peter ecclesiastical titles order of precedence pope pope emeritus cardinal cardinal vicar crown prince protector moderator of the curia chaplain of his holiness papal legate papal majordomo apostolic nuncio apostolic delegate apostolic syndic apostolic visitor vicar apostolic apostolic exarch apostolic prefect assistant to the papal throne eparch metropolitan patriarch catholicos bishop archbishop bishop emeritus diocesan bishop major archbishop primate suffragan bishop titular bishop coadjutor bishop auxiliary bishop prelate provost pontiff territorial prelate territorial abbot liturgical titles acolyte consecrator lector subdeacon administrative and pastoral titles auditor brother chancellor chaplain military chaplain military ordinary coarb confessor consultor curate deacon archdeacon defender of the bond definitor devil s advocate diocesan administrator ecclesiastical judge exorcist laity lay abbot abthain commendatory lay cardinal minister major orders minor orders missionary monsignor officialis ostiarius pastor assistant pastor palatinus personal prelate preacher prefect presbyter elder priest principal protonotary apostolic reverend saint servant of god blessed venerable seminarian vicar judicial vicar vicar general vicar forane sub dean consecrated and professed titles abbess abbot consecrated virgin corrector custos friar dean grand master hermit master of novices monk novice nun postulant prior provincial superior rector religious superior general additional titles almoner altar server archimandrite archpriest archdeacon canon captain general of the church chorbishop coarb commissary apostolic conclavist custos datarius gonfalonier of the church honorary prelate minor canon notarius ostiarius peritus postulator prebendary precentor prince bishop prince abbot prince primate prince provost promotor fidei protopriest protodeacon protosyncellus regionarius sacristan sidewalk counselor usher associations and organization titles third orders oblates confraternities pious unions grand master knights hospitaller order of the holy sepulchre teutonic knights inquisitor grand inquisitor preceptor catholic church portal v t e a diocesan administrator also known as archdiocesan administrator archiepiscopal administrator and eparchial administrator for the case respectively of an archdiocese archeparchy and eparchy is a provisional ordinary of a catholic particular church diocesan or archdiocesan administrators in canon law edit under the 1983 code of canon law of the latin catholic church the college of consultors elects an administrator within eight days after the see is known to be vacant 1 the college must elect as administrator a priest bishop or archbishop at least 35 years old 2 if the college of consultors fails to elect a priest of the required minimum age within the time allotted the choice of an administrator passes to the metropolitan archbishop or if the metropolitan see is vacant to the senior by appointment of the suffragan bishops of the ecclesiastical province 3 if a diocese has a coadjutor bishop the coadjutor succeeds immediately to the episcopal see upon the previous bishop s death or resignation and there is no vacancy of the see the see also does not become vacant if the pope appoints an apostolic administrator before the election of the administrator of a vacant see the governance of the see is entrusted with the powers of a vicar general to the auxiliary bishop if there is one or to the senior among them if there are several otherwise to the college of consultors as a whole the administrator has greater powers essentially those of a bishop or archbishop except for matters excepted by the nature of the matter or expressly by law 4 canon law subjects his activity to various legal restrictions and to special supervision by the college of consultors as for example canons 272 and 485 the administrator remains in charge until a new bishop or archbishop is installed into office ending the sede vacante period or until he presents his resignation to the college of consultors 5 some bishops ruled more than one bishopric for long periods in any see beside their primary bishopric they would have to be called an administrator nevertheless in local tradition often they are called bishops in all their bishoprics an episcopal conference can transfer the functions of the consultors to the cathedral chapter 6 in those countries in which the episcopal conference has transferred the functions the cathedral chapter and not the consultors elect the administrator 7 capitular election was the default rule before the adoption of the 1983 code of canon law 8 this old default rule is reflected in the term for the equivalent of an administrator in the 1917 code vicar capitular administrators of prince bishoprics edit since the investiture controversy in 11th and 12th centuries the cathedral chapters used to elect the catholic bishops in the holy roman empire prince bishoprics were elective monarchies of imperial immediacy within the empire with the monarch being the respective bishop usually elected by the chapter and confirmed by the holy see or exceptionally only appointed by the holy see papally confirmed bishops were then invested by the emperor with the princely regalia thus the title prince bishop however sometimes the respective incumbent of the see never gained a papal confirmation but was still invested with the princely power also the opposite occurred with a papally confirmed bishop never invested as prince candidates elected who lacked canon law prerequisites or papal confirmation would officially only hold the title diocesan or archdiocesan administrator but nevertheless colloquially be referred to as prince bishop this was the case with catholic candidates who were elected for an episcopal see with its revenues as a mere appanage and with all protestant candidates who all lacked either the necessary vocational training or the papal confirmation protestant elected bishops edit with many capitulars converting to lutheranism or calvinism during the reformation the majorities in many chapters consisted of protestant capitulars so they then also elected protestants as bishops who usually were denied papal confirmation however in the early years of reformation with the schism not yet fully implemented it was not always obvious who tended to protestantism so that some candidates only turned out to be protestants after they had been papally confirmed as bishop and imperially invested as prince later when protestants were usually denied papal confirmation the emperors nevertheless invested the unconfirmed candidates as princes by a so called liege indult german lehnsindult due to political coalitions and conflicts within the empire in order to gain candidates as imperial partisans many protestant candidates elected by the capitulars neither achieved papal confirmation nor a liege indult but nevertheless as a matter of fact held de facto princely power this was because the emperor would have to use force to bar the candidates from ruling with the emperors lacking the respective power or pursuing other goals a similar situation was in a number of imperially immediate abbeys with their prince abbots and princess abbesses unconfirmed incumbents of the sees were called elected bishops or elected archbishops the information that protestant clerical rulers would generally have been called administrators as written in several encyclopedias does not fit historically documented practice 9 in their dioceses as well as in their territories they had almost the same power as catholic prince bishops however one common restriction was that administered prince bishoprics were denied to emit their deputies to the diets of the empire or of the imperial circles german reichstag or kreistag respectively conversions of territories were banned by the with reservatum ecclesiasticum this restriction was abandoned by the peace of westphalia in 1648 when the emperor accepted protestant administrators as fully empowered rulers however the peace also secularised many of the prior protestant prince bishoprics and transformed them into hereditary monarchies prince bishoprics ruled by protestant bishops edit prince bishoprics which were ruled by protestants were the following prince bishopric of brandenburg lutheran bishops and administrators since 1539 secularised and merged into the electorate of brandenburg in 1571 prince archbishopric of bremen lutheran administrators since 1567 secularised as hereditary duchy of bremen in 1648 prince bishopric of cammin lutheran bishops and administrators since 1544 secularised and merged into the duchy of pomerania in 1650 electoral prince archbishopric of cologne lutheran bishop c 1542 1546 however catholic prince bishop from 1546 was thought over during the cologne war 1583 1588 however catholic prince bishop from 1588 secularised and merged into the landgraviate of hesse darmstadt in 1803 prince bishopric of halberstadt lutheran administrators 1566 1628 after the rule of the last however catholic administrator secularised as principality of halberstadt in 1648 prince bishopric of havelberg lutheran bishops and administrators since 1558 secularised and merged into the electorate of brandenburg in 1598 prince bishopric of lebus lutheran bishop and administrators since 1555 secularised and merged into the electorate of brandenburg in 1598 prince bishopric of lübeck lutheran bishops and administrators in 1535 and from 1555 on secularised as principality of lübeck in 1803 prince archbishopric of magdeburg lutheran administrators between 1566 and 1631 and again since 1638 secularised as hereditary duchy of magdeburg in 1680 prince bishopric of meißen de secularised and merged into the electorate of saxony in 1581 prince bishopric of merseburg lutheran administrators since 1544 secularised and merged into the electorate of saxony in 1565 prince bishopric of minden lutheran administrators between 1554 and 1631 after the rule of the last however catholic prince bishop secularised as principality of minden in 1648 prince bishopric of merseburg lutheran bishop and administrators between 1544 and 1549 and from 1562 on secularised and merged into the electorate of saxony in 1615 prince bishopric of naumburg lutheran bishop and administrators between 1542 and 1547 and from 1562 on secularised and merged into the electorate of saxony in 1615 prince bishopric of osnabrück lutheran bishops and administrators between 1574 and 1623 and lutheran administrators and catholic bishops in alternate succession since 1634 secularised and merged into the electorate of brunswick and lunenburg in 1803 prince bishopric of ratzeburg lutheran administrators since 1554 secularised as the principality of ratzeburg in 1648 prince bishopric of schwerin lutheran administrators since 1533 secularised as the principality of schwerin in 1648 prince bishopric of strasbourg was thought over during the strasbourg bishops war 1592 1604 however catholic prince bishop from 1604 secularised and merged into the margraviate of baden in 1803 prince bishopric of verden lutheran bishop and administrators between 1574 and 1630 and after the rule of the last however catholic prince bishop from 1631 on secularised as principality of verden in 1648 see also edit hierarchy of the catholic church equivalents of diocesan bishops in law references edit code of canon law canon 421 1 code of canon law canon 425 1 the word used in the canon sacerdos is not limited to a priest and applies also to a bishop code of canon law canons 421 2 and 425 3 code of canon law canons 426 427 code of canon law canons 430 codex iuris canonici canon 502 3 see codex iuris canonici canon 421 1 noting that the consultors elect the administrator without prejudice to the provisions of can 502 3 codex iuris canonici canons 431 432 1917 eike wolgast hochstift und reformation studien zur geschichte der reichskirche zwischen 1517 und 1648 stuttgart 1995 external links edit out of date article in the catholic encyclopedia written before the codes of canon law of 1917 and 1983 altered the conditions retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title diocesan_administrator oldid 1365660870 category catholic ecclesiastical titles hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata articles containing german language text this page was last edited on 23 july 2026 at 18 35 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution 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