Code of Canon Law (1983)

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The Code of Canon Law (1983) is the comprehensive legal code governing the Latin (Roman) Catholic Church, defining its structures, sacraments, and disciplinary norms.

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instanceOf canon law code
law of the Catholic Church
legal code
alsoKnownAs Code of Canon Law (1983)
surface form: 1983 Code of Canon Law

CIC 1917
surface form: CIC 1983

Code of Canon Law (1983)
surface form: Codex Iuris Canonici (1983)
appliesTo Roman Rite
authenticInterpreter Dicastery for Legislative Texts
surface form: Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
authority Pope
surface form: Supreme Pontiff
basedOn Second Vatican Council
surface form: Second Vatican Council reforms
cameIntoForceOn 27 November 1983
complements Apostolic Constitution Sacrae Disciplinae Leges
contains canon 1752
defines obligations of the Christian faithful
rights of the Christian faithful
distinctFrom Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
surface form: Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO)
dividedInto Books
doesNotApplyTo Eastern Catholic Churches
finalCanonMotto salus animarum suprema lex
governs Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church
hasBook Book I: General Norms
Book II: The People of God
Book III: The Teaching Function of the Church
Book IV: The Sanctifying Function of the Church
Book V: The Temporal Goods of the Church
Book VI: Sanctions in the Church
Book VII: Processes
hasOfficialAbbreviation CIC/83
inspiredBy ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council
juridicalNature universal law of the Latin Church
languageOfPromulgation Latin
legalSystem canon law
legalTradition Latin canon law
numberOfCanons 1752
promulgatedBy Pope John Paul II
promulgatedThrough Apostolic Constitution Sacrae Disciplinae Leges
promulgationDate 25 January 1983
publisherOfTypicalEdition Vatican Publishing House
surface form: Libreria Editrice Vaticana
regulates church discipline
church governance
ecclesiastical offices
judicial processes in the Church
marriage in the Catholic Church
penal sanctions in the Church
religious institutes
sacraments
replaced 1917 Code of Canon Law
surface form: Code of Canon Law (1917)
subjectTo authentic interpretations by the Holy See
subjectToRevision subsequent motu proprios and legislative acts
territorialScope worldwide for the Latin Church

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Catholic Church in Western Europe follows Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Bishop of Baltimore governedAccordingTo Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Diocese of Engativá followsCanonLaw Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Diocese of Facatativá followsCanonLaw Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Diocese of Sankt Pölten usesCanonLaw Code of Canon Law (1983)
Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life legalBasis Code of Canon Law (1983)
this entity surface form: Code of Canon Law
Superior General of the Congregation of Holy Cross governedBy Code of Canon Law (1983)
this entity surface form: Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend governingDocument Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Diocese of Parma followsCanonLaw Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Bishop of Daejeon governsAccordingTo Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Apostolic Vicariate of Mogadishu subjectToCanonLaw Code of Canon Law (1983)
Archdiocese of Chicago governedBy Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Diocese of Newark follows Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Catholic Church in Austria follows Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Catholic Church in Australia follows Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes isGovernedAccordingTo Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Bishop of Spokane governsAccordingTo Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Catholic Church in Canada follows Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Universi Dominici Gregis relatedTo Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Diocesan curia of Carabayllo canonicalBasis Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion governingDocument Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Diocese of Portland subjectToCanonLaw Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Diocese of Burlington governedAccordingTo Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto governedByLaw Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Metropolitan Archbishop of Poitiers governedBy Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Diocese of Valparaíso isSubjectToCanonLaw Code of Canon Law (1983)
Diocese of Luçon followsCanonLaw Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Bishop of Tulle hasAuthorityAccordingTo Code of Canon Law (1983)
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Code of Canon Law on indulgences partOf Code of Canon Law (1983)
this entity surface form: Code of Canon Law
Canon 21 codifiedIn Code of Canon Law (1983)
this entity surface form: 1983 Code of Canon Law
Canon 21 inspiredCanon Code of Canon Law (1983)
this entity surface form: Canon 920 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law