Canadian Conference of
Catholic Bishops
DECREE
OF PROMULGATION
The Bishops of Canada, at
the 2003 Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops,
approved the Ordinances for the implementation in Canada of the Apostolic
Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae, according to the norm of law.
The Ordinances received recognitio
from the Congregation for Bishops, in accord with Article 82 of the Apostolic
Constitution Pastor Bonus, issued by Decree of the Congregation
for Bishops signed by His Eminence Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re, Prefect, and
His Excellency Most Reverend Giovanni Maria Rossi, Sub-Secretary, dated 18
August 2004, with the nihil obstat for the French-language version
confirmed on 11 December 2004.
As President of the Canadian
Conference of Catholic Bishops, I hereby decree that the Canadian Ordinances
for the implementation of Ex Corde Ecclesiae will be in force as
particular law for Canada on 1 May 2006.
Given at the offices of the
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops in Ottawa, on 30 May 2005.
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Brendan M. O’Brien Archbishop
of St. John’s President Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops |
Monsignor Mario Paquette, P.H. General Secretary Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops |
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