Prałatura personalna w Kodeksie Prawa Kanonicznego z 1983 roku
Personal Prelature in the 1983 Code of Canon Law

Summary/Abstract: Personal prelature is an institution conceived during the sessions of the Second Vatican Council. It was basically created to allow for greater flexibility in meeting specific pastoral needs, later reaffirmed in the 1983 Code of Canon Law. Personal prelatures are set out in can. 294-297 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law although statutes define their purpose, relations with the local ordinaries etc. The purpose of this article is to analyze objectives of personal prelature, prelature’s statutes and government, lay involvement in a personal prelature and prelature’s relationships with Catholic Church and local ordinary. Personal prelatures are jurisdictional entities established by the Holy See within the hierarchical pastoral activity of the Church as an instrument for the performance of particular pastoral and missionary endeavors.

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