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| Canon 1031. Previous Next | §1 The priesthood may be conferred only upon those who have completed their twenty-fifth year of age, and possess a sufficient maturity; moreover, an interval of at least six months between the diaconate and the priesthood must have been observed. Those who are destined for the priesthood are to be admitted to the order of diaconate only when they have completed their twenty-third year.
§2 A candidate for the permanent diaconate who is not married may be admitted to the diaconate only when he has completed at least his twenty-fifth year; if he is married, not until he has completed at least his thirty-fifth year, and then with the consent of his wife. §3 Episcopal Conferences may issue a regulation which requires a later age for the priesthood and for the permanent diaconate. §4 A dispensation of more than a year from the age required by §§1 and 2 is reserved to the Apostolic See. |
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