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IRREMOVABILITY
Privilege of certain ecclesiastical persons of not being liable to, or capable of, displacement. It corresponds to tenure in ecclesiastical office. Traditionally canon law has recognized that bishops in a diocese and pastors in a parish cannot be removed without a just cause determined by judicial procedure in an ecclesiastical court. Some pastors have had special privileges of tenure in exceptional cases and extraordinary circumstances.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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