Obligation of Diocesan Bishop of a Visit ad limina Apostolorum

• Main Author: Sebastian Margiewicz
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II 2015-06-01
• Series: Kościół i Prawo
• Subjects: uczczenie grobów świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła; Kościół partykularny; Kuria Rzymska; Biskup Rzymu
• Online Access: http://czasopisma.tnkul.pl/index.php/kip/article/view/316
• ISSN: 0208-7928; 2544-5804

The subject of the article is to characterize the obligation of diocesan bishop of a visit ad limina Apostolorum. At the beginning the author explains what such a duty results from and what enti­ties are obliged to a visit ad limina Apostolorum. The obligation of a visit ad limina Apostolorum rests on the diocesan bishop and other high ecclesiastical officials who are equal to him under law, i.e. apostolic vicar, territorial abbot, territorial prelate, apos­tolic administrator of an apostolic administration which has been erected on a stable basis, military ordinary, personal ordinary of personal ordinariates for anglicans en­tering into full communion with the catholic Church and apostolic administrator of Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Maria Vianney. Then the author pre­sents the preparation for a visit ad limina Apostolorum which includes two elements: remote preparation and immediate preparation. The first stage concerns the prepara­tion of quinquennial report on the state of the diocese. The second one, in which par­ticular task has the Secretariat of the Episcopal Conference and the Coordinating Of­fice for the Visit, includes establishing a date and the schedule of the visit. The author describes each element of the visit, i.e. venerate the tombs of the Blessed Apostles Pe­ter and Paul, meeting the Roman Pontiff and visiting the Roman dicasteries.