Church authority definition

Church authority means the Bishop or a person or body having administrative authority of or in a Church body to license, appoint, authorise, dismiss or suspend a Church worker;

Church authority means the Diocesan Bishop;

Church authority means the person or body responsible for authorising Church workers to undertake ministry in the Authorising Province or the Assessing Province;

Examples of Church authority in a sentence

• If, however, the Church authority decides not to take further action, the process is completed.

• If a meeting is not agreeable or possible, the Church authority will issue a detailed written reply to the complainant, setting out their suggestions for resolving the matter within twenty- one calendar days of sending the acknowledgement letter to them.

• If the complainant is still not satisfied at this point, they should contact the Church authority again.At the conclusion of this step, the Church authority may decide to take further action on the complaint.

• Within seven days of the meeting or discussion, the Church authority will write to the complainant to confirm what took place and to set out any solutions that were agreed upon.

• However, in those circumstances, I will inform the relevant Church authority without delay.

• The accord also gives the Catholic Church the exclusive right to create, modify, or eliminate ecclesiastical boundaries; however, it stipulates that ecclesiastical territories must report to a Church authority in the country.

• Prior to their visit, where there is an intention to engage in public ministry, all visiting religious must write seeking permission of the Church authority, giving details about the duration of the visit, the type of ministry and the location of ministry being considered.

• The Church authority may by meeting/telephone (if a meeting is not possible) discuss and hopefully resolve the complaint.

• Prior to visiting Ireland, where there is an intention to engage in public ministry, all visiting priests must write seeking permission of the Church authority, giving details about the duration of the visit, the type of ministry and the location of ministry being considered.

• The Church authority wishing to use images of the children they work with, or are otherwise in contact with, should consider these guidelines.The Church only has responsibility for safeguarding and the use of photography if it plans to use the photographs for Church purposes.

More Definitions of Church authority

Church authority means the Archbishop or a person or body having administrative authority of or

Church authority means the person or body having authority to ordain, license, appoint, dismiss or suspend a member of the clergy or church worker.

Church authority in relation to a complaint, means a board of Bishops comprising-

Church authority means the Bishop or a person or body having administrative authority of or in a Church body to license, appoint, authorise, dismiss or suspend a Church worker and in relation to a churchwarden or vestry member elected by a general meeting of a parish, the Bishop in Council;