ecclesiastical entity definition
ecclesiastical entity means a reference to an association of persons or a universality of things which are established by the competent ecclesiastical or other religious authority so that they might, in the name of such authority and in accordance with the provisions of the relevant law, fulfil the specific task entrusted to them in view of the public good, including the imparting of religious teaching, the promoting of public worship and the undertaking of projects which are appropriate to their character and governed by their statutes, under the higher direction of the said authority. Such entities include dioceses, parishes and all institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life;