The Establishment of an Oriental Province of a Secular Institute of the Latin Church

Abstract

A member of the secular institute of the Latin Church from Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church has a Syro-Malabar ecclesial patrimony, and to live accordingly, he needs to be incorporated into the Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church both de iure and de facto. So, is a secular institute with members of another Church sui iuris obliged to have a province? What are the juridical effects of such an ascription? This study tries to answer these questions and also attempts to explain how to establish an Oriental province of the secular institute of Lain Church. This study mainly discusses the following aspects: a) a brief note about the Decree on Eastern Churches, Orientalium Ecclesiarum; b) Canonical provisions of CCEO for Latin religious institutes; c) Juridical need of a province and how it is ascribed to a Church sui iuris.