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Ad ordinem confiramtionis

Utrum necesse adhuc sit ut patrinus Confirmationis habeatur

℟. Iuxta praenotanda Ordinis Confirmationis, n. 5, de more, scilicet extra casus extraordinarios, patrinus habendus est. Sed tres praebentur possibilitates, quae tamen, non eodem gradu ponuntur, sed secundum quemdam ordinem praecedentiae, ita ut primo veniat quod praeferendum est:

Expedit patrinum Baptismi, si adsit, esse etiam patrinum Confirmationis, ut clarius significetur nexus inter Baptismum et Confirmationem et munus atque officum patrini efficacius reddatur;

non excluditur facultas patrinum proprium Confirmationis eligendi;

fieri potest ut parentes ipsi pueros suos praesentent.

Ordinarii loci est, pro sua pastorali prudentia et « attentis rerum et locorum adiunctis » iudicare « quaenam ratio agenda in sua dioecesi sit servanda ». In casibus peculiaribus permittere etiam potest ut qui sine patrino ad confirmationem accedat.

Regarding the order of confirmation

Whether it is still necessary to have a sponsor for Confirmation

℟. According to the praenotanda of the Order of Confirmation, n. 5, customarily, namely, outside of extraordinary cases, there should be a sponsor. But three possibilities are given, though they are not put on equal footing, but rather proposed in order of precedence, such that what comes first should be preferred:

It is appropriate that the Baptismal sponsor, if present, be also the Confirmation sponsor, in order that the link between Baptism and Confirmation be more clearly signified and the function and office of sponsor be rendered more effective;

the ability to choose a proper sponsor for Confirmation is not excluded ;

it is allowed that the parents themselves present their children.

It belongs to the local Ordinary, in his pastoral prudence and « attentive to various local circumstances » to judge « which manner of proceeding should be observed in his diocese ». In particular cases it is even permissible that someone approach confirmation without a sponsor.

Notitiae 11 (1975): 61–62

Cf. Notitiae 20 (1984), 86.

confirmation, hermeneutics, sponsorPDF of Notitiae 11 (1975): 61–62