Storia do Mogor 358.1.4

358.1.4

It is quite true that in the same Council of Trent, Cap. 4, Sess. 21 [213], it may be read that when a congregation becomes so numerous that a single cure is not enough, then the bishop may order him to engage as many priests as he knows to be necessary to administer the sacraments and celebrate the Divine office. But not even here is it provided that the bishop may remove the legitimate pastor, particularly when he is leading an irreproachable life, and appoint another. 'Episcopi, etiam tamquam sedis apostolicae delegati, in omnibus Ecclesiis Parochialibus vel Baptismalibus in quibus populus ita numerosus sit, ut unus Rector non possit sufficere Ecclesiasticis Sacramentis ministrandis et cultu divino peragendo, cogant Rectores, vel alios, ad quos pertinet, sibi tot Sacerdotes ad hoc munus adiungere, quot sufficiant ad Sacramenta exhibenda, et cultum divinum celebrandum.' [In all parish churches, or those wherein baptism is administered, in which [churches] the people are so numerous that one rector is not enough for the administration of the sacraments of the Church, and for the performance of Divine worship, the bishops, even as delegates of the Apostolic See, shall compel the rectors, or others whom it may concern, to associate to themselves for this office as many priests as shall be sufficient to administer the sacraments, and to celebrate Divine worship.]