incardination

/ ɪnˌkɑːdɪˈneɪʃən /

noun

1. the official acceptance by one diocese of a clergyman from another diocese
2. the promotion of a clergyman to the status of a cardinal

Example Sentences

Last week Baltimore's Lawrence Cardinal Shehan invoked another ecclesiastical weapon � the canonical rule of incardination, which binds priests to obey and serve the bishop of the diocese to which they are attached.

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The Council of Trent set up the principle of incardination, which binds most parish priests to serve permanently in the diocese in which they are ordained.

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