excardination

If a cleric wishes to enter a religious order, the bishop has no power to refuse letters of excardination; they are not granted, however, until the novitiate has been completed.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

In accordance with this the Church has always maintained the principle that excardination cannot be forced upon a person unwilling to accept it, nor at the same time can it be withheld unless there exist a just reason.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

From these decrees of the Council of Trent canonists deduce that for excardination to be lawful there must exist a just cause.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

A priest who wishes to leave the diocese to which he is attached must be furnished with a letter of excorporation, i.e. excardination (commonly called an exeat) from his ordinary, and no bishop can aggregate to his diocese any strange priest who is not possessed of such letter (First Synod of Westminster, no. 19, c. vii).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Clerics and laymen who do not wish to use the benefits of excardination are bound by the aforesaid Constitution "Speculatores".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Incardination is canonical and perpetual enlistment in the new diocese to which a given person has been transferred by letters of excardination.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

To obtain uniformity of action, the council recommends that bishops use an identical printed formula for excardination and incardination.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

In connection with excardination and incardination, it is generally accepted now that the vicar capitular (q.v.) has no power to grant perpetual letters of excardination, nor can he receive a cleric into the diocese in perpetuity, but for a time he may do either in any cases which present themselves during his period of office ( "Clement.",

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Moreover, letters of excardination are absolutely valueless unless at the same time there is a corresponding incardination into another diocese, lest the cleric wander about "ovis quasi perdita et errans" (Decret.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913