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THE MINISTRY AND LIFE OF DEACONS

76 DMLPD, no. 62. 77 DMLPD, no. 62.

78 DMLPD, note 193, citing Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Circular Letter, Prot. No. 263/97 (June 6, 1997), no. 8. See also Congregation for Divine Worship and the Disciple of the Sacraments, Letter, Prot. No. 1080/05 (July 13, 2005). Competency for such dispensations belongs to the Congregation for the Clergy. The Congregation will take into consideration only exceptional cases involving personal and diocesan necessity. 79 DMLPD, no. 5. 80 DMLPD, no. 1. 81 DMLPD, no. 2; see Bishops’ Committee on the Diaconate, NCCB, Protocol for the Incardination/Excardination of Permanent Deacons (1995, revised 1999). 82 Roman Pontifical, Rite of Ordination of Deacons, p. 171. 83 St. Augustine, Serm. 179, no. 1. 84 DMLPD, no. 23. 85 DMLPD, no. 24. 86 DMLPD, no. 24. See also CIC, c. 764, cited in no. 33 of this National Directory .

87 DMLPD, no. 25. 88 DMLPD, no. 23. 89 DMLPD, no. 26. 90 See CIC, c. 831 §1.

91 DMLPD, no. 26. See CIC, c. 772 §2; and complementary legislation from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, “Canon 772, §2—Radio or TV Talks on Christian Doctrine,” www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/canon-law/complementary-norms/canon-772-2 norm-for-giving-radio-or-tv-talks-on-christian-doctrine .The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ complementary norms apply only to talks given on radio or television.

92 DMLPD, no. 53. 93 DMLPD, no. 28. 94 DMLPD, no. 30. 95 DMLPD, no. 55.

96 Pope Benedict XVI, Address to the Permanent Deacons of Rome (February 18, 2006), www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2006/february/documents/hf_ben xvi_spe_20060218_deacons-rome.html . 97 DMLPD, no. 38, citing Pontificale Romanum, De Ordinatione Episcopi, Presbyterorum et Diaconorum , no. 207.

98 DMLPD, no. 38. 99 DMLPD, no. 38. 100 DMLPD, no. 38.