Doctoral Thesis

Role of the Laity in the Diocesan Curia
     A Comparative Study of CIC and CCEO




Mathew John Puthenparambil



Rome 
15 May 2013


Acknowledgement

I acknowledge with deep sentiments of gratitude to God’s manifold blessings in the completion of this doctoral thesis. It was my privilege to do this thesis under the guidance of Prof. Elias Frank. I duly acknowledge and thank him for his scholarly guidance and prompt availability. It is my great joy to acknowledge my gratitude to Prof. Lorenzo Lorusso and Prof. Claudio Papale for conceding to be the first and second Relators of this thesis respectively. Wholeheartedly I thank them for their valuable corrections and constructive suggestions.
I am immensely grateful to Most Rev.  John Vadakel CMI, the bishop of the diocese of Bijnor for his constant support and encouragement. With gratitude I remember the missionary family of the diocese of Bijnor especially Most Rev. Gratian Mundadan CMI, the Bishop emeritus of Bijnor.
I owe my special thanks to the Congregation for the Oriental Churches for the scholarship for my doctoral studies. I gratefully remember Dr. Varghese Kurisuthara OCD, the Rector of Istituto San Giovanni Damasceno for his fraternal love and concern. I am also grateful to all the staff and all my friends at the institute for the homely atmosphere, companionship and support during the last three years. I specially thank Dr. George Palamattam CMI, Mr. Mike Hartley, Fr. Brian Crawford OSJ, Sr. Mariatte SVM, Fr. George Thomas Kochuvilayil, etc., for going through the script and giving me valuable corrections in the area of language and methodology.  
With gratitude I remember my parents, brothers, friends and benefactors at the completion of my studies. I wish to express my gratitude to the staff members of various libraries in Rome such as Pontifical Urbaniana University, Pontifical University Antonianum, Pontifical Oriental Institute, Pontifical Gregorian University and Pontifical Lateran University. I express my sincere gratitude to all those who have helped me physically or spiritually in completing this thesis.

Mathew John PuthenparambiL
                                                              Diocese of BIJNOR 
                                                                             



TABLE OF CONTENTS


Chapter I
Role and Functions of the Laity in the Church

Chapter II
Functions of the Officials of the Curia


Chapter III
Requisites for Lay Persons to Assume Offices in the Curia




Appendix 2: Proposed Statute for the Diocesan Finance Council


Only the Extract of this thesis is published in Rome in June 2013

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