Decree of modification

Here's the second part of the decrees.  They should be read in tandem, and considered integrally connected, even though they exist as two separate documents:

Greetings and blessings in the Lord
To all those who will read this decree, we inform that:

WHEREAS the Code of Canon Law gives the Diocesan Bishop alone the right 'to establish, supress or alter parishes' after having consulted the Council of Priests, and this, in accordance with canon 515, paragraph 2;


WHEREAS the Council of Priests has already been consulted regarding the procedure to be followed in this regard during its regular meeting;


WHEREAS the Bishop has proceeded by decree dated this same day to suppress the parish of Holy Trinity in the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario;

We the undersigned Bishop of Sault Ste. Marie, by virtue of our pastoral charge and by the present decree, erect as a single parish the community of faithful living in the combined territories of the former parishes of Christ the King and Holy Trinity, in the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.

This territory will henceforth form the modified parish of Christ the King with a second place of worship under the name of Holy Trinity.   This parish will remain under the title of Christ the King, whose Solemnity is celebrated on the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year.

This parish will enjoy full rights and the juridical personality of a parish, with all the rights and obligations of a parish according to Canon Law.  The said parish will have as its places of worship, the churches known as Christ the King situated at 21 Ste-Anne Road and Holy Trinity situated at 426 Burton Avenue, both in the City of Greater Sudbury.

In addition, by this same decree, We name Reverend Father Anthony Man-Son-Hing, pastor of the said parish, granting him all the faculties, powers, rights and privileges proper to his office by virtue of the directives of Canon Law, the Diocesan statutes and the customs legitimately approved in the Diocese.

The present decree will take effect January 1, 2011, on the solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, and will be read and published at all Sunday masses celebrated in the parish church of Christ the King and place of worship of Holy Trinity on December 26, 2010, Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

May the Lord grant graces and blessings to the faithful and pastor of this modified parish of Christ the King.

Given at Sudbury, under Our signature, the seal of the Diocese and the signature of the Auxiliary Bishop on this eighth day of December, on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the Year of Our Lord two thousand and ten.

+Jean-Louis Plouffe
Bishop of Sault Ste. Marie

+Noel Simard, Vicar General
Auxiliary Bishop