Order of Confirmation

Editions

Dates

• Ordo Confirmationis, first edition — 1971
  • Rite of Confirmation — 1971
  • Order of Confirmation (new translation) — mandatory from Easter 2016

Documents

• Rite of Confirmation – Apostolic Constitution & Introduction (pdf)

Resources

• Resources for the Order of Confirmation

Rites of Ordination

Editions

• see Pontifical

Documents

• Rite of Ordination — General Introduction

Resources

• The Gift of a Shepherd — Prayers for use at the time of the retirement of a Bishop and in preparation for the appointment and installation of a successor
  • The Gift of a Shepherd (pdf)
  • The Gift of a Shepherd (Word)
• Reception of the Bishop in his Cathedral Church (Installation of a Bishop) (pdf)
  Information and Guidance

Rite of Dedication of a Church and an Altar

Editions

Documents

• Rite of Dedication — Introductions

Resources

• Consecrated for Worship

Order of Blessing the Oil of Catechumens and of the Sick
and of Consecrating the Chrism

Editions

The Bishops’ Conference has published the text and distributed it to Bishops (February 2018).

Dates

• Ordo benedicendi oleum catechumenorum et infirmorum et conficiendi chrisma — 1970
  • Rite of Blessing of Oils — 1972
  • Order of Blessing the Oil of Catechumens and of the Sick and of Consecrating the Chrism (new translation) — mandatory from Lent 2018

Documents

• Introduction (pdf)

Resources

• Blessing the Oil of Catechumens and of the Sick and of Consecrating the Chrism – texts (pdf)
• O Redemptor — English translation and chant (pdf)
• Notes on the celebration

Other Rites

The following rites are also found in the Pontifical:

• Institution of Ministers
  • Institution of Readers
  • Institution of Acolytes
• Consecration to a life of virginity
• Rite of Religious Profession
• Blessing of Abbots or Abbesses
• Blessing of Objects & Places
• Order of Crowning an Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary