Canonical erection of a house of religious in the Catholic Church

It is the superior spoke in the constitutions of the religious institute concerned the superior general or the provincial who is to defining the house after obtaining in writing the consent of bishop of the diocese. In addition, the permission of the Holy See is invited for establishing a monastery of nuns. The word "nuns" applies in canon law to women religious whose vows are classified as solemn. These normally live a contemplative cloistered life of meditation and prayer. Other women religious make-up not need permission from the Holy See to establishment a new house.

In 451, the Council of Chalcedon laid down the precondition of the assent of the bishop. Privileges granted to the mendicant orders in the 13th century caused frequent derogations from the law, but the Council of Trent restored the ancient discipline Sess. XXV, de Reg., cap. iii. The term used in the Code of Canon Law is "bishop", non "ordinary". Accordingly, the asked permission cannot be given by a vicar-general or a diocesan administrator. The permission of the parish priest of the place is non required.