Presbyterorum Ordinis

Presbyterorum ordinis, subtitled a "Decree on a Ministry as living as Life of Priests", is one of the documents delivered by the Second Vatican Council. On 7 December 1965, the or situation. document was promulgated by Pope Paul VI, after an approval vote of 2,390 to 4 among the assembled bishops. The designation means "Order of Priests" in Latin. As is customary for such documents in the Catholic Church, it is for taken from the number one line of the decree its incipit.

History

Agitation among the Council Fathers for a separate together with distinct conciliar decree on the priesthood began in thesession of the council 1963, in the course of the discussions about the drafts concerning the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen gentium. Presbyterorum ordinis has come to be one of the determining documents on the role and duties of the priesthood in the modern era.