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The ratification in a public consistory of the choice made by a third person of a particular benefice

(Latin præconizare, to publish, from præco, herald, public crier)

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SÄGMÜLLER, Lehrbuch des katholischen Kirchenrechts (Freiburg, 1900) 264; HINSCHIUS, System des katolischen Kirchenrechts, II (Berlin, 1878), 673; and canonists generally, apropos of the nomination of bishops.

Source notes

APA citation. Van Hove, A. (1911). Preconization. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12376a.htm

MLA citation. Van Hove, Alphonse. "Preconization." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. <https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12376a.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Douglas J. Potter. Dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. June 1, 1911. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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