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Acceptata ACG 1983 Rome n. 364

References:

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  1. The regional prior has charge of the vicariate and has, in addition to the faculties granted by the provincial chapter, the right:
    1. to assign brothers who are in the vicariate, without prejudice to the rights of the prior provincial;
    2. to confirm a conventual prior as provided for in n. 467 and to appoint superiors of houses as provided for in n. 332, unless the vicariate statute provides otherwise;
    3. to participate by right of office in the provincial council, unless something different has been laid down in the pro­vincial statute;
    4. to participate by right of office in a provincial chapter – see 352, § I, 1. (P, n. 494; K, n.372)
  2.  
    1. The regional prior is elected for four years by the voters assigned in the region and is confirmed by the prior provincial with the consent of his council;
    2. when the time for which the regional prior was elected has expired or when for any reason whatsoever he has ceased to hold office, until a successor has been confirmed his office shall be held by the prior who has spent the longest time in the Order in the same vicariate;
    3. what has been laid down for a conventual prior in n. 302, § I, holds for a regional prior, mutatis mutandis.