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May a priest confirm a baptized but uncatechized Catholic?

April 26, 2017baptized Catholic confirm priest

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May a priest confirm a baptized but uncatechized Catholic?

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A priest who wishes to confirm a baptized but uncatechized Catholic must explicitly request this faculty from the diocesan bishop (canon 884.1). The only exception is in the case of a baptized Catholic who has without fault been instructed in a non-Catholic religion or in the case of the re-admission to communion of a baptized Catholic who has been an apostate from the faith (U.S. Statutes 28, 29).