Note 559 — Chapter II · LIMITATION OF JURISDICTION OR RESERVED CASES

By the name “Ordinarii” are to be understood not only the bishops and capitular-vicars, but also vicars-general, Prælati regulares and others who possess episcopal jurisdiction. The confessarii regulares also can absolve from this class of excommunication in foro conscientiæ. Pius IX has only revoked the privileges to absolve a casibus R. Pontifci reservatis; ex sententia probabiliori. Regulars can, vi complurium privilegiorum a S. Sede concessorum, absolve from the censures reserved by the common law to the bishops. Cf. S. Alph. l. c. n. 99, and De Privil. n. 100. Those censures are excepted which the Ordinaries have reserved to themselves.