Congregation of diocesan right

A Congregation of diocesan right (or Institute of diocesan right) is a type of religious congregation codified by the laws of the Catholic church, wherein the congregation is under the authority of a particular local bishop, rather than that of the pope. A congregation responsible directly to the pope is a congregation of pontifical right. Most of the major religious orders are congregations of pontifical right.^[1]

The major types of religious associations recognized by canon law are:

1. Public Association of the Faithful^[2]

2. Institutes of Consecrated Life

• a. Institute of diocesan right
• b. Institute of pontifical right

References

1. Code of Canon law, Canon 589 Archived April 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, accessed 18 August 2012.
2. Code of Canon law, Associations of the faithful, accessed 18 August 2012.