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Canon Law› IV.Function of the ChurchBook IV› I.The SacramentsPart I› I.BaptismTitle I› I.The Celebration of BaptismChapter I

Can. 857

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§1. Apart from a case of necessity, the proper place of baptism is a church or oratory.

§2. As a rule an adult is to be baptized in his or her parish church and an infant in the parish church of the parents unless a just cause suggests otherwise.

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