Can. 142
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§ 1. Patriarchae est conventum patriarchalem convocare, eidem praeesse atque eum transferre, prorogare, suspendere et dissolvere; vice-praesidem, qui in absentia Patriarchae conventui praeest, ipse Patriarcha nominet.
§ 2. Sede patriarchali vacante conventus patriarchalis suspenditur ipso iure, donec novus Patriarcha de re decreverit.
Wording unchanged since the Code took effect in 1991.
Read the whole title TITULUS IVDe Ecclesiis Patriarchalibus 55–150