Can. 745
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Ordinatio episcopalis reservatur ad normam iuris Romano Pontifici, Patriarchae vel Metropolitae ita, ut nulli Episcopo liceat quemquam ordinare Episcopum, nisi antea constat de legitimo mandato.
Wording unchanged since the Code took effect in 1991.
Read the whole title TITULUS XVIDe Cultu Divino et Praesertim de Sacramentis 667–895