“In each parish there is to be a finance council which is governed, in addition to universal law, by norms issued by the diocesan bishop and in which the Christian faithful, selected according to these same norms, are to assist the pastor* in the administration of the goods of the parish, without prejudice to the prescript of can. 532 (i.e., the pastor represents the parish in all juridic affairs).” Code of Canon Law, c. 537. This consultative body is called a Parish Finance Council.
* Wherever the word “pastor” appears, read also “administrator” or “parish director.”
