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Praedicate Evangelium:
Art. 200
§ 1. The Tribunal of the Roman Rota ordinarily acts as an
appellate court of higher instance at the Apostolic See, with
the purpose of safeguarding rights within the Church; it fosters
unity of jurisprudence and, by virtue of its decisions, provides
assistance to lower tribunals.
§ 2. The Tribunal of the Roman Rota also includes the Office
competent to adjudicate the fact of the non-consummation of
marriage and the existence of a just cause for granting
dispensations.
§ 3. This Office is also competent to deal with cases of the
nullity of sacred ordination, pursuant to the norm of universal
and proper law, in accordance with the different cases.
Art. 201
§ 1. The Tribunal has a collegiate structure and is composed of
a certain number of judges of proven doctrine, competence and
experience selected by the Roman Pontiff from various parts of
the world.
§ 2. The College of the Tribunal is headed by the Dean, as
primus inter pares, who is appointed for a term of five
years by the Roman Pontiff, who chooses him from among the
judges.
§ 3. The Office for procedures of dispensation from a marriage
ratum et non consummatum and for cases of the nullity of
sacred ordination is headed by the Dean, assisted by its proper
officials and by designated commissioners and consultors.
Art. 202
§ 1. The Tribunal of the Roman Rota adjudicates in second
instance cases that have been decided by ordinary tribunals of
first instance and referred to the Holy See by legitimate
appeal.
§ 2. It adjudicates in third or further instances cases already
decided by the same Apostolic Tribunal and by any other
tribunals, unless they have become
res iudicata.
Art. 203
§ 1. The Roman Rota, in addition, adjudicates in first instance:
1. Bishops in contentious matters, unless they concern the
rights or temporal goods of a juridical person represented by
the Bishop;
2. Abbots Primate or Abbots Superior of monastic congregations
and Supreme Moderators of Institutes of Consecrated Life and
Societies of Apostolic Life of Pontifical right;
3. Dioceses/Eparchies or other ecclesiastical persons, whether
physical or juridical, which have no Superior below the Roman
Pontiff;
4. cases which the Roman Pontiff entrusts to this Tribunal.
§ 2. It adjudicates these same cases also in second and further
instances, unless other provisions are made.
Art. 204
The Tribunal of the Roman Rota is governed by its proper law.
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