Canonical visitation as one of the elements of the pastoral ministry of the eparchial bishop

Abstract

The issue of canonical visitation is an important aspect of all the pastoral activity of the eparchial bishop. The bishop, as chairman and governor of the flock entrusted to him by the Council of Bishops, has full authority over the management and management of the entire diocesan community to the urgent goal, which is the saving reality.

The purpose of salvation has soteriological knowledge and is the greatest fundamental basis for the completeness of the pastoral government of the bishop as head of the Church. As the famous Roman historian of the second century Tertullian noted: "Where there is a bishop, there is the Church." There is a great truth in this famous statement that really points to the importance of the episcopal government. Without a bishop, the smallest ecclesial community cannot exist, for he is the sole source of all the sacraments of the Church.