OFFICE OF THE BISHOP

DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE
1408 Carmel Drive
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501-5215
Telephone: 337.261.5614  Fax: 337.26 l.5603

FORM FOR REQUESTING THE FACULTY TO CONFIRM A BAPTIZED CATHOLIC

Today's Date:	

Name of Church and location:	_

*Name of Priest requesting faculty:	

Date of Confirmation:	
Name(s) of person(s) to be confirmed: (Note: These must be persons validly baptized who are now Catholic.) Please print names.

•	When adults or children of catechetical age (i.e., seven years of age or older) are being baptized, the priest has from the law itself the faculty to confirm (c. 883, para. 2). No further faculty or permission is needed from the Bishop.

•	The same is true if adults or children of catechetical age are already baptized but are being received into full communion with the Catholic Church, i.e., becoming a Catholic, joining the Catholic Church.

Signature of Priest
This faculty is granted to the pastor*, administrator, or any priest celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation within the confines of the parish:
Date:	_

Most Reverend J. Douglas Deshotel, D.D. Bishop of Lafayette