According to Canon 79 of the Breviary of Ferrandus of Carthage (North Africa, AD 523/546, repeating earlier norms) the chorbishops should ordain neither presbyters, nor deacons, but only subdeacons.
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Canon 79
Vt chorepiscopi, idest uicarii episcoporum, nec presbyteros nec diaconos ordinent, nisi tantum subdiaconos.
The chorbishops, that is the vicars of bishops, shall ordain neither presbyters, nor deacons, but only subdeacons.
Council of Ancara, title 13. Council of Antioch, title 10.
(trans. S. Adamiak)
Discussion:
The canon repeats the norm of the Councils of Antioch (AD 341) and Ancara (AD 359).
Place of event:
Region
Latin North Africa
East
City
Carthage
Antioch
Ancara
About the source:
Author: Ferrandus of Carthage Title: Breviary of Ferrandus, Breviatio Canonum, Breuiatio Canonum
Breuiatio Canonum Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa), Antioch (East)Ancara (East), Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Ferrandus was a deacon of Carthage; he died before 546. His "Breviary" is the first systematic collection of canons produced in Africa. It contains the titles (not the entire text) of 232 canons of different councils (not only from Africa), treating mainly the duties of various clerical offices (1-144), ecclesiastical delicts (145-198), and liturgical norms (199-232).
Edition:
C. Munier ed., Concilia Africae a. 345-a. 525, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 149, Turnhoult 1974, 284-311.
Bibliography:
J. Gaudemet, Les Sources du droit de l’Église en Occident du IIe au VIIe siècle, Paris 1985.
Categories:
Act of ordination
Functions within the Church - Chorbishop
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S. Adamiak, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER736, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=736
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