@The_GreatVoid @frpatrickop @BackwardsFeet Registration, in practice, is operative, at least in the dioceses I’ve been in. In a major urban area, there’s a fair chance virtually no one is attending/active in their territorial parish. Until 2009, the parish boundaries weren’t even published.
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@The_GreatVoid @frpatrickop @BackwardsFeet (they were published and redefined as part of publishing norms that parishes, say, had to treat a territorial parishioner to the same practice as “registered” for things like how much they charge for use of the church for a private wedding).
@The_GreatVoid @frpatrickop @BackwardsFeet So I hear what you’re saying, but it’s not realistic to be strict with the canonical definition either. The pastor of the parish I’ve been at for 15 years could tell me that, since I moved, I need to go to Sacred Heart for parishioner services but that’s a non-starter.
@The_GreatVoid @frpatrickop @BackwardsFeet (though that’s technically not true since the Austin supplemental norms specifically say that a parishioner services are available to someone in your territory or registered to the parish, but I digress)