Council of Trent
Council of Trent: Session XXIII, Reformation, Chapter III
Waterworth (1848), Hanover transcription; separate papal documents excluded
Reformation, Chapter III
CHAPTER III. Bishops, except in case of illness, shall confer Order in person.
Bishops shall themselves confer orders; but, should they be prevented by illness, they shall not send their subjects to another bishop for ordination, unless they have been already approved of and examined.
Translation: J. Waterworth, The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent (1848), Hanover Historical Texts Project transcription (1995).
Source: Council of Trent: Session XXIII (Hanover Historical Texts Project)