Council of Trent
Council of Trent: Session VII, Reformation, Chapter IX
Waterworth (1848), Hanover transcription; separate papal documents excluded
Reformation, Chapter IX
CHAPTER IX. The duty of consecration not to be delayed.
Those who have been promoted to the greater churches shall receive the rite of consecration within the time prescribed by law, and any delays granted, extending beyond the period of six months, shall be of no avail to any one.
Translation: J. Waterworth, The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent (1848), Hanover Historical Texts Project transcription (1995).
Source: Council of Trent: Session VII (Hanover Historical Texts Project)