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Adjustment of Status.
Section 245 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) permits a
person who is currently residing in the United States
and is in a valid nonimmigrant status and who oth-
erwise qualifies for lawful permanent residency to
apply for such status while physically present in the
United States.
Arrival/Departure Record.
The arrival/depar-
ture record, Form I-94, is stapled to the passport
of all those who are inspected and who are admit-
ted into the United States on nonimmigrant visas
at land border ports or, if the Customs and Border
Protections (CBP) computers are down, at the other
ports of entry. The arrival/departure record is anno-
tated by a Citizenship and Immigration Services
(CIS) inspector with the type of visa classification
held by the nonimmigrant and the authorized period
of stay in the United States. CBP has eliminated
the paper form of the I-94 at all other ports of entry.
International non-immigration travelers must go to
www.cbp.govafter arrival in the United States to
print out the I-94 Arrival/Departure record.
Celebret.
A canonical document issued to priests
each year by their diocesan or eparchial bishop or
major superior, or their delegates, to indicate that
the priest is ordained and is in good standing in the
Church. A celebret is used by a priest when trav-
eling so that other priests will permit him to cele-
brate Mass in their churches. (CIC c. 903; CCEO
c. 703 §1)
Cleric.
A bishop, priest, or deacon. (CIC cc. 207 §1
and 1009 §1; CCEO c. 325)
Consular processing.
The term given to the process
through which a person residing abroad obtains a
visa at a US consulate.
Culture.
Values, norms, and traditions that affect
how individuals of a particular group perceive,
think, interact, behave, and make judgments about
their world.
Deacon.
A third degree of the hierarchy of the
Sacrament of Holy Orders, after the bishop and
priest. The deacon is ordained not to priesthood
but for ministry and service. Deacons are ordained
to assist the bishop and priests in the celebration
of the divine mysteries, above all the Eucharist, in
the distribution of Holy Communion, in assisting
at or blessing marriages, in the proclamation of the
Gospel and preaching, in presiding over funerals,
and in dedicating themselves to the various minis-
tries of charity. While the Churches of the East have
always had a functioning order of deacons, in the
West the permanent diaconate was reestablished by
the Second Vatican Council.
Delict.
An external violation of a penal law or penal
precept of the Church.
Dimissorial Letter.
A canonical document sent by
the diocesan or eparchial bishop or major superior
of a candidate for ordination that grants permission
to another bishop to ordain him and attests that he
is a proper candidate for ordination. (CIC cc. 1015,
1019-1020; CCEO cc. 747, 472, 537 §1, 751).
Diocesan Bishop.
A bishop to whom is entrusted a
diocese for him to shepherd and for which he “has
all ordinary, proper, and immediate power which is
required for the exercise of his pastoral function”
(CIC c. 381 §1).
Diocesan Priest.
A priest who is incardinated into a
diocese rather than into an institute of consecrated
life or society of apostolic life.
Diocese.
A portion of the People of God entrusted
to the pastoral care of a diocesan bishop (CIC c.
369). It is equivalent to an eparchy in the Eastern
Catholic Churches
sui iuris
.
Employment-Based Visa.
One of the primary ways
under which a person can be sponsored for lawful
permanent residency in the United States. All spe-
cial immigrant religious workers are sponsored on
employment-based visas.
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