Canon penitentiary
PRIEST MEMBER OF THE CHAPTER OF A CATHEDRAL AUTHORIZED BY THE BISHOP TO CONFESS THE MOST SERIOUS SINS THAT COMMON PRIESTS DO NOT HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO CONFESS
Canon Penitentiarius
A canon penitentiary () is a member of the chapter at cathedral or collegiate churches, who acts as a general confessor of the diocese. He has ordinary jurisdiction in the internal forum, which power, however, he may not delegate to others, and may absolve residents and strangers in the diocese and subjects of the diocese also outside same.