1
A bishop shall be chosen from persons of mature faith, tested conduct, learning sufficient for teaching and judgment, and a reputation not governed by greed or drunkenness.
2
Before consecration, impediments shall be investigated openly enough to prevent scandal and privately enough to avoid reckless defamation.
3
Consecration places the bishop under greater accountability, not above law. He must ordain carefully, supervise clergy, hear causes within his competence, and care for the poor and the property of the assembly.
4
He shall not appropriate offerings, sell judgments, or use discipline to enrich relatives.
5
He shall maintain records where property, ordinations, serious judgments, and charitable distributions require durable proof.
6
A bishop who is accused shall not judge his own cause. Witnesses and competent superiors or synodal judges shall hear the matter.