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====Subjects who have the power to grant indulgences==== Both partial and plenary indulgences can be granted by the diocesan [[bishop]] or [[eparch]], by the [[major archbishop]], [[Metropolitan bishop|metropolitan]] and [[patriarch]], by the [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]], as well as by the Pope and the [[Apostolic Penitentiary]].<ref>''[[Enchiridion Indulgentiarum]]'', ''Normae de indulgentiis'', nn. 6-10, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 4th edition, 2004, pp. 22-23. {{ISBN|88-209-2785-3}}</ref> For patriarchs this applies in the individual localities of the patriarchate, in churches that follow the specific rite of the patriarchate beyond its borders, and everywhere for the faithful of their own rite.<ref>''[[Enchiridion Indulgentiarum]]'', ''Normae de indulgentiis'', n. 9, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 4th edition, 2004, p. 23. {{ISBN|88-209-2785-3}}. Quote: "Patriarchae in singulis locis sui patriarchatus, etsi exemptis, in ecclesiis sui ritus extra terminos patriarchatus, et ubique pro fidelibus sui ritus possunt"...</ref> Cardinal bishops enjoy the faculty of granting only partial indulgence in any place. This indulgence can be purchased only by those who are present in the individual places from time to time.<ref>''[[Enchiridion Indulgentiarum]]'', ''Normae de indulgentiis'', n. 10, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 4th edition, 2004, p. 23. {{ISBN|88-209-2785-3}}. Quote: "H.R. Cardinales facultate gaudente concessionand ubique indulgentiam partialem a praesentibus solummodo, singulis vicibus, acquirendam".</ref>
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