THE DISPUTE ABOUT THE OWNERSHIP OF THE IMMATRICULATED CATHOLIC CHURCH PROPERTY RESOLVED THROUGH DIOCESAN CERTIFICATION

Abstract

This article consists of four parts, each one dedicated to the analysis and presentation of the following questions: a) the patrimonial capacity of ecclesiastical entities in the Spanish civil order; b) the ownership and legal regime of the assets of the Church; c) the registration of the real estate of the Catholic
Church and ecclesiastical entities in the property registry; d) the study prepared by the Government of Spain in execution of the non-law proposal approved
by the Justice Commission of the Congress of Deputies; the report presented by Spanish Episcopal Conferenci about the registered properties by certification between 1998 and 2015.