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These sede bishops bounce around the world doing as they please. Bishops were never supposed to be like this. Ideally, you become a priest at age 30, and then you're elected by the local people to become a bishop for a specific church years later. Bishops in their 30s is in general a terrible idea and should not be allowed. Now with sedes, they appeal to epikeia to throw all norms out the window. All bishops now see the entire planet as their "diocese" and they're all ordained "at large." Being ordained/consecrated "at large" had always meant that the consecration is invalid, but of course they appeal to both epikeia & ex opere operato to therefore allow anything. Of course the laity are so desperate for their sacraments, they're willing to accept all kinds of disorder and they don't question the bishops (except for the few who do, and leave). I accept the logic that there's no pope, so bishops can ordain without papal approval. However, I don't accept the logic that bishops can now do whatever they please and ordain people of any age and anywhere on the planet for whatever purpose. Just look at the CMRI, their bishop was once in the Eastern Washington/Idaho area, then decided to relocate across the country and abandon his flock (though I'm sure he'd say planet Earth is his flock), now he's globe trotting and providing sacraments on all continents. It's total disorder and chaos and the laity seem not to care. Stop giving these con men money and demand that they stay in one place and only provide sacraments in their region.

I apologize for quoting from the 83 Code. Here is the pertinent Canon (329) from the 1917 Code.

TITULUS VIII:  De potestate episcopali deque iis qui de eadem participant

CAPUT I:  De Episcopis

Can 329 §1. Episcopi sunt Apostolorum successores atque ex divina institutione peculiaribus ecclesiis praeficiuntur quas cuм potestate ordinaria regunt sub auctoritate Romani Pontificis.
 §2. Eos libere nominat Romanus Pontifex.
 §3. Si cui collegio concessum sit ius eligendi Episcopum, servetur praescriptum can. 321.

Can 330. Antequam quis in Episcopum assumatur, constare debet, secundum modum a Sede Apostolica determinatum, eum esse idoneum.

Can 331 §1. Ut quis idoneus habeatur, debet esse:
 1º Natus ex legitimo matrimonio, non autem legitimatus etiam per subsequens matrimonium;
 2º Annos natus saltem triginta;
 3º A quinquennio saltem in sacro presbyteratus ordine constitutus;
 4º Bonis moribus, pietate, animarum zelo, prudentia, ceterisque dotibus, praeditus, quae ipsum aptum efficiant ad gubernandam dioecesim de qua agitur;
 5º Laurea doctoris vel saltem licentia in sacra theologia aut iure canonico potitus in athenaeo aliquo vel in Instituto studiorum a Sancta Sede probatis, vel saltem earundem disciplinarum vere peritus; quod si ad religionem aliquam pertineat, a suis Superioribus maioribus vel similem titulum vel saltem verae peritiae testimonium habeat.
 §2. Etiam electus, praesentatus vel quoquo modo ab illis designatus, qui privilegio a Sancta Sede concesso praesentandi seu designandi gaudent, debet memoratis qualitatibus pollere.
 §3. Iudicare num quis idoneus sit, ad Apostolicam Sedem unice pertinet.