The patriarchs with their synods are the highest authority for all business of the patriarchate, including the right of establishing new eparchies and of nominating bishops of their rite within the territorial bounds of the patriarchate, without prejudice to the inalienable right of the Roman Pontiff to intervene in individual cases.
Mapatriarka pamoja na sinodi zao wana uwezo mkuu juu ya shughuli zote zihusuzo upatriarka, ikiwemo haki pia ya kuunda maeparkia [yaani majimbo] (eparchias) mapya na kuteua maaskofu wa riti yao ndani ya mipaka ya eneo lililo la patriarkati; isipokuwa tu ihifadhiwe haki isiyofutika ya Baba Mtakatifu wa Roma kuingia katika suala lolote maalum.