After searching this forum a few days ago, I could find nothing about the un-promulgated decree concerning vacant episcopal sees which the 1870 Vatican Council prepared. As my own Latin has unfortunately become rusty (going to try to remedy that this year!) I was curious if anybody here with a better working Latin would care to offer at their convenience a synopsis or translation (presuming they don't go blind from the small print first). The following is the schema for that decree from the Vatican Council's Acta:



Acta et Decreta Sacrorum Conciliorum Recentiorum. Ed.Schneeman and Granderath. Vol. 7. Sumptibus Herder: Friburg 1890.

There are annotations as well, which I can post tomorrow.

EDIT: the entire volume is available to download via Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=z0dNAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Collectio+Lacensis&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1976UoLTN8qZ1AGM64HQAw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false