Ranking
Apart from the solemnities of Nativity of the Lord, the Epiphany, the Ascension, and Pentecost, which are outranked only by the Paschal Triduum, solemnities give way only to the following celebrations:
- The Paschal Triduum
- Sundays of Advent, Lent, and Easter
- Ash Wednesday
- Weekdays of Holy Week up to and including Thursday
- Days within the Octave of Easter)
In addition, the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed has precedence over proper solemnities, but not over solemnities inscribed in the General Roman Calendar.
With the exceptions noted in the table below, a solemnity that falls on the same day as a celebration of higher rank is transferred to the next day not of higher rank.
Solemnities thus outrank and replace Sundays in Ordinary Time.
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