All should hold in great esteem the liturgical life of the diocese centered around the bishop, especially in his cathedral church; they must be convinced that the pre-eminent manifestation of the Church consists in the full active participation of all God's holy people in these liturgical celebrations, especially in the same eucharist, in a single prayer, at one altar, at which there presides the bishop surrounded by his college of priests and by his ministers."These guildelines are to be followed whenever the bishop celebrates Mass, whether at the cathedral or at a parish church:
- Sacrosactum concilium (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy), no. 41