| At his death the provincial ministers and the custodes are to elect a successor at the Pentecost Chapter, at which the provincial ministers are bound to assemble in the place designated by the Minister General. |
| For mention of custodes in other dioceses, see Cookhill, Reg. |
| Therefore you are custodes utriusque tabul, and must bend the force of all your government to the saving of the people's souls. |
| The help of competent people and facing up to things in the Definitory can support the Ministers and Custodes in this delicate duty. |
| The Minister General and all the other ministers and custodes are bound in virtue of obedience not to add anything to these words or subtract from them. |
| Apart from this, a second problem remains, a problem to which I referred at the start of the report with the Latin tag Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes, meaning But who will watch these watchmen? |
