Minister of Baptism
5 Q. To whom does it belong to confer Baptism?
A. To confer Baptism belongs by right to bishops and parish priests, but in case of necessity any person, whether man or woman, even a heretic or an infidel, can administer it, provided he carries out the rite of Baptism, and has the intention of doing what the Church does.
6 Q. If it were necessary to baptise a person in danger of death, and if several people were present, who should administer the sacrament?
A. If it were necessary to baptise a person in danger of death, and if several people were present, a priest, if such were at hand, should administer the Sacrament, and, in his absence, one of the inferior clergy; and in the absence of such, a layman in preference to a woman, unless in the case in which the greater skill on the part of the woman, or the claims of propriety, should demand otherwise.
7 Q. What intention should the person baptising have?
A. The person baptising should have the intention of doing what Holy Church does in baptising.
(Tomorrow, The Sacraments - Baptism - The Rite of Baptism and the Disposition of the Adult who Receives It)
Pius X, Pope St.. Catholic Catechism of Saint Pius X (1908) (pp. 57-58). Kindle Edition.
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