PRIVATE ORATORY. A place set apart for divine worship but erected in a private dwelling for the sole benefit of some particular family or private individual.
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Rigorously defined by Canon Law:
Can. 1226 By the term private chapel is understood a place for divine worship designated by permission of the local ordinary for the benefit of one or more physical persons.
Can. 1227 Bishops can establish a private chapel for themselves which possesses the same rights as an oratory.
Can. 1228 Without prejudice to the prescript of can. 1227, the permission of the local ordinary is required for Mass or other sacred celebrations to take place in any private chapel.
Can. 1229 It is fitting for oratories and private chapels to be blessed according to the rite prescribed in the liturgical books. They must, however, be reserved for divine worship alone and free from all domestic uses.
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