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In the Roman Catholic Church, a judicial vicar or episcopal official (Latin: officialis) is an officer of the diocese who has ordinary power to judge cases in the diocesan ecclesiastical court.
Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer. 1/10/18. Father Robert J. Rippy (front right) is the judicial vicar for the Diocese of Arlington. Just as the United States has a judiciary branch, so too every diocese has a judicial arm. It’s headed by the bishop, who typically designates a judicial vicar to oversee it.
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In a diocese, the natural judge is the diocesan bishop (Codex iuris canonici c. 1419 § 1; Codex Canonum Ecclesiarium Orientalium c. 1066 § 1), who constitutes one tribunal with the judicial vicar, or chief judge, of his court (Codex iuris canonici c. 1420 § 2; Codex Canonum Ecclesiarium Orientalium c. 1086 § 2).
May 16, 2024 · What is – and who is – the Judicial Vicar? “The Judicial Vicar is one of the offices that is mandated in Canon Law ( 1420 §1 ) to be in every diocese. In general, he is a priest with specialized legal training who has oversight over all canonical affairs.”
May 24, 2023 · The term “parochial vicar” means that such a priest “represents” the pastor within the pastorate (a “vicar” is someone to whom responsibility and power for some task has been delegated by the one with authority, and “parochial” comes from the Latin word for a pastor).
Judicial Vicar. Canon 1420 of the Code of Canon Law reads in part: §1. Each diocesan bishop is bound to appoint a judicial vicar, or officialis, with ordinary power to judge, distinct from the vicar general unless the small size of the diocese or the small number of cases suggests otherwise.
The diocesan bishop appoints a judicial vicar to oversee the operation of the tribunal (c. 1420). This individual must be a priest with a degree in canon law. Other qualified individuals, both cleric and lay, are appointed by the bishop to serve as judges, defenders of the bond,
