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The judicial vicar is the moderator of the tribunal, and is responsible for its day to day operations. A tribunal is an ecclesiastical court where a case can be presented to be judged according to canon law. The most common types of cases presented judge the validity or the invalidity of marriage.
The Tribunal of the Diocese of Scranton is the forum in which the judicial authority of the Bishop is exercised. The Judicial Vicar, Judges and other canonical ministers and professional staff cooperate in the Bishop’s ministry of furthering the supreme law of the Church, “the salvation of souls” (canon 1752 of the 1983 Code of … Continue reading
Mar 9, 2022 · He also serves the Diocese as Chancellor since January 31, 2020, and as Pastor of St. Pancras Church in Glendale since September 15, 2020. Monsignor Aguggia received a J.C.L. (Juris Canonici Licentiata – Canon Law degree) from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 2000. He was Judicial Vicar of the Diocese of Brooklyn from 2009-2020.
t. e. Within the Catholic Church, an ecclesiastical judge ( Latin: judex, or judex ecclesiasticus) is an ecclesiastical person who possesses ecclesiastical jurisdiction either in general or in the strict sense. The judge presides over all baptized persons within their jurisdiction.
Jul 11, 2018 · The chancellor does not need to be a priest. The vicar general is a priest, appointed by the bishop and acts in the name of the bishop in administering the diocese. He has an advanced degree in canon law or theology. He also has executive authority within the diocese. This means that he is involved in the day-to-day pastoral and temporal ...
Vicar general is also the title for some heads of religious orders. A vicar forane (or rural dean) is a priest in charge of a subdivision of a diocese called a forane vicariate, or deanery. In canon law a priest working with or in place of the pastor of a parish is called a vicar, or curate.
Today the Tribunal is an office of the Diocese which is considered the "ecclesiastical legal branch" of the Diocese. It deals with many different aspects of Church life, and relates to many of the different functions exercised by the Bishop. It is necessary for those working in the Tribunal to be expert in Canon Law and other laws of the Church.
