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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.
Jan 10, 2018 · 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.
“The Judicial Vicar is one of the offices that is mandated in Canon Law to be in every diocese. In general, he is a priest with specialized legal training who has oversight over all canonical affairs.” Father Philip Creurer is the current Judicial Vicar of the Archdiocese of Edmonton.
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).
The Tribunal is a court that is regulated by the laws of the Catholic Church. By the authority of the local Bishop, the court administers justice, vindicates rights and assists in the pastoral care of the people of the diocese.
The Judicial Vicar coordinates and oversees the diocesan court of law or Tribunal, and normally serves as presiding judge in all trials.
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The judicial vicar constitutes one tribunal with the bishop but cannot judge cases which the bishop reserves to himself. The Judicial Vicar, with Bishop Libasci, forms the Tribunal of the Diocese of Manchester.
