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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.
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. §2. The judicial vicar constitutes one tribunal with the bishop but ...
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Apr 5, 2014 · Father Greg Luyet, a native of North Little Rock, is now the judicial vicar for the Diocese of Little Rock. Thinking back on what attracted him to canon law — and as of Dec. 1, the role of judicial vicar for the Diocese of Little Rock — Father Greg Luyet recalled he was baptized by a canon lawyer, grew up in a parish with a canon lawyer for ...
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May 15, 2018 · Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades has announced changes in the leadership of two diocesan offices. From left are Father Jacob Runyon, new Judicial Vicar and also Rector of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception; Father Mark Gurtner, new Vicar General, Chancellor and Moderator of the Curia; Bishop Rhoades; and Msgr. Robert Schulte, new pastor of St. Jude Parish, Fort Wayne.
t. e. 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. Although the diocesan bishop can reserve certain cases to himself, the judicial vicar and the diocesan bishop are a single tribunal, which means ...
The Judicial Vicar coordinates and oversees the diocesan court of law or Tribunal, and normally serves as presiding judge in all trials. He is also presiding judge of the diocesan Court of Equity, a law court of limited jurisdiction dealing with matters of diocesan statute or policy which remain disputed after Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has been attempted.
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades has announced changes in the leadership of two diocesan offices. From left are Father Jacob Runyon, new Judicial Vicar and also Rector of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception; Father Mark Gurtner, new Vicar General, Chancellor and Moderator of the Curia; Bishop Rhoades; and Msgr. Robert Schulte, new pastor of St.
