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May 24, 2023 · A pastor is a priest who, under the authority of the diocesan bishop, exercises the pastoral care of a parish or parishes—or, come July in our diocese, a pastorate—by carrying out the functions of teaching, sanctifying and governing.
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 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 that ...
Jul 24, 2023 · As chancellor, he will be the chief archivist and chief notary for the diocese. As judicial vicar, he will be responsible for administration of the tribunal, ensuring that justice is carried out in various areas of the life of the Church. At the same time, he departed from his previous role as vicar for vocations, which he had held since 2019.
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 Judicial Vicar coordinates and oversees the diocesan court of law or Tribunal, and normally serves as presiding judge in all trials.
Episcopal Vicar: usually an auxiliary bishop but always a priest assigned by the Diocesan Bishop to the pastoral supervision of a part of a Roman Catholic diocese (vicariate) or to fulfill a specific duty (e.g., Vicar for Clergy, Judicial Vicar in the Tribunal, Vicar for Education, etc.).
