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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 ...
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 bishop and/or the pastor may designate certain tasks to ...
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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. In the Diocese of Arlington, the tribunal is headed by Father Robert J ...
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 ...
A vicar forane, who is also called a dean, an archpriest, or some other name, is a priest who is placed over a vicariate forane. §2. Unless particular law establishes otherwise, the diocesan bishop appoints the vicar forane, after he has heard the priests who exercise ministry in the vicariate in question according to his own prudent judgment.
Feb 20, 2016 · As judicial vicar, he is “the principal canonical consultant” in the archdiocese. “The diocesan bishop is the first judge of all in the diocese,” Msgr. Wielunski explained. But the archbishop relies on his expertise whenever questions of canon law arise. Most of the time, the tribunal handles marriage annulment cases.
Can. 429 A diocesan administrator is obliged to reside in the diocese and to apply Mass for the people according to the norm of can. 388. Can. 430 §1. The function of a diocesan administrator ceases when the new bishop has taken possession of the diocese. §2. The removal of a diocesan administrator is reserved to the Holy See.
