Chancellor (ecclesiastical)
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Chancellor is an ecclesiastical title used by several quite distinct officials of some
churches
.
- In some churches, the Chancellor of a diocese is a lawyer who represents the church in legal matters.
- In the bishop of the diocese exercises decision-making authority through his judicial vicar, in judicial matters, and the vicar generalfor administrative matters.
- In the Vicar General (who acts as the bishop's deputy in non-judicial legal and administrative affairs).[1] The office was also known historically in some dioceses as Commissary or Commissary General, and Commissary General remains the usual title in the Diocese of Canterbury.
- In Church of England .
- In the United Methodist Church, each Annual Conference has a Conference Chancellor, who is either an active or retired lawyer or judge who serves as the Annual Conference's legal adviser and representative. While the Annual Conference will usually hire outside professional counsel in legal matters requiring legal representation, that hiring and representation is done under the supervision, and with the consent, of the Conference Chancellor.
See also
- Chancellor#Ecclesiastical
- Catholic Church hierarchy#Positions within a diocese at diocesan level
References
- ISBN 187368603X.