Vicar
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A vicar (
Catholic Church
The Pope bears the title vicar of Christ (Latin: Vicarius Christi). [1]
In
Vicars have various titles based on what role they are performing. An
Vicars exercise authority as the agents of the bishop of the diocese. Most vicars, however, have
A
A parochial vicar is a priest assigned to a
A vicar can be the priest of a "chapel of ease", a building within the parish which is not the parish church. Non-resident canons led also to the institution of vicars choral, each canon having his own vicar, who sat in his stall in his absence (see Cathedral).
In Opus Dei, a regional vicar is a priest designated to fulfil responsibilities for an entire country or region, such as France or the United States.
Eastern Orthodox Church
In the Russian Orthodox Church and some other non-Hellenic Eastern Orthodox churches that historically follow Russian tradition, vicar (Russian: vikariy / викарий) is a term for what is known as suffragan bishop in the Anglican Communion or as auxiliary bishop in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church. A vicar bishop usually bears in his title the names of both his titular see (usually, a smaller town within the diocese he ministers in) and the see he is subordinate to. For example, Ignaty Punin, the vicar bishop under the Diocese of Smolensk, is titled "The Right Reverend Ignaty, the bishop of Vyazma, the vicar of the Diocese of Smolensk", Vyasma being a smaller town inside the territory of the Diocese of Smolensk. Normally, only large dioceses have vicar bishops, sometimes more than one. Usually, Russian Orthodox vicar bishops have no independent jurisdiction (even in their titular towns) and are subordinate to their diocesan bishops; though some of them de facto may have jurisdiction over some territories, especially when there is a need to avoid an overlapping jurisdiction.
In some other Eastern Orthodox churches the term "chorbishop" is used instead of "vicar bishop".
Anglicanism
In
In the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, the positions of "vicar" and "curate" are not recognized in the canons of the entire church. However, some diocesan canons do define "vicar" as the priest in charge of a mission; and "curate" is often used for assistants, being entirely analogous to the English situation.
Vicarage
A vicarage, or vicarage house, is a
Lutheran usage
In the
The title Vikar, used in the Lutheran churches in Germany, is comparable while the Lutheran Church of Sweden calls it kyrkoherde ("church shepherd"), although that title is more comparable to a rector.
In fiction
References
- ^ "Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium, 27". Site da Santa Sé. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ "Catholic Encyclopedia, s.v. "vicar"". Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Rectories, Vicarages and Clergymen's Houses". Victoria County History. Retrieved 23 June 2017.