Episcopal vicars (Catholic Church)

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Name (Latin)
Episcopal vicars (Catholic Church)
Other forms of name
Vicars, Episcopal (Catholic Church)
See Also From tracing corporate name
Catholic Church
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q201257
Library of congress: sh2005005264
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2003625439: Orzeszyna, K. Urząd wikariusza biskupiego w prawie powszechnym Kościoła łacińskiego, 2002:p. 178 (episcopal vicars) p. 187 (vicar episcopal; new office established by Pope John Paul II in the 1983 Code of Canon Law)
  • Code of Canon Law (1983) WWW site, Aug. 11, 2005:Canon 476 ("As often as the good governance of the diocese requires it, the diocesan bishop can also appoint one or more episcopal vicars. These have the same ordinary power as the universal law gives to a vicar general, in accordance with the following canons. The competence of an episcopal vicar, however, is limited to a determined part of the diocese, or to a specific type of activity, or to the faithful of a particular rite, or to certain groups of people.")
  • Wikipedia WWW site, Aug. 11, 2005:Vicar general page ("The...vicar episcopal shares in the bishop's ordinary power over a particular section of a diocese. These ... must either be priests, auxiliary bishops, or coadjutor bishops.")