Vicar general
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vicar-general-170-14630555
title:
Vicar general
text:
A vicar general is the principal deputy of the bishop or archbishop of a diocese or an archdiocese for the exercise of administrative authority and possesses the title of local ordinary. As vicar of the (arch)bishop, the vicar general exercises the (arch)bishop's ordinary executive power over the entire diocese and, thus, is the highest official in a diocese or other particular church after the diocesan bishop or his equivalent in canon law. The title normally occurs only in Western Christian ch
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Principal administrative deputy of the bishop of a diocese
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicar_general
date created:
2005-03-28T21:46:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T13:06:08Z
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