Vicar General

Word VICAR GENERAL
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Definitions and meanings of "Vicar General"

What do we mean by vicar general?

An official performing the work of an archdeacon under the bishop.

In the English Church, an officer assisting the bishop, the chancellor of the diocese.

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The word "vicar-general" in example sentences

MacKillop and the Josephite sisters reported the abuse to the vicar-general [the bishop's second-in-command] and disciplinary action was taken against Keating, humiliating him and angering a Father Charles Horan, who was close to Bishop Sheil. ❋ S.J. Rev. James Martin (2010)

The archbishop, the Most Rev Bernard Longley, and the vicar-general of the archdiocese will be meeting with Fr Madden when he has had the opportunity to study carefully the full report and the criticisms of himself in the context of the report. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Already in early Medieval Latin we come across the ecclesiastical terms abbas generalis and magister generalis, whence the titles master-general, vicar-general, and superior-general evolved and still linger, at least in the modern Catholic church. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After the case was brought to light by the New York Times last month, Benedict's former vicar-general in Munich, Gerhard Gruber, accepted "full responsibility" for the decision. ❋ John Hooper In Rome (2010)

Such was his reputation, that in 1215 Brocard, prior of mount Carmel, and general of the order, appointed him vicar-general, with full power over all the western provinces. ❋ John (2008)

For some bizarre reason, they don't even have a bishop there, only a vicar-general. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At that epoch he had just been made, while waiting for the episcopate, vicar-general of the Archbishop of Paris. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Abbe of Chaliot, bishop of Saint Claude; the other, the Abbe Tourteau, vicar-general of Agde, abbe of Grand – Champ, order of Citeaux, diocese of ❋ Unknown (2008)

She served as a priest and vicar-general of a branch of the underground Czech church for twenty years, until communism fell. ❋ Unknown (2008)

L'ABBÉ EDGEWORTH DE FIRMONT was confessor of Louis XVI, and vicar-general of the Diocese of Paris at the height of the French Revolution. ❋ De Brantigny........................ (2007)

In 2002, he was named Madison's vicar-general and rector of its Cathedral of St Raphael, which was heavily damaged by a March 2005 fire. ❋ Argent (2006)

On a trip to Florence six years later, she became enthralled with Monsignor Michael Schmitz, the vicar-general of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, a conservative Catholic organization dedicated to restoring the Latin Mass. ❋ Colacello, Bob (2006)

“On what authority do you repeat them?” said the vicar-general. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The vicar-general, with some surprise, looked at the inquisitor for explanation; other members of the tribunal did the same; the rest appeared to understand more than they had thought it necessary to avow. ❋ Unknown (2004)

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